Question: hide tag browser by default

taja · 09-26-2014, 05:13 AM

Hi there,

Apologies in advance if this seems like a stupid question, but it's been bugging me: how can I stop Calibre (I'm using the latest version, 2.4) opening the tag browser by default? I never use it, so have tried dragging the tag browser section to hide it, and toggling the tag icon, but every time I quit and reopen Calibre, it reappears. I've searched the forum and looked in the preferences and can't find anything about this. Any thoughts?

BetterRed · 09-26-2014, 06:04 AM

@taja - Calibre should start with the same panels showing as last time (you probably know that) - what happens if you quit with the Book Details hidden and then do a restart?

There's no preference setting as such - its controlled via the the following item in the gui.json file which is in the calibre configuration folder

Code:

  "tag_browser_splitter_horizontal_state": [true, 200],

The first value should toggle between true and false

With calibre closed down you could try removing that item from gui.json and start/stop with tag browser showing/hidden - calibre will create a fresh entry for tag_browser_splitter_horizontal_state

BR

taja · 09-26-2014, 09:24 AM

Thanks! Yes, I assumed Calibre should have started with the same panels as last time, but that wasn't happening. I messed up the gui.json file, but then just deleted it and started again, which solved the problem (though I had to manually restore my preferences). So thank you!

BetterRed · 09-26-2014, 05:01 PM

@taja - drat, I thought of suggesting you copy it first as a backup

Tip : whenever you're advised to 'edit' a file (whether it be for calibre anything else) always copy it somewhere as a backup. It's also much easier if you use an editor that has the smarts to layout and highlight different file types, e.g. Notepad++ on Windows, Text Wrangler on OS/X and Vim on Linux.

Another thing I do is to include a backup of the configuration folder in my daily backup process, which also includes my calibre libraries.

BR

09-26-2014, 05:13 AM	#1
taja Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: iPad	Question: hide tag browser by default Hi there, Apologies in advance if this seems like a stupid question, but it's been bugging me: how can I stop Calibre (I'm using the latest version, 2.4) opening the tag browser by default? I never use it, so have tried dragging the tag browser section to hide it, and toggling the tag icon, but every time I quit and reopen Calibre, it reappears. I've searched the forum and looked in the preferences and can't find anything about this. Any thoughts?

09-26-2014, 06:04 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,018 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@taja - Calibre should start with the same panels showing as last time (you probably know that) - what happens if you quit with the Book Details hidden and then do a restart? There's no preference setting as such - its controlled via the the following item in the gui.json file which is in the calibre configuration folder Code: "tag_browser_splitter_horizontal_state": [true, 200], The first value should toggle between true and false With calibre closed down you could try removing that item from gui.json and start/stop with tag browser showing/hidden - calibre will create a fresh entry for tag_browser_splitter_horizontal_state BR

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09-26-2014, 09:24 AM	#3
taja Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: iPad	Thanks! Yes, I assumed Calibre should have started with the same panels as last time, but that wasn't happening. I messed up the gui.json file, but then just deleted it and started again, which solved the problem (though I had to manually restore my preferences). So thank you!

09-26-2014, 05:01 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,018 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@taja - drat, I thought of suggesting you copy it first as a backup Tip : whenever you're advised to 'edit' a file (whether it be for calibre anything else) always copy it somewhere as a backup. It's also much easier if you use an editor that has the smarts to layout and highlight different file types, e.g. Notepad++ on Windows, Text Wrangler on OS/X and Vim on Linux. Another thing I do is to include a backup of the configuration folder in my daily backup process, which also includes my calibre libraries. BR