Is it me - two things wrong

Perkin · 03-27-2012, 09:18 PM

Is it me or have these always done this.

I haven't used either of these for a while so I could be mis-remembering them.

When entering a series the usual blank value now automatically pops up with the lowest alpabetical one, so you then have to delete it before typing any series you wanted. I'm sure that before the field was blank until you started typing.
Entering any series info is now a pain. Publisher column is doing it as well.

When newly sorting on a column the view now centers the list, so if you've got more columns than can be displayed (as quite often happens), the view centers the list horizontally.
I'm sure the view used to be left as it was, so if you sorted on the far right column, which you would usually have to scroll to get to, then it would still be displayed after a sort.

I looked on bug tracker - was only displaying a total of 12 bugs.

theducks · 03-27-2012, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perkin

Is it me or have these always done this.

I haven't used either of these for a while so I could be mis-remembering them.

When entering a series the usual blank value now automatically pops up with the lowest alpabetical one, so you then have to delete it before typing any series you wanted. I'm sure that before the field was blank until you started typing.
Entering any series info is now a pain. Publisher column is doing it as well.

When newly sorting on a column the view now centers the list, so if you've got more columns than can be displayed (as quite often happens), the view centers the list horizontally.
I'm sure the view used to be left as it was, so if you sorted on the far right column, which you would usually have to scroll to get to, then it would still be displayed after a sort.

I looked on bug tracker - was only displaying a total of 12 bugs.

I believe the series bug has been discovered and fixed in the next release.
I hide columns and only show them in The Book Details page.

kovidgoyal · 03-28-2012, 12:09 AM

I dont see the behavior of sorting a column causing the book list view to change its horizintal scroll position on both windows 7 and linux.

chaley · 03-28-2012, 03:47 AM

Behavior that looks like "centering" can happen if the title is not the left-most column. Some operations seem to position the grid using the title column.

transmitthis · 03-28-2012, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

Behavior that looks like "centering" can happen if the title is not the left-most column. Some operations seem to position the grid using the title column.

Thanks for that, it was annoying me no end - runs off to put title in left column

SkyDream · 03-28-2012, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perkin

Is it me or have these always done this.

I haven't used either of these for a while so I could be mis-remembering them.

When entering a series the usual blank value now automatically pops up with the lowest alpabetical one, so you then have to delete it before typing any series you wanted. I'm sure that before the field was blank until you started typing.
Entering any series info is now a pain. Publisher column is doing it as well.

Got the same problem. It's also true for the tags column and it's really annoying when entering a few books each day. Version 0.8.41 did not have this behaviour and therefore i'm not going to upgrade. It seems to be i need to test each new version on a separate pc before taking it into production.

Perkin · 03-28-2012, 11:37 AM

Thanks for clarification of both points.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

Behavior that looks like "centering" can happen if the title is not the left-most column. Some operations seem to position the grid using the title column.

So the view after sorting a column is then moved to display the Title column?

Would it be possible to adjust so that after a column sort the view is then positioned back to what its horizontal position was, or at least so the sorted column is still displayed?

speakingtohe · 03-29-2012, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perkin

Thanks for clarification of both points.

So the view after sorting a column is then moved to display the Title column?

Would it be possible to adjust so that after a column sort the view is then positioned back to what its horizontal position was, or at least so the sorted column is still displayed?

I move the column(s) that I sort on most so they are displayed on the screen where they won't usually shift things around.

Also the view manager plugin can be useful to shift between different screen setups.

Helen

Perkin · 03-29-2012, 11:37 AM

I just noticed : if no entry is selected (like when first started) and you sort on any column, the view is not altered in the slightest. Could that be used for when an entry is selected.

Edit: added the word not.

kovidgoyal · 03-29-2012, 12:37 PM

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kovid/c...revision/11794

Perkin · 03-29-2012, 04:22 PM

Thank-you Kovid.

Edit:
Tried on my source version :- lovely.

transmitthis · 03-30-2012, 06:01 AM

(Books list: Preserve the horizontal scroll position when sorting by a column)

Thanks Kovid

03-27-2012, 09:18 PM	#1
Perkin Guru Posts: 657 Karma: 64171 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300, Kobo Aura HD, iPad (Marvin)	Is it me - two things wrong Is it me or have these always done this. I haven't used either of these for a while so I could be mis-remembering them. When entering a series the usual blank value now automatically pops up with the lowest alpabetical one, so you then have to delete it before typing any series you wanted. I'm sure that before the field was blank until you started typing. Entering any series info is now a pain. Publisher column is doing it as well. When newly sorting on a column the view now centers the list, so if you've got more columns than can be displayed (as quite often happens), the view centers the list horizontally. I'm sure the view used to be left as it was, so if you sorted on the far right column, which you would usually have to scroll to get to, then it would still be displayed after a sort. I looked on bug tracker - was only displaying a total of 12 bugs.

03-29-2012, 11:37 AM	#9
Perkin Guru Posts: 657 Karma: 64171 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300, Kobo Aura HD, iPad (Marvin)	I just noticed : if no entry is selected (like when first started) and you sort on any column, the view is not altered in the slightest. Could that be used for when an entry is selected. Edit: added the word not. Last edited by Perkin; 03-29-2012 at 04:24 PM.

03-29-2012, 04:22 PM	#11
Perkin Guru Posts: 657 Karma: 64171 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300, Kobo Aura HD, iPad (Marvin)	Thank-you Kovid. Edit: Tried on my source version :- lovely. Last edited by Perkin; 03-29-2012 at 04:27 PM.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,344 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I dont see the behavior of sorting a column causing the book list view to change its horizintal scroll position on both windows 7 and linux.

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