Adding from ZIP - menu layout [Request]

Horus68 · 02-06-2020, 05:10 AM

Is it possible to find a better layout for the "Adding from ZIP"?
The option is under a submenu but as the main menu is too wide sometimes its also difficult to pick the proper selection on the submenu.
At the end it takes 1200px to display the submenu!

Usage is also difficult: It takes practice to make what should be a simple action.
I find that most of the people I train with Calibre have lots of problems to work with the submenu (wrong selection or loosing selection when going into the submenu).

So submenus should be avoided here and make those regular item menus.

Note: using Calibre interface with some languages makes this more difficult because 2 itens of the menu are descriptive and can take lots of space (French version will require 1500px to display menu and submenu)

kovidgoyal · 02-06-2020, 09:52 AM

Oh yeah thanks for reminding me its been only list to clean up that menu for a long time. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...9037c7024b6d92

Horus68 · 02-10-2020, 07:51 AM

Fixed in v 4.10.1.
Working fine ... and thanks!

Horus68 · 02-10-2020, 07:55 AM

A little issue: if you click the closing "X" window dialog box ("Will the archive have a single book per internal directory?") the button should act as a "cancel button" and should close the window. Now it moves on to the Select an archive dialog.

Using Windows 10

kovidgoyal · 02-10-2020, 08:07 AM

The underlying Qt messagebox implementation does not support tri-state return values, this is true for all question dialogs in calibre.

02-06-2020, 05:10 AM	#1
Horus68 Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 76596 Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Portugal Device: Kobo Aura HD	Adding from ZIP - menu layout [Request] Is it possible to find a better layout for the "Adding from ZIP"? The option is under a submenu but as the main menu is too wide sometimes its also difficult to pick the proper selection on the submenu. At the end it takes 1200px to display the submenu! Usage is also difficult: It takes practice to make what should be a simple action. I find that most of the people I train with Calibre have lots of problems to work with the submenu (wrong selection or loosing selection when going into the submenu). So submenus should be avoided here and make those regular item menus. Note: using Calibre interface with some languages makes this more difficult because 2 itens of the menu are descriptive and can take lots of space (French version will require 1500px to display menu and submenu) Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Horus68; 02-06-2020 at 05:58 AM.

02-10-2020, 07:51 AM	#3
Horus68 Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 76596 Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Portugal Device: Kobo Aura HD	Fixed in v 4.10.1. Working fine ... and thanks! Attached Thumbnails

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02-06-2020, 09:52 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Oh yeah thanks for reminding me its been only list to clean up that menu for a long time. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...9037c7024b6d92

02-10-2020, 07:55 AM	#4
Horus68 Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 76596 Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Portugal Device: Kobo Aura HD	A little issue: if you click the closing "X" window dialog box ("Will the archive have a single book per internal directory?") the button should act as a "cancel button" and should close the window. Now it moves on to the Select an archive dialog. Using Windows 10

02-10-2020, 08:07 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The underlying Qt messagebox implementation does not support tri-state return values, this is true for all question dialogs in calibre.

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