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jverrone3 · 03-27-2015, 12:37 PM

The Calibre ebook viewer has some functionality built into it that I would like to implement with a plugin.

The goal is to have something similar to the "Search Google for [selected text]" when you right click. Instead of the action opening an internet browser, I would like to create a modal pop up that contains more information based on the given text.

Ideally I would also like to create a button in the toolbar that would hold the same functionality.

I see the customize_ui(ui) and customize_context_menu(menu, event, hit_test_result) methods in the ViewerPlugin, but I am stuck on how to actually get the selected text from these parameters and connect a click event to these items.

03-27-2015, 12:37 PM	#1
jverrone3 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: none	[Viewer Plugin] Get selected text on right click. The Calibre ebook viewer has some functionality built into it that I would like to implement with a plugin. The goal is to have something similar to the "Search Google for [selected text]" when you right click. Instead of the action opening an internet browser, I would like to create a modal pop up that contains more information based on the given text. Ideally I would also like to create a button in the toolbar that would hold the same functionality. I see the customize_ui(ui) and customize_context_menu(menu, event, hit_test_result) methods in the ViewerPlugin, but I am stuck on how to actually get the selected text from these parameters and connect a click event to these items.