Calibre keyboard contents toggle

oneiric · 11-06-2023, 02:42 PM

Greetings,

Is there a keyboard command that allows one to toggle the contents pane on and off?

Thx

Karellen · 11-06-2023, 02:59 PM

Which is the "contents" pane, and what would you want to show in its place once it is off?

BetterRed · 11-06-2023, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by oneiric

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Is there a keyboard command that allows one to toggle the contents pane on and off?

See ==>> Keyboard shortcuts.

The Jobspy plugin has a utility function that lists keyboard shortcuts in a CSV file, see ==>> Index of plugins.

BR

oneiric · 11-06-2023, 03:57 PM

By contents pane I mean the Table of Contents that is displayed in its own pane on the left of the text window, from an open ebook. The Table of Contents is displayed by mouse right-click and selecting "Table of Contents". I'm wondering if the mouse can be avoided and a keyboard command used instead, which would be a lot easier and quicker, allowing one to summon and dismiss the Table of Contents pane in a toggle-like manner.

BetterRed · 11-06-2023, 04:13 PM

Its in the Editor Preference settings, you may have to set it.

BR

Karellen · 11-06-2023, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oneiric

By contents pane I mean the Table of Contents that is displayed in its own pane on the left of the text window, from an open ebook. The Table of Contents is displayed by mouse right-click and selecting "Table of Contents". I'm wondering if the mouse can be avoided and a keyboard command used instead, which would be a lot easier and quicker, allowing one to summon and dismiss the Table of Contents pane in a toggle-like manner.

Hmm, you have confused me even more. I am sure you mean the File Browser, but you keep mentioning the Table of Contents which is a separate module that is invoked from the icon bar. Not sure where you are right-clicking.

Anyway if it is the File Browser you are referring to, then BetterRed has steered you to the solution.

BetterRed · 11-06-2023, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Karellen

Hmm, you have confused me even more. I am sure you mean the File Browser, but you keep mentioning the Table of Contents which is a separate module that is invoked from the icon bar. Not sure where you are right-clicking.

Anyway if it is the File Browser you are referring to, then BetterRed has steered you to the solution.

@Karellen - the ToC can be displayed in a dockable panel, it's in the Editor->View menu.

BR

Comfy.n · 11-06-2023, 05:35 PM

I haven't found a keyboard shortcut, but you could do View -> File Browser / Table of Contents. Those are toggle checkboxes:

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By the way, just recently I found a way to have the TOC and the File Browser side-by side in the left pane:

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oneiric · 11-06-2023, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karellen

Hmm, you have confused me even more. I am sure you mean the File Browser, but you keep mentioning the Table of Contents which is a separate module that is invoked from the icon bar. Not sure where you are right-clicking.

Anyway if it is the File Browser you are referring to, then BetterRed has steered you to the solution.

1. https://i.imgur.com/WeKqFzv.png

2. https://i.imgur.com/HiJMIal.png

3. https://i.imgur.com/WM9Gjla.png

BetterRed · 11-06-2023, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Comfy.n

I haven't found a keyboard shortcut…

Hmmm… couldn't have looked very hard, or been bothered to use the Find feature

BR

Comfy.n · 11-06-2023, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by oneiric

1. https://i.imgur.com/WeKqFzv.png

2. https://i.imgur.com/HiJMIal.png

3. https://i.imgur.com/WM9Gjla.png

oh, so you're talking Viewer, then it's Control + t!

Comfy.n · 11-06-2023, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

Hmmm… couldn't have looked very hard, or been bothered to use the Find feature

BR

yup

oneiric · 11-06-2023, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Comfy.n

oh, so you're talking Viewer, then it's Control + t!

Thx!!

Karellen · 11-06-2023, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

@Karellen - the ToC can be displayed in a dockable panel, it's in the Editor->View menu.

Right, thanks.

It was the comment about the "left of the screen" that kept throwing me into thinking of the File Browser.

Interesting that the OP would need to access it so often that it requires a shortcut. Isn't it something that is created once and then only when the ebook is complete, or close to, rather than progressively creating it?

Karellen · 11-06-2023, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Comfy.n

oh, so you're talking Viewer,

Are we?
We are in the Editor subforum.
I can't see the images as the links don't work.

11-06-2023, 02:42 PM	#1
oneiric Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2023 Device: calibre	Calibre keyboard contents toggle Greetings, Is there a keyboard command that allows one to toggle the contents pane on and off? Thx

11-06-2023, 05:35 PM	#8
Comfy.n want to learn what I want Posts: 1,611 Karma: 7891011 Join Date: Sep 2020 Device: none	I haven't found a keyboard shortcut, but you could do View -> File Browser / Table of Contents. Those are toggle checkboxes: By the way, just recently I found a way to have the TOC and the File Browser side-by side in the left pane:

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Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 9500498 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Which is the "contents" pane, and what would you want to show in its place once it is off?

11-06-2023, 03:57 PM	#4
oneiric Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2023 Device: calibre	By contents pane I mean the Table of Contents that is displayed in its own pane on the left of the text window, from an open ebook. The Table of Contents is displayed by mouse right-click and selecting "Table of Contents". I'm wondering if the mouse can be avoided and a keyboard command used instead, which would be a lot easier and quicker, allowing one to summon and dismiss the Table of Contents pane in a toggle-like manner.

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,733 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Its in the Editor Preference settings, you may have to set it. BR