[chaley]

Originally Posted by skb

Not sure how to describe my issue other than "deselect all" - that is, I don't want any books selected.

I'm using the fanficdownloader plugin and if a book is already selected, then instead of picking up the URL in the clipboard, it thinks the selected book is to be updated.

Now, I'm sure a few versions of Calibre ago, I was able to click the "reset search" button and nothing would be selected, but things changed a while back.

So, the only way to use the clipboard is to put something like "zzzzzzz" in the search (so nothing is returned and therefore selected).

Clear as mud? Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

thanks,
Sue

If you are using windows then you can click on a book to select only that book then control-click on the same book to unselect it. The first click is necessary only if more than one book is already selected. I don't know if the same technique works on other operating systems.

Alternatively you could make a saved search that selects nothing, giving you two-click access to "nothing selected"

Alternatively again, depending on how the fanfic plugin works, you might be able to make a virtual library that contains no books. Show tabs for libraries, giving you one-click access to the empty library. This technique won't work if the fanfic plugin is virtual-library aware.