Viewer bookmarks window - QoL feature request

Andys · 08-06-2018, 09:11 AM

Hi, I am very glad to see a hotkey for open/close bookmark window in newer version, here's some suggestions I believe would improve keyboard control in viewer

1. After pressing show bookmarks hotkey focus should be switched to this new window. As of now, you have to either press tab to jump through all toolbar items and then you get to bookmarks, or have to use mouse if bookmarks are in undocked window.
2. When the bookmark window is undocked, open/close hotkey should work in it. same as in main viewer window. Currently the hotkey doesn't work at all in undocked bookmarks window, it works only when bookmarks are docked as a sidebar.
3. Maybe a confirmation when deleting bookmark with del key? Just to be safe in case I somehow miss pgup/dn keys
4. Optional/personal usage - when activating bookmark in a list, jump to position and close bookmark window (optional since I can imagine both usages - with closing and without)

Basically, I hope for this scenario - press hotkey, select bookmark, press enter, close bookmarks. All from keyboard and without tabbing a lot

kovidgoyal · 08-06-2018, 09:15 AM

The viewer is currently in the process of being completely re-written for calibre 4, so i am not making any more changes to it. Feel free to ping me about your requests after the calibre 4 beta is released.

Andys · 08-06-2018, 09:28 AM

OK, thanks!

Divingduck · 08-07-2018, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The viewer is currently in the process of being completely re-written for calibre 4, so i am not making any more changes to it. Feel free to ping me about your requests after the calibre 4 beta is released.

I had seen this.

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kovidgoyal · 08-07-2018, 06:24 AM

Yeah the development is happening in the engine branch in the calibre github repository -- I am finally moving the editor and viewer to use Qt WebEngine which has a much newer HTML rendering engine. Editor is already done, viewer is being worked on.

Divingduck · 08-07-2018, 09:07 AM

Maybe you can find a solution for rendering PDF w/o converting.
This is one of my biggest whishes since long time especially for the server.
(Something like the minified version of pdf.js)

08-06-2018, 09:11 AM	#1
Andys Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: PC	Viewer bookmarks window - QoL feature request Hi, I am very glad to see a hotkey for open/close bookmark window in newer version, here's some suggestions I believe would improve keyboard control in viewer 1. After pressing show bookmarks hotkey focus should be switched to this new window. As of now, you have to either press tab to jump through all toolbar items and then you get to bookmarks, or have to use mouse if bookmarks are in undocked window. 2. When the bookmark window is undocked, open/close hotkey should work in it. same as in main viewer window. Currently the hotkey doesn't work at all in undocked bookmarks window, it works only when bookmarks are docked as a sidebar. 3. Maybe a confirmation when deleting bookmark with del key? Just to be safe in case I somehow miss pgup/dn keys 4. Optional/personal usage - when activating bookmark in a list, jump to position and close bookmark window (optional since I can imagine both usages - with closing and without) Basically, I hope for this scenario - press hotkey, select bookmark, press enter, close bookmarks. All from keyboard and without tabbing a lot Last edited by Andys; 08-06-2018 at 09:13 AM.

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08-06-2018, 09:15 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,866 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The viewer is currently in the process of being completely re-written for calibre 4, so i am not making any more changes to it. Feel free to ping me about your requests after the calibre 4 beta is released.

08-06-2018, 09:28 AM	#3
Andys Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: PC	OK, thanks!

08-07-2018, 06:24 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,866 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yeah the development is happening in the engine branch in the calibre github repository -- I am finally moving the editor and viewer to use Qt WebEngine which has a much newer HTML rendering engine. Editor is already done, viewer is being worked on.

08-07-2018, 09:07 AM	#6
Divingduck Wizard Posts: 1,161 Karma: 1404241 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Germany Device: Sony PRS-650	Maybe you can find a solution for rendering PDF w/o converting. This is one of my biggest whishes since long time especially for the server. (Something like the minified version of pdf.js)

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