Feature request: safe abort of copy/move

kjdavies · 09-12-2023, 01:54 AM

... or it might be just a question, if it already exists (but I haven't found it).

Can we get a confirmation when aborting a title copy/move operation?

I would consider it a kindness to have the Abort button on the move dialog prompt me -- the old school "Are you sure?" type would be great -- either as a standard or optional behavior.

It's aggravating to be (as happened today) 13,288 titles through a 14,124 title move and accidentally abort. I've got a way to deal with it (start over, then use Find Duplicates and automatically remove all formats from one copy, then delete all titles with no formats), but it's still going to take a couple hours to get through.

(start move, background the app, "I wonder how far along we are?", bring to front and check, move mouse over another app and scroll, hit space or escape, and AAAUGH! focus is on calibre still! Aborted, no warning, no recourse, START OVER!)

kovidgoyal · 09-12-2023, 06:14 AM

Sure opena bug report requesting it and i will get to it when I have a moment.

kjdavies · 09-12-2023, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Sure opena bug report requesting it and i will get to it when I have a moment.

Thanks Kovid, bug #2035215

Keith

kjdavies · 09-13-2023, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Sure opena bug report requesting it and i will get to it when I have a moment.

And I see a note that it's fixed in branch master. Thanks Kovid!

kjdavies · 09-22-2023, 12:58 PM

I have downloaded the latest update (didn't grab the dev branch because I was busy trying to get wrapped up at work before going on vacation) and see the change.

Thanks so much, @kovidgoyal, this is a quality of life improvement I really appreciate.

09-12-2023, 01:54 AM	#1
kjdavies Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 53342 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Sony PRS-600	Feature request: safe abort of copy/move ... or it might be just a question, if it already exists (but I haven't found it). Can we get a confirmation when aborting a title copy/move operation? I would consider it a kindness to have the Abort button on the move dialog prompt me -- the old school "Are you sure?" type would be great -- either as a standard or optional behavior. It's aggravating to be (as happened today) 13,288 titles through a 14,124 title move and accidentally abort. I've got a way to deal with it (start over, then use Find Duplicates and automatically remove all formats from one copy, then delete all titles with no formats), but it's still going to take a couple hours to get through. (start move, background the app, "I wonder how far along we are?", bring to front and check, move mouse over another app and scroll, hit space or escape, and AAAUGH! focus is on calibre still! Aborted, no warning, no recourse, START OVER!)

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09-12-2023, 06:14 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,527 Karma: 28548962 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Sure opena bug report requesting it and i will get to it when I have a moment.

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kjdavies Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 53342 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Sony PRS-600	I have downloaded the latest update (didn't grab the dev branch because I was busy trying to get wrapped up at work before going on vacation) and see the change. Thanks so much, @kovidgoyal, this is a quality of life improvement I really appreciate.