[BeckyEbook]

I know, I know ... an old thread, discussed many times, and also linked to an even older one.
It worried me a few years (!), but I think I have an idea that should appeal to both programmers and users.

I know exactly how to check the semantics (guide in opf, landmarks in nav, hover or report), but I want to SEE immediately those files that have set semantics.

And ... I succeeded.

I have the "X" icon assigned to .xhtml files by default (other people usually have a browser icon there). An icon with a checkmark means a file with semantics. I suggest the default icon "document-validate_16px.png" for testing

Now, when checkmark (or something else) I know straight away that there is semantics in this file and then I can easily look at the tooltip. When an ebook has 100 chapters - it makes a difference!

The change requires only two lines of code.
File: \src\MainUI\OPFModel.cpp

        if (semantic_type_all.contains(path)) {
            tooltip += " (" + semantic_type_all[path] + ")";
            item->setIcon(QIcon(QString::fromUtf8(":/main/document-validate_16px.png")));
        }
        if (manifest_properties_all.contains(path)) {
            tooltip += " [" + manifest_properties_all[path] + "]";
            item->setIcon(QIcon(QString::fromUtf8(":/main/document-validate_16px.png")));
        }

Only two things are worrying me:
1. It rather works in Windows, but since Sigil is a multi-system program, the solution should work everywhere, including Linux and Mac. Can anyone build a version in these systems and check it out?

2.

Originally Posted by KevinH

Again, I do not like feature bloat for no good reason.

Is this idea just an unnecessary bloat or a useful change?

Proof of concept – animated gif.