TOC creation tool wishlist - Page 2

BetterRed · 04-08-2017, 04:51 PM

Suggestion - provide keyboard shortcuts to move selected items. Similar to this ==>> Saved Search Drag & Drop

BR

jackie_w · 04-08-2017, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Kovid
I have had it Flip the group order on me

. (more than oncetrying to Nest Chpters with in a Part.. It is a PITA to reorder )

Now I am careful to always select Top Down, and drag the top.

Can I give specific steps to make it fail: No

Me, too! I also have never figured out what sleight of hand I employed to do the reverse-the-order trick. I'd like to know so that I can make sure it never happens again

DoctorOhh · 04-08-2017, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Phssthpok

Here are two photos of the screen: one dragging the last item in the selection, the other dragging the first item. I did it using photos because none of my screen capture tools would show the "not allowed" cursor!

I don't know why it happens, but I experience this too (Windows 7 and Windows 10). I get around it by simply selecting the group to be moved by clicking on the far left then dragging it to the group where I want it to be included. This works every time no matter where in the group (top, middle or bottom) I click.

kovidgoyal · 04-08-2017, 11:36 PM

Without being able to reproduce, I really can't see any way to fix it -- the best i can suggest is it might be something in Qt, in which case the soon to be released calibre 3.0 might help as it has an upgraded version of Qt.

Phssthpok · 04-09-2017, 08:11 AM

It doesn't matter which order I select the items in, it's always the same. I also have to drag the top half of the first item -- if I click in the bottom half of the item, it won't allow it.

The flipping-the-order thing happened once when I was experimenting with selecting items in a random order before dragging; it wouldn't allow the drag, but it reversed the order of the selected items. I haven't managed to get it to happen again.

Phssthpok · 04-09-2017, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Suggestion - provide keyboard shortcuts to move selected items. Similar to this ==>> Saved Search Drag & Drop

BR

I'd really like it if the arrow buttons allowed the move if all the selected items are at the same level. Presumably the D&D logic has to check the levels to decide whether to allow the drop, so couldn't the arrow buttons do the same as D&D?

Phssthpok · 04-09-2017, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Without being able to reproduce, I really can't see any way to fix it -- the best i can suggest is it might be something in Qt, in which case the soon to be released calibre 3.0 might help as it has an upgraded version of Qt.

Will the upgraded Qt also fix the editor problem where characters go missing (are not displayed) at the start of lines containing NBSPs?

kovidgoyal · 04-09-2017, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Phssthpok

Will the upgraded Qt also fix the editor problem where characters go missing (are not displayed) at the start of lines containing NBSPs?

No since it has not been fixed in Qt. https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-47244

kovidgoyal · 04-09-2017, 10:19 AM

@BR: i'm really busy with the final bits of coding to get the beta for 3.0 ready -- so ping me about it some time after 3.0 is released, sa I dont want to get distracted.

BetterRed · 04-09-2017, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No since it has not been fixed in Qt. https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-47244

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@BR: i'm really busy with the final bits of coding to get the beta for 3.0 ready -- so ping me about it some time after 3.0 is released, sa I dont want to get distracted.

todoed

BR

kovidgoyal · 04-12-2017, 06:24 AM

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...54cf4be355c06c

@BR: There are already keyboard shortcuts for the up and down buttons. See the tooltips on the buttons.

jackie_w · 04-12-2017, 03:16 PM

@kovid,

Thank you very much for the great new 'Undo' button for the TOC editor.

BetterRed · 04-12-2017, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...54cf4be355c06c

@BR: There are already keyboard shortcuts for the up and down buttons. See the tooltips on the buttons.

So there are. When the new server is done and dusted, maybe up/down green arrows could be given consistent (maybe even fixed) short cuts everywhere - editor, viewer, library manager.

If you had an apprentice - preferably on 19th century terms (i.e. they pay you for the privilege) - he/she could do it

BR

Phssthpok · 04-14-2017, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...54cf4be355c06c

My hero!

MikeKReader · 04-15-2017, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Kovid
I have had it Flip the group order on me

. (more than oncetrying to Nest Chpters with in a Part.. It is a PITA to reorder )

Now I am careful to always select Top Down, and drag the top.

Can I give specific steps to make it fail: No

I haven't noticed this in TOC, but if I try to drag a collection of .html files in the editor, they always seem to reverse order. Annoying, but not a big deal so far, since I am just doing this with files I've emptied and pasted into another .html file.

I'll have to try selecting just the top one when dragging a block of them.

Dumbass me! I'll have to try to remember to read through the whole thread before jumping in with both feet!

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04-08-2017, 04:51 PM	#16
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,660 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Suggestion - provide keyboard shortcuts to move selected items. Similar to this ==>> Saved Search Drag & Drop BR

04-08-2017, 11:36 PM	#19
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,251 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Without being able to reproduce, I really can't see any way to fix it -- the best i can suggest is it might be something in Qt, in which case the soon to be released calibre 3.0 might help as it has an upgraded version of Qt.

04-09-2017, 08:11 AM	#20
Phssthpok Age improves with wine. Posts: 571 Karma: 95229 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Kindle Oasis, Kobo Libra II	It doesn't matter which order I select the items in, it's always the same. I also have to drag the top half of the first item -- if I click in the bottom half of the item, it won't allow it. The flipping-the-order thing happened once when I was experimenting with selecting items in a random order before dragging; it wouldn't allow the drag, but it reversed the order of the selected items. I haven't managed to get it to happen again.

04-09-2017, 10:19 AM	#24
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,251 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	@BR: i'm really busy with the final bits of coding to get the beta for 3.0 ready -- so ping me about it some time after 3.0 is released, sa I dont want to get distracted.

04-12-2017, 06:24 AM	#26
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,251 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...54cf4be355c06c @BR: There are already keyboard shortcuts for the up and down buttons. See the tooltips on the buttons.

04-12-2017, 03:16 PM	#27
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,251 Karma: 16539642 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	@kovid, Thank you very much for the great new 'Undo' button for the TOC editor.

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