They work the way I want them to work.
Each window is labeled and has its own geometry. Window 0 is the one slaved to the booklist and changes when you change books. Windows 1-N are locked on the book selected when they were opened, or in the case of book details links on the book in the other library. Windows locked on the current library are closed when you change libraries. Window 0 is not, instead becoming attached to the new library.
The title bar of the book details window tells you what sort of window it is.
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That doesn't seem right to me - why would anyone want multiple BD windows for the same book?
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Because I want to compare the details of two books. I open a fixed window on the first one then select the second. I can now do a line-by-line comparison.
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If multiple BD windows are to be allowed then I think there needs to be a way to 'manage ' them, or at least have visibility of them.
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Are you asking that the windows refuse to minimize?
As they are non-model, you manage them like any other window using Alt-Tab and the whatever task bar your computer has. This is in fact what you were asking for with the Notes Viewer, multiple non-modal windows.
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I admit to being a bit puzzled why the Next and Previous buttons are absent for BD Windows for the current library.
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What would it mean? If I am looking at the book in line X while the book on line Y is selected, what does "Next" do? Go to X+1 or Y+1? I prefer consistent behavior, and if that associates me with hobgoblins, so be it.
I am willing to consider an option/tweak to disable multiple book details windows in the same library, eliminating the "will not change" window type.
EDIT: I am also willing to consider closing all the windows for the current library when changed so the first book details window in the new library will also be the associated one. Or perhaps all BD windows including the ones opened by book details links.