Possible to make a double-click on the book cover open the book itself ?

Lee1969 · 10-13-2023, 08:45 AM

Hi folks !

My first post here, about a problem I didn't find anywhere on this forum (perhaps I didn't search good enough.. my apologizes then).

On the main screen (the one with the booklist), on the right you can display a view of the book cover. When double-clicking on it, it shows a larger view of this cover, together with some metadata about the book. Not very useful imho...

Is it possible to configure Calibre so that double-clicking on that cover opens the book directly (with the associated software, epub or pdf reader, etc.) ?

Thanks a lot and greetings to you all !

BetterRed · 10-13-2023, 09:45 AM

By default, double click on the book entry in the book list/grid will View the book. Or just press 'V'. They will also work when the embedded Book Details panel is hidden (Alt+Shift+D).

IMCO: the current behaviour of double click on the embedded Book Details cover to show a detached Book Details panel that includes all columns, which also has Next and Previous buttons, is extremely useful.

BR

arpeggioaccele · 10-22-2023, 03:30 AM

Wow I had no idea that was a thing! Nice to know.

I also use hotkeys, but that's because I delete covers in my library lol.

10-13-2023, 08:45 AM	#1
Lee1969 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2023 Device: Samsung tablets	Possible to make a double-click on the book cover open the book itself ? Hi folks ! My first post here, about a problem I didn't find anywhere on this forum (perhaps I didn't search good enough.. my apologizes then). On the main screen (the one with the booklist), on the right you can display a view of the book cover. When double-clicking on it, it shows a larger view of this cover, together with some metadata about the book. Not very useful imho... Is it possible to configure Calibre so that double-clicking on that cover opens the book directly (with the associated software, epub or pdf reader, etc.) ? Thanks a lot and greetings to you all !

10-13-2023, 09:45 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,643 Karma: 26960534 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	By default, double click on the book entry in the book list/grid will View the book. Or just press 'V'. They will also work when the embedded Book Details panel is hidden (Alt+Shift+D). IMCO: the current behaviour of double click on the embedded Book Details cover to show a detached Book Details panel that includes all columns, which also has Next and Previous buttons, is extremely useful. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 10-13-2023 at 09:47 AM.

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10-22-2023, 03:30 AM	#3
arpeggioaccele light mode user Posts: 66 Karma: 16268 Join Date: May 2023 Location: New England Device: I use the Calibre ebook-viewer on macos and Apple Books on ios.	Wow I had no idea that was a thing! Nice to know. I also use hotkeys, but that's because I delete covers in my library lol.