[GUI Plugin] View Manager

[JimmXinu]

Here's a version that replaces those images with ones containing arrows lifted from Calibre's default sort.png. Version number is already bumped.

I didn't change it to use Calibre's images like most of the GUI elements because a) the size difference shows up quite noticeably, b) Calibre only has 1 sort direction icon and c) VM's arrows are backwards compared to Calibre's sort icon.

UPDATE - test version removed since BR didn't think it was an improvement.

[BetterRed]

Now, they look like blue exclamation marks - sometimes inverted :ole:

I see the 'problem', the 'arrows' are part of an image. I've never known what the 'blob' on the left of the direction column represented - I wondered if they might have been shrunken tag browser category icons IMO, if they can't be discerned, the A/Z and Z/A are redundant.

I assume White when Dark and Black when Light would just happen if unicode arrows (u2191 and u2193) were were prepended to the column names --- i.e

'↑ ' if ascending, '↓ ' if descending, or '  ' if neither

Added: And crop the arrows from the sort_xxxx.png files.

BR

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Now, they look like blue exclamation marks - sometimes inverted :ole:

I see the 'problem', the 'arrows' are part of an image.
...

Yeah... here's the thing... My level of 'care' about this issue is rather small. I'm not interested in spending time figuring out code for adding/removing arrow characters--which I guarantee will not line up evenly on all platforms.

I'm willing to:

1. Leave it as last posted.
2. Strip the arrows off entirely and make it just A over Z / Z over A.
3. Revert to the original images.
4. Do one of the above, but with a non-transparent background.
5. Package the plugin with images somebody else makes.

The images are 15x15--anything significantly bigger(18x18) started stretching the rows when I tried. But much larger size (128x128) don't stretch it much more.

All you need to do to try different images is replace them in the plugin zip file.

Personally, I like the original images with solid BG (mostly--I eased the corners slightly):

[BetterRed]

Yeah, light mode with a largish font is okay, but for me at least dark mode with a smallish font isn't. Do what you think is best for the other users.

Feel free to PM me a new version, although I suggest you leave it as it is, and wait to see what happens when version 5 comes out.

Meantime I'll hack the earlier version I was using - it does all I want. I'll look to get rid of the images, if the unicode arrows don't work out I'll use 'A'(scend) and 'D'(escend).

BR

[PC_John]

While trying to customize the plugin I receive this error message:

calibre, version 4.10.1
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>UnboundLocalError</b>:local variable 'pin_columns' referenced before assignment

Any idea as to what is going on?

Thanks.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by PC_John

While trying to customize the plugin I receive this error message:

calibre, version 4.10.1
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>UnboundLocalError</b>:local variable 'pin_columns' referenced before assignment

Any idea as to what is going on?

Thanks.

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BR

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by PC_John

While trying to customize the plugin I receive this error message:

calibre, version 4.10.1
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>UnboundLocalError</b>:local variable 'pin_columns' referenced before assignment

Any idea as to what is going on?

Thanks.

Have you made a view that has an empty name? Because that's the only case I can see that can cause that problem. And an empty name causes other problems too.

[JimmXinu]

Attached is a test version that allows for a View named empty string.

The version number is already bumped for release if it corrects PC_John's issue.

[JimmXinu]

Well, even though PC_John hasn't come back to report it fixes his problem, I know the version in the last post does fix a problem.

BR, could you put it on the first post sometime to release it? It's already v1.5.5.

Thanks.

[BetterRed]

Done

BR

[Tanjamuse]

When I use the plugin in some libraries, I get the following error:

calibre, version 4.8.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>UnboundLocalError</b>:local variable 'pin_columns' referenced before assignment

calibre 4.8 [64bit]  embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.18362')
Python 2.7.16+
Windows: ('10', '10.0.18362', 'SP0', u'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Generate Cover (1, 5, 21) && View Manager (1, 5, 4) && FanFicFare (3, 11, 5) && Import List (1, 3, 0) && Reading List (1, 6, 6) && Find Duplicates (1, 6, 3) && MultiColumnSearch (1, 0, 77) && Favourites Menu (1, 0, 4) && Job Spy (1, 0, 172) && Save Composite Custom Columns (1, 1, 0) && Count Pages (1, 8, 2) && Tanja's Tools (0, 0, 9) && User Category (1, 5, 3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.view_manager.action", line 64, in show_configuration
  File "site-packages\calibre\customize\__init__.py", line 157, in do_user_config
  File "calibre_plugins.view_manager.__init__", line 62, in config_widget
  File "calibre_plugins.view_manager.config", line 588, in __init__
  File "calibre_plugins.view_manager.config", line 670, in select_view_combo_index_changed
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'pin_columns' referenced before assignment

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by Tanjamuse

When I use the plugin in some libraries, I get the following error:

I believe that is exactly the same problem that was last reported earlier on this page and fixed in the last release (v1.5.5)--which you are not using for some reason.

[ownedbycats]

Is there any known way to toggle the cover browser/grid when changing views?

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Is there any known way to toggle the cover browser/grid when changing views?

Hmmm. I've never considered it before. Not as it exists now, no.

View Manager is all about which columns are shown and in what order. But I suppose that the sort order does also apply to grid order. So it could be useful to include in VM.

However, it then raises the question: should VM also control the other Layout buttons? Book details, Cover Browser, etc. And Virtual Libs as Tabs, which is in a different place altogether?

I haven't looked into how difficult any of that would be yet, but is it something users would find useful?

[ownedbycats]

I would definitely find it useful. I use the cover browser/grid for my default VL, but switch back to the list for my fanfic VL.