Feature Request for Ebook Viewer / Windows

dwig · 10-11-2014, 06:41 PM

I've recently moved my reading to a Windows 8.1 tablet (Dell Venue 8 Pro) and have encountered a small flaw in Ebook Viewer that should be relatively easy to correct.

Issue: the toolbar button for Open has a small down arrow that access an alternate Open function. The Print button has a similar alternate companion. Both of these are way, way too small to access by touch. They require a mouse.

Workaround: use TouchMousePointer (a free utility) to simulate a notebook's touchpad with an onscreen replicant. This provides mouse functionality and access to the small downarrows.

Suggested "fix": Add a right-mouse menu to the large Open and Print buttons that produces the same alternate menu that the down arrows do. This would allow a touch-and-hold action (the touch analog to a right-mouse click) to access the alternate functions just as it does for the full screen's right-mouse function for access its context menu.

kovidgoyal · 10-12-2014, 06:55 AM

Can you open a bug report requesting the feature and I will look into it when I have some time.

dwig · 10-12-2014, 03:06 PM

Done, thanks for considering this.

dwig · 10-17-2014, 01:24 PM

Fixed in v2.6

I just tested v2.6 on both a desktop non-touch machine and a touch-based tablet, both running Win 8.1u1. The new menus work fine, both with a true mouse right-click and with a press-and-hold action on the tablet.

Very nice "fix". Thanks again.

10-11-2014, 06:41 PM	#1
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718541 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	Feature Request for Ebook Viewer / Windows I've recently moved my reading to a Windows 8.1 tablet (Dell Venue 8 Pro) and have encountered a small flaw in Ebook Viewer that should be relatively easy to correct. Issue: the toolbar button for Open has a small down arrow that access an alternate Open function. The Print button has a similar alternate companion. Both of these are way, way too small to access by touch. They require a mouse. Workaround: use TouchMousePointer (a free utility) to simulate a notebook's touchpad with an onscreen replicant. This provides mouse functionality and access to the small downarrows. Suggested "fix": Add a right-mouse menu to the large Open and Print buttons that produces the same alternate menu that the down arrows do. This would allow a touch-and-hold action (the touch analog to a right-mouse click) to access the alternate functions just as it does for the full screen's right-mouse function for access its context menu.

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10-12-2014, 06:55 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Can you open a bug report requesting the feature and I will look into it when I have some time.

10-12-2014, 03:06 PM	#3
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718541 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	Done, thanks for considering this.

10-17-2014, 01:24 PM	#4
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718541 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	Fixed in v2.6 I just tested v2.6 on both a desktop non-touch machine and a touch-based tablet, both running Win 8.1u1. The new menus work fine, both with a true mouse right-click and with a press-and-hold action on the tablet. Very nice "fix". Thanks again.