MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - reordering of files in Nav panel crashes Sigil (Linux)

DiapDealer · 10-05-2018, 08:47 PM

I've honestly about given up trying to account for all the tweaking, injecting, and general tomfoolery that Plasma/KDE does with their platform Qt5 (via themes and plugins and such). But some things to try might be:

1) From your screenshots, I see the icons are disappearing in the Book Browser Treeview after dragging files. We've very, very, very recently pushed a fix related to disappearing icons and other file-reordering issues. You could try cloning the Sigil github repo and building the very latest master branch.

2) Install my stand-alone version of 0.9.9 (sticky thread above). It doesn't use all the whistles and bells that the platform plugin tries to add to Qt apps on KDE/Plasma. In fact, it doesn't use the platform's Qt5 at all.

3) Turn off the single-click-to-open "feature" in the system mouse settings. Single-click-to-open plays havoc with file selection in Sigil's Book View in general.

3) Launch Sigil with the command:

Code:

ssh -X localhost sigil

to avoid as much interaction with KDE as possible. If Sigil functions properly that way, the KDE Qt platform plugin is likely the issue.

10-05-2018, 08:47 PM	#10
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,552 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I've honestly about given up trying to account for all the tweaking, injecting, and general tomfoolery that Plasma/KDE does with their platform Qt5 (via themes and plugins and such). But some things to try might be: 1) From your screenshots, I see the icons are disappearing in the Book Browser Treeview after dragging files. We've very, very, very recently pushed a fix related to disappearing icons and other file-reordering issues. You could try cloning the Sigil github repo and building the very latest master branch. 2) Install my stand-alone version of 0.9.9 (sticky thread above). It doesn't use all the whistles and bells that the platform plugin tries to add to Qt apps on KDE/Plasma. In fact, it doesn't use the platform's Qt5 at all. 3) Turn off the single-click-to-open "feature" in the system mouse settings. Single-click-to-open plays havoc with file selection in Sigil's Book View in general. 3) Launch Sigil with the command: Code: ssh -X localhost sigil to avoid as much interaction with KDE as possible. If Sigil functions properly that way, the KDE Qt platform plugin is likely the issue. Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-05-2018 at 09:29 PM.