BD Window 0 - Primary BD
BD Window 1-N - Secondary BDs
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Originally Posted by chaley
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.
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If the Primary BD is minimised or hidden (and I've forgotten about it) when I do the Quick Switch from Books to Journals, a subsequent press of 'I' on a Journal item will pop a Secondary BD, even though the item is in the out of sight Primary BD.
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Originally Posted by chaley
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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I assume you mean two different books, the screenshot I posted shows Android for Dummies in the Primary BD, and two Secondary BDs - surely, they will all have the same metadata?
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Originally Posted by chaley
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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There is only ever one NV window which stays on top of the book list and minimises to the desktop, whereas there can be multiple BD windows, which don't stay on top, and which minimise to the taskbar. From a usability perspective it's irrelevant that NV and BD utilise the same artefact (non-modal dialogue boxes) as a means to their respective ends.
Squarks - that's wrong, there can be multiple NVs - why would anyone one want that!
I am not for a moment suggesting BD windows should stay on top or minimise to the desktop… IMO that would be ghastly. Instead I'll suggest BD windows be in a pop-up list that can be accessed by a button in the Layout button group - maybe the button could show the number of active BD windows.
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