New Test Version Posted
2020-10-27
- Fixes for drag-n-drop features.
- Allow better editing of story URLs in edit box.
- Update translations.
Several of the drag-n-drop features broke with the py3 update. I have made some effort to fix them all. You can (in theory):
Drag onto the FFF icon in calibre toolbars:
- Calibre rows of books to update
- Links from browser
- Text containing story links
- Emails containing story links from mail client (like Thunderbird)
Except for Calibre rows, you can also drag any of the above into the Story URL text edit box when it's open.
You can also now copy/cut/paste text in the open Story URL text edit box more naturally without pastes always appearing at the bottom.
Because this is GUI nonsense, I've tested on Win10 in Calibre 2, 3, 4 & 5 (covering qt4, qt5, py2 & py3) plus MacOS Calibre 4 & 5. I have to borrow the Mac, so I didn't want to install too many versions.
Caveats:
- I almost always have to drag back and forth across the boundary of the FFF button several times before the 'droppable' cursor displays. Doesn't happen dragging into text box. This is consistent across all versions and OSes and many years. Kovid once told me it was a Qt thing.
- Dragging existing books onto FFF button in MacOS with Calibre 4 didn't work and caused problems with later drag-n-drops onto the button. I recommend: Don't do that.
- For reasons I don't know, the Story URL text edit box doesn't update the text cursor all the time when editing. You can edit, but it's not always obvious where you are in the text. I've not had good luck Googling about the issue.