Preventing book merging

AMF · 11-07-2020, 06:32 AM

I have a dear friend that is suffering from the dreaded Parkinson's Disease. He still uses Calibre as he loves reading. I managed to set up Moonreader for him so he can read (mostly) flawlessly. He however has a problem within Calibre - he quite often inadvertently merges books by dragging a book and dropping it on another book and in his rush (a very impatient guy) clicks on "yes" and the damage is done.
Is there any way to "disable" this function in Calibre?

Sirtel · 11-07-2020, 09:42 AM

Preferences -> Look & Feel -> uncheck "Allow using drag & drop to merge books"

AMF · 11-07-2020, 09:49 AM

Thank you kind fellow reader!!

I looked and looked... Maybe time to get my eyes tested!!!

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

Preferences -> Look & Feel -> uncheck "Allow using drag & drop to merge books"

theducks · 11-07-2020, 10:24 AM

Sorry for your friend. Parkinson's is an ugly way to go (I watched my dad lose the ability to even tune his Amateur radio, a thing he had done since he was 14

)

ownedbycats · 11-07-2020, 12:24 PM

This is the exact reason for why I disabled drag 'n' drop myself.

11-07-2020, 06:32 AM	#1
AMF Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Kobo Glo	Preventing book merging I have a dear friend that is suffering from the dreaded Parkinson's Disease. He still uses Calibre as he loves reading. I managed to set up Moonreader for him so he can read (mostly) flawlessly. He however has a problem within Calibre - he quite often inadvertently merges books by dragging a book and dropping it on another book and in his rush (a very impatient guy) clicks on "yes" and the damage is done. Is there any way to "disable" this function in Calibre?

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11-07-2020, 09:42 AM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,434 Karma: 238916691 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	Preferences -> Look & Feel -> uncheck "Allow using drag & drop to merge books"

11-07-2020, 10:24 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,021 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Sorry for your friend. Parkinson's is an ugly way to go (I watched my dad lose the ability to even tune his Amateur radio, a thing he had done since he was 14 )

11-07-2020, 12:24 PM	#5
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,928 Karma: 74999999 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	This is the exact reason for why I disabled drag 'n' drop myself.

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