[GUI Plugin] Palette Config

[Comfy.n]

Palette Config
Quick access to calibre palettes customisation dialog!

Features
- Provides quick access to Calibre palette customisation dialog.
- Keeps calibre UI available to see style changes in real-time.

Installation
- Load from file
1. Download the latest release zip.
2. Preferences -> Plug-ins -> Load Plugin from File.
3. Select the zip, install, and restart Calibre.

License
This plugin is licensed under the GNU GPL v3.

Compatibility
- Calibre 7.5.0 or later
- Windows, macOS, Linux

Release notes

Spoiler:

- v1.0.2: thread url fix
- v1.0.1: minor UI adjustment
- v1.0.0: initial release

[Comfy.n]

reserved

[BetterRed]

Which setting determines the highlight colour of the border around the 'widget' with kb focus. I'd to make it bright whyte for Dork mode like MS Windows settings, or yellow like I have for Sigil (can't remember how, maybe a BeckyEbook .qss).

BR

[Comfy.n]

I haven't figured a way to test but maybe...

/* apply with app.setStyleSheet(...) */
*:focus {
    outline: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
    outline-offset: 0px;
}

/* target common editor widgets */
QLineEdit:focus, QTextEdit:focus, QPlainTextEdit:focus, QTreeView:focus {
    outline: 2px solid #FFFF00;}

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

I haven't figured a way to test but maybe...

/* apply with app.setStyleSheet(...) */
*:focus {
    outline: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
    outline-offset: 0px;
}

/* target common editor widgets */
QLineEdit:focus, QTextEdit:focus, QPlainTextEdit:focus, QTreeView:focus {
    outline: 2px solid #FFFF00;}

Where would I put code like that, AFAIK calibre doesn't look for .qss files

Originally Posted by BetterRed

yellow like I have for Sigil (can't remember how, maybe a BeckyEbook .qss).

Actually, to get what I have in Sigil is a combination of a BeckyEbook .qss and a setting in Sigil's preferences.

In the .qss I can set border colour and width. Sigil preferences has a "Highlight Widgets with Focus (Needs Sigil Restart)" checkbox - yellow 1 pixel is in the code :sigh:

Who said it was okay to weave inconsistency and fragmentation into the Zeitgeist… when was that on any ballot. MS just sent me some toast, but they forgot the coffee.

BR

[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Where would I put code like that, AFAIK calibre doesn't look for .qss files

"Notes on what I had to to, running Calibre from source:
- location of qss file: one level above the /src directory
- code placement in gui2/__init__.py:"

see this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...4&postcount=14

IIRC, calibre must be in 'user interface style' - calibre style, and 'user interface colors' (palette) either light or dark (.. not system default), for changes to pick.

edit: actually, reading my own post, I noticed I said quite the opposite (must be system default..). This is indeed very confusing, and can be fathomed only by testing.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

"Notes on what I had to to, running Calibre from source:
- location of qss file: one level above the /src directory
- code placement in gui2/__init__.py:"

see this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...4&postcount=14

IIRC, calibre must be in 'user interface style' - calibre style, and 'user interface colors' (palette) either light or dark (.. not system default), for changes to pick.

edit: actually, reading my own post, I noticed I said quite the opposite (must be system default..). This is indeed very confusing, and can be fathomed only by testing.

Which demonstrates the veracity of the penultimate sentence in my previous post

- could CCR report History of Bulk Metadata Edits, see Thinklings thread in Lib Mgt and you'll get my drift.

[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Which demonstrates the veracity of the penultimate sentence in my previous post

- could CCR report History of Bulk Metadata Edits, see Thinklings thread in Lib Mgt and you'll get my drift.

I think that's Audit Log plugin merit to achieve that level of logging. Which is amazing but adds a level of complexity I don't want to be anywhere near!

[BetterRed]

I suspect Audit Log is in the same boat as Entities Manager… unloved, unlikely to be missed if it ceased to exist.

But all I had on mind for CCR History was -

2025-10-23 06:36:08 Bulk Metadata Edit was invoked.

Not what was done within it, i.e events not consequences.

BR

[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I suspect Audit Log is in the same boat as Entities Manager… unloved, unlikely to be missed if it ceased to exist.

But all I had on mind for CCR History was -

2025-10-23 06:36:08 Bulk Metadata Edit was invoked.

Not what was done within it, i.e events not consequences.

BR

Done. Please check CCR 3.1 update

[Wiggo]

Comfy.n, forgive me for hijacking this thread.

Do you perhaps know how I can change the background colour of the search results in the editor? I find the grey difficult to see in dark mode.

[Comfy.n]

Hey, Wiggo, I will take a look in a moment. IIRC, Editor has its own palettee customiser.

[Comfy.n]

Sounds like that would be 'Visual', look:

[dunhill]

The editor is managed by css

[Wiggo]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Sounds like that would be 'Visual', look:

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Tank you so much!