PageEdit-2.0.0 Released

[Leonatus]

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by KevinH

Unfortunately, the workaround only works when using the Edit->Paste menu as using the shortcuts to paste uses a direct path to the QWebEngineView/Page that I can not intercept to add in the workaround code needed.

Hopefully, Qt will create an official fix for this that works on all ways of doing a paste.

No need for a keyboard shortcut on Windows, the accelerator key sequences Alt+EP and AltE↓↓↓↓ pop the "Clipboard contains HTML formatting" dialogue. I assume the dialogue box would be absent in a workaround release.

I suspect Alt+E sequences would work on most Linuxes too.

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[KevinH]

The popup is needed. It is there for people who want to paste and match style instead of a full styled paste. If html is present, the user should always be given the option so they do not force formatting on themselves with a paste.

Since PageEdit does not support easily adding or changing css, being able to Paste and Match style is important.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by KevinH

The popup is needed. It is there for people who want to paste and match style instead of a full styled paste. If html is present, the user should always be given the option so they do not force formatting on themselves with a paste.

Since PageEdit does not support easily adding or changing css, being able to Paste and Match style is important.

Gotcha.

I've not used Edit->Paste before now. I mistakenly assumed the dialogue box was related to this specific issue… but now I see (in PE 2.0.0) that it's not.

I use PE as tool when I'm proofreading (copy editing) content… I would have used Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to move and copy text perhaps.

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[KevinH]

which is fine if you do not want to paste and match style, but the normal paste shortcut does not allow me to intercept it since it is an internal default QWebEnginePage WebAction.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by KevinH

which is fine if you do not want to paste and match style, but the normal paste shortcut does not allow me to intercept it since it is an internal default QWebEnginePage WebAction.

You probably know all this.

If I cut or copy styled text with Ctrl+X or Ctrl+C in PageEdit, I can paste it elsewhere into PageEdit with Ctrl+V with no popup but the styling is retained - in both 2.0.0 and 2.0.2

The only time I've found that I need to use Alt+EP, and then the popup (in PE 2.0.2), is to paste styled text that I cut/copied from the Normal tab of the calibre Rich Text column edit widget - I don't need to use it if I copy the same styled text from calibre's Book Detail panel (even in PE 2.0.0), viz:



So, it's terribly, terribly niche… over the fence into the long paddock… out of the park and over the bridge… and tucked away in a wee cranny case.

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[KevinH]

Yes, PageEdit as a source for copying to the clipboard always adds the context (html and body tags) when putting it on the clipboard under Windows, and that should work anyplace. Yes Ctrl+v paste never gets a popup since we can not intercept it to ask if you want to Paste and Match Style.

I did not know only one place in calibre was not adding the context when copying to the clipboard. Is Kovid the author of that place or is this a plugin?

It seems all Windows apps (except one place in Calibre) add the context to the clipboard but only a couple require that context for the paste to be successful.

My bug report to QtWebEngine is about the ability to paste without full context since that is technically allowed by the win32 cf_html spec.

[Leonatus]

Originally Posted by KevinH

I did not know only one place in calibre was not adding the context when copying to the clipboard. Is Kovid the author of that place or is this a plugin?

The Annotations plugin fetches them from the connected device and copies them to the metadata panel of the respective book in the library (if chosen). It has been maintained by David Forrester (Davidfor).

[KevinH]

But the copy to the clipboard happens in calibre's metadata panel, correct?

[Leonatus]

Originally Posted by KevinH

But the copy to the clipboard happens in calibre's metadata panel, correct?

Yes, and there, everything was alright. The trouble begann when I copied it from there to PageEdit.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by KevinH

Yes, PageEdit as a source for copying to the clipboard always adds the context (html and body tags) when putting it on the clipboard under Windows, and that should work anyplace. Yes Ctrl+v paste never gets a popup since we can not intercept it to ask if you want to Paste and Match Style.

I did not know only one place in calibre was not adding the context when copying to the clipboard. Is Kovid the author of that place or is this a plugin?

Calibre's Rich Text/Long Text/Comments editor widget is in the calibre baseline, it has been there forever. It's primary usage is editing Comments which is the label calibre uses for the dc:description element.

Copying content from an individual rich text 'field' in the Book details panel (the place that does interop with PE) is awkward. I'll see if I can convince Kovid/chaley to add a Copy content option to the Copy context menu flyout.



As you can see it's already got most everything else

That would allow users to copy the content without having to resort to the use of nested modal dialogues (where's the baleful glare emoji).

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[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Leonatus

The Annotations plugin fetches them from the connected device and copies them to the metadata panel of the respective book in the library (if chosen). It has been maintained by David Forrester (Davidfor).

Can you confirm that your Annotations column definition is similar to this:



Most importantly the Column type.

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[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by KevinH

But the copy to the clipboard happens in calibre's metadata panel, correct?

Calibre's Rich text editor is a discrete module that is available in several places, including the Metadata Editor, Book list cells (F2), and the Notes viewer in the JobSpy plugin.

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[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

. . .

I'll see if I can convince Kovid/chaley to add a Copy content option to the Copy context menu flyout.

See ==>> Bugs calibre:#2039628 - “[Enhancement] Missing Copy->The long text contents...”

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