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Originally Posted by nixsee
Wow, I didnt expect such a fast response let alone success! Will you be trying to make it into a plugin or is it something I can/will have to configure myself?
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No need for a plugin, the following does exactly what you asked for - opens PDFs in Quicklook when you press spacebar in the book list - pretty cool
This is what I did on Windows - you or someone with a Mac will have to work out how to do the same on a Mac, there's only one unknown, where does Apple hide Quicklook in MacOS
Initially I installed Quicklook app from the MS Store, that was OK I could use it from File Explorer (Finder in Macspeak), but it was installed the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps folder which is where I ran into the Permissions Monster.
So I went looking for a portable version of Quicklook, I found it on the developers site ==>>
Releases · QL-Win/QuickLook, so I installed the msi in C:\Program Files (Portable)\Quicklook (that's a folder)
Then in calibre:
I found a book with a PDF in my Test library and right clicked the PDF link in Book Details,
After selecting
Add other application for PDF files this popped up:
After clicking Browse computer for program, Flle Manager kicked in and I went to C:\Program Files (Portable)\Quicklook
So that hooked Quicklook into Calibres Open With for PDFs. I then went to Preferences->Shortcuts, scrolled down to Open With, then to Open PDF Files with Quicklook and gave it a custom short cut of 'space'
Then I found another book with a PDF
Pressed the spacebar and up popped Quicklook
The unknown on a Mac is where to find the Quicklook app, if you can find it then just follow the above steps.
BR