Calibre 4.5 Viewer - Footer Placement

jp12323 · 12-04-2019, 01:42 AM

Hi, I just upgraded from Calibre 3 and I'm getting used to the new changes.
One thing that I haven't figured out yet is how to get the footer to look like the old one.

Calibre 3 Viewer: https://i.imgur.com/SdcR47U.png
Notice how the position & clock on the left & right respectively are on the sides? Is there any way to make Calibre 4's viewer to look like that?

Calibre 4 Viewer: https://i.imgur.com/rSwrDUt.png
Here the position & clock take up extra space below the text. It seems better to place it in the empty space on the sides (provided there's no middle footer).

Also is there any way to remap the right click in the viewer to show the toolbar instead of the viewer controls? Like OnMouseRightClickEvent() {toggleToolbar();} or something? Or remap the right click to show the context menu, like in the old viewer. Whenever I was in full screen mode, I used right click -> quit to exit the viewer so that I didn't need to use the keyboard. Mouse for scrolling, mouse to exit full screen mode or quit.

Anyways those are the only two things that I'm not sure how to do with the new viewer. Other than this, it's been great. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

kovidgoyal · 12-04-2019, 04:35 AM

No, information can only be displayed in the top/bottom headers/footers not on the sides. I could conceivably add the ability to show them in the sides as well.

As for quitting using only the mouse, just right click, click toggle fullscreen and then the window close button.

jp12323 · 12-04-2019, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No, information can only be displayed in the top/bottom headers/footers not on the sides. I could conceivably add the ability to show them in the sides as well.

As for quitting using only the mouse, just right click, click toggle fullscreen and then the window close button.

Hi yes that would be great if you can add the ability to show it on the sides. As for the quitting using the mouse, I should have thought of that.

But remapping the right click event to show the toolbar instead of the viewer controls still would be nice to have. Since the default behavior takes up so much screen real estate. Anyways just a suggestion, thanks!

kovidgoyal · 12-04-2019, 08:53 AM

Well open a ticket requesting the ability to add entries to the side margins and I'll look into it when I have some time.

12-04-2019, 01:42 AM	#1
jp12323 Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2018 Device: Kindle Oasis 2 (Jailbroken)	Calibre 4.5 Viewer - Footer Placement Hi, I just upgraded from Calibre 3 and I'm getting used to the new changes. One thing that I haven't figured out yet is how to get the footer to look like the old one. Calibre 3 Viewer: https://i.imgur.com/SdcR47U.png Notice how the position & clock on the left & right respectively are on the sides? Is there any way to make Calibre 4's viewer to look like that? Calibre 4 Viewer: https://i.imgur.com/rSwrDUt.png Here the position & clock take up extra space below the text. It seems better to place it in the empty space on the sides (provided there's no middle footer). Also is there any way to remap the right click in the viewer to show the toolbar instead of the viewer controls? Like OnMouseRightClickEvent() {toggleToolbar();} or something? Or remap the right click to show the context menu, like in the old viewer. Whenever I was in full screen mode, I used right click -> quit to exit the viewer so that I didn't need to use the keyboard. Mouse for scrolling, mouse to exit full screen mode or quit. Anyways those are the only two things that I'm not sure how to do with the new viewer. Other than this, it's been great. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! Last edited by jp12323; 12-04-2019 at 01:46 AM.

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12-04-2019, 04:35 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,359 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, information can only be displayed in the top/bottom headers/footers not on the sides. I could conceivably add the ability to show them in the sides as well. As for quitting using only the mouse, just right click, click toggle fullscreen and then the window close button.

12-04-2019, 08:53 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,359 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Well open a ticket requesting the ability to add entries to the side margins and I'll look into it when I have some time.