Only show matches when searching book in my library

badbit · 11-07-2014, 01:23 AM

In old Calibre versions, when I searched for a book in my library, it only showed the matches to my search. Now, it highlights them in green. I have to scroll the library to see if any other book matches. This is awful. I have a pretty big library, with thousands of books. Scrolling through all the list is not an option. Is there a way to go back to the old behavior?

BetterRed · 11-07-2014, 01:39 AM

Search is showing all books with some highlighted! How do I fix this? (← click)

That's a sticky thread at the top of the Library Management sub forum

BR

aleyx · 11-07-2014, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Search is showing all books with some highlighted! How do I fix this? (← click)

That's a sticky thread at the top of the Library Management sub forum

BR

This question comes back so often (twice this week that I've seen), maybe it should be a sticky in the main forum...

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BetterRed · 11-07-2014, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by aleyx

This question comes back so often (twice this week that I've seen), maybe it should be a sticky in the main forum...

N.

Or put the button back on the search bar. Maybe Qt5 has the means to disable it when there's no search in play - i.e. make the blues bar button grey

BR

chaley · 11-07-2014, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

Or put the button back on the search bar.

It was taken off the search bar because of the continuous stream of posts and bug reports. Apparently people would click the button, perhaps without realizing it, and then report a problem one way or another. Strange as it may seem, the number of problem reports we see now is lower than before the button was removed.

BetterRed · 11-07-2014, 04:11 PM

@chaley - the Red Bar button is only shown when there is an active VL, so why not do the same for the Blues Bar button - only show it when there's an active Search.

If its only available when its appropriate, users will soon figure out its purpose; I'd imagine the problem reports would reduce to near zero.

BR

kovidgoyal · 11-07-2014, 10:23 PM

The remaining problem reports are all because of the Find Duplicates plugin, which toggles this setting as part of its operation, which it really should not be doing.

badbit · 11-14-2014, 07:16 PM

Thanks for the replies, and sorry for not looking harder for an answer. I really did search for it, but didn not find it.

BetterRed · 11-17-2014, 01:01 AM

@Kovid - Preferences->Keyboard->Miscellaneous->Highlight Search Results doesn't appear to have a default value

Would it be worth giving it a default value - so when users create threads like this one, they can be advised to press whatever you choose as the default - eg ctrl/H

It works regardless of whether or not the button is displayed in search bar.

BR

kovidgoyal · 11-17-2014, 01:10 AM

This is not an operation that is common enough to deserve its own default shortcut. Since the shortcut namespace is shared by everything, I dont like to add defaults to it for operations that are not common.

aleyx · 11-17-2014, 08:09 AM

In addition, we'd get threads (admittedly probably only a small amount) from people who hit ctrl+h by mistake...

(I get calls about twice a week from people who manage somehow to hit ctrl+alt+arrow by mistake and end up with a flipped screen; I'm not optimistic about ctrl+h in Calibre)

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BetterRed · 11-17-2014, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by aleyx

In addition, we'd get threads (admittedly probably only a small amount) from people who hit ctrl+h by mistake...

(I get calls about twice a week from people who manage somehow to hit ctrl+alt+arrow by mistake and end up with a flipped screen; I'm not optimistic about ctrl+h in Calibre)

N.

There is no default - and if you read Kovid's response that's the way it's going to stay.

My post had "e.g. ctrl/H".

e.g. abbreviation of Latin phrase 'exempli gratia', which translates to 'for the sake of example'.

- have you seen any complaints here about ctrl/R (Restarts calibre) - me neither.

BR

Terisa de morgan · 11-17-2014, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

- have you seen any complaints here about ctrl/R (Restarts calibre) - me neither.

BR

Thank you about the shortcut, I didn't know it

BetterRed · 11-17-2014, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Thank you about the shortcut, I didn't know it

- and ctrl/shift/r to restart in debug mode, and here's the default list calibre Keyboard Shortcuts

BR

aleyx · 11-17-2014, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

There is no default - and if you read Kovid's response that's the way it's going to stay.

My post had "e.g. ctrl/H".

e.g. abbreviation of Latin phrase 'exempli gratia', which translates to 'for the sake of example'.

I realize that; I just thought that adding "e.g." in my reply would have been redundant. Ah well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

- have you seen any complaints here about ctrl/R (Restarts calibre) - me neither.

Point taken.

N.

11-07-2014, 01:23 AM	#1
badbit Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle	Only show matches when searching book in my library In old Calibre versions, when I searched for a book in my library, it only showed the matches to my search. Now, it highlights them in green. I have to scroll the library to see if any other book matches. This is awful. I have a pretty big library, with thousands of books. Scrolling through all the list is not an option. Is there a way to go back to the old behavior?

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11-07-2014, 01:39 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,572 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Search is showing all books with some highlighted! How do I fix this? (← click) That's a sticky thread at the top of the Library Management sub forum BR

11-07-2014, 04:11 PM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,572 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@chaley - the Red Bar button is only shown when there is an active VL, so why not do the same for the Blues Bar button - only show it when there's an active Search. If its only available when its appropriate, users will soon figure out its purpose; I'd imagine the problem reports would reduce to near zero. BR

11-07-2014, 10:23 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The remaining problem reports are all because of the Find Duplicates plugin, which toggles this setting as part of its operation, which it really should not be doing.

11-14-2014, 07:16 PM	#8
badbit Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle	Thanks for the replies, and sorry for not looking harder for an answer. I really did search for it, but didn not find it.

11-17-2014, 01:01 AM	#9
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,572 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Kovid - Preferences->Keyboard->Miscellaneous->Highlight Search Results doesn't appear to have a default value Would it be worth giving it a default value - so when users create threads like this one, they can be advised to press whatever you choose as the default - eg ctrl/H It works regardless of whether or not the button is displayed in search bar. BR

11-17-2014, 01:10 AM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	This is not an operation that is common enough to deserve its own default shortcut. Since the shortcut namespace is shared by everything, I dont like to add defaults to it for operations that are not common.

11-17-2014, 08:09 AM	#11
aleyx Addict Posts: 245 Karma: 20386 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: France Device: Cybook Diva	In addition, we'd get threads (admittedly probably only a small amount) from people who hit ctrl+h by mistake... (I get calls about twice a week from people who manage somehow to hit ctrl+alt+arrow by mistake and end up with a flipped screen; I'm not optimistic about ctrl+h in Calibre) N.

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