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Originally Posted by Inglorin

Hiho,

I have several books in my library where I have a pdf and a epub version. When I double-click on the item in the big list it (unfortunately) opens the epub version. Is there a setting somewhere, where I can default it to the pdf version of a book?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

Preferences > Behavior > Preferred input format order

The first format on this list is opened when you double click a book entry.

When I first started using calibre for my Books library I found my notional preferred viewing order is not the same as my preferred [conversion] input order, e.g. if there's an EPUB, View that; if there's a DOCX, convert that.

Plus I had different notional preferred viewing orders for my 3 libraries (Books, Papers, and Media), but my preferred [conversion] input order was the same for all three.

I solved the dilemma by:

Changing this tweak to:



and the View shortcuts to:



So, when I press 'v' I get this:



That means I get to decide which format I want to view at View time, and, via the Open with settings, which program to use.

For me at least, a two button mouse has far too little functionality to use as the main input device for feature rich programs like calibre. Fortunately, Kovid and the plugin developers provide me with customisable keyboard settings for just about everything

BR