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StillReading · 10-08-2015, 02:32 PM

I'm working with a lot of quite complex "virtual library" searches and predefined (saved) searches. Everything is working very well, but there are some small but annoying GUI issues:

When editing a virtual library, the "edit" field is only a single line. Editing complex (long) searches would be much easier with a multi-line edit field, like for instance the type used for editing descriptions (minus the html capabilites, of course). Maybe it'd be possible to simply add an additional "Edit" button which opens a separate edit window.
As a workaround for the above point I've started using saved searches. Editing is much easier, and it's possible to "layout" or "design" the search with additional line breaks etc., which makes it much easier to read and edit. When I include such a search in a virtual library search, and edit that virtual library search, Calibre will recognize the saved search(es) and display it in the "edit virtual library" window. This stretches the window to the point where the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons are out of the screen area. I think the area where the recognized saved searches are displayed (or the whole window) should have scroll bars.

Here's an example of a saved search I'm using:

Code:

authors:"=William F. Nolan" or
authors:"=Brian Keene" or
authors:"=Dan Simmons" or
authors:"=T. E. D. Klein" or
authors:"=Jack Ketchum" or
authors:"=James Herbert" or
authors:"=Tanith Lee" or
authors:"=Robert McCammon" or
authors:"=Joe R. Lansdale" or
authors:"=Ray Garton" or
authors:"=F. Paul Wilson" or
authors:"=Jack Williamson" or
authors:"=Chelsea Quinn Yarbro" or
authors:"=Charles L. Grant" or authors:"=Charles L. Grant (ed.)" or
authors:"=Ray Bradbury" or
authors:"=Harlan Ellison" or
authors:"=Ramsey Campbell" or authors:"=Ramsey Campbell (ed.)" or
authors:"=Brian Lumley" or
authors:"=Peter Straub" or
authors:"=Dean Koontz" or
authors:"=Clive Barker" or
authors:"=Anne Rice" or
authors:"=Richard Matheson" or
authors:"=Stephen King" or authors:"=Richard Bachman (Stephen King)" or
authors:"=Robert Bloch"

(this is a list of authors which received a "World Horror Grandmaster" award)

Hope this makes sense, I could supply screenshots if it doesn't. I'm running Calibre 64-bit on Windows 8.1 x64.

10-08-2015, 02:32 PM	#1
StillReading Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: none	Small (-ish) GUI issues Virtual Libraries/Searches I'm working with a lot of quite complex "virtual library" searches and predefined (saved) searches. Everything is working very well, but there are some small but annoying GUI issues: When editing a virtual library, the "edit" field is only a single line. Editing complex (long) searches would be much easier with a multi-line edit field, like for instance the type used for editing descriptions (minus the html capabilites, of course). Maybe it'd be possible to simply add an additional "Edit" button which opens a separate edit window. As a workaround for the above point I've started using saved searches. Editing is much easier, and it's possible to "layout" or "design" the search with additional line breaks etc., which makes it much easier to read and edit. When I include such a search in a virtual library search, and edit that virtual library search, Calibre will recognize the saved search(es) and display it in the "edit virtual library" window. This stretches the window to the point where the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons are out of the screen area. I think the area where the recognized saved searches are displayed (or the whole window) should have scroll bars. Here's an example of a saved search I'm using: Code: authors:"=William F. Nolan" or authors:"=Brian Keene" or authors:"=Dan Simmons" or authors:"=T. E. D. Klein" or authors:"=Jack Ketchum" or authors:"=James Herbert" or authors:"=Tanith Lee" or authors:"=Robert McCammon" or authors:"=Joe R. Lansdale" or authors:"=Ray Garton" or authors:"=F. Paul Wilson" or authors:"=Jack Williamson" or authors:"=Chelsea Quinn Yarbro" or authors:"=Charles L. Grant" or authors:"=Charles L. Grant (ed.)" or authors:"=Ray Bradbury" or authors:"=Harlan Ellison" or authors:"=Ramsey Campbell" or authors:"=Ramsey Campbell (ed.)" or authors:"=Brian Lumley" or authors:"=Peter Straub" or authors:"=Dean Koontz" or authors:"=Clive Barker" or authors:"=Anne Rice" or authors:"=Richard Matheson" or authors:"=Stephen King" or authors:"=Richard Bachman (Stephen King)" or authors:"=Robert Bloch" (this is a list of authors which received a "World Horror Grandmaster" award) Hope this makes sense, I could supply screenshots if it doesn't. I'm running Calibre 64-bit on Windows 8.1 x64.