Want the "On Device" column to be just wide enough to see the green circled checkmark

droopy · 08-05-2020, 11:53 AM

How can I keep the "On Device" column just wide enough to see the green circled checkmark? It always expands to be wide enough to see the words "On Device", but that's a waste of space. Or would it help to change the column heading from "On Device" to an emoji/icon of a device? (If so, how can I use an emoji/icon/png/jpg in a column header?

peaceridge · 08-05-2020, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by droopy

How can I keep the "On Device" column just wide enough to see the green circled checkmark? It always expands to be wide enough to see the words "On Device", but that's a waste of space? Or would it help to change the column heading from "On Device" to an emoji/icon of a device? (If so, how can I use an emoji/icon/png/jpg in a column header?

I totally agree - would be very helpful!

hobnail · 08-05-2020, 12:33 PM

I've never used it so I don't know what it does but in the Preferences -> Look & feel is the tab Column icons at the far right.

ownedbycats · 08-05-2020, 01:36 PM

If you don't care about sorting and just want the checkmark to appear, try this column icon rule (Preferences > Look & Feel > Column icon > Add rule):

Set the icon with text of the column: Title to [image here*]

Only if the following conditions are all satisfied:

If the On device column is false.

*If you want a checkmark, you can find one in <Calibre installation folder>\app\resources\images\ok.png. There's also some other icons in there that might work for your purposes.

DNSB · 08-05-2020, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

If you don't care about sorting and just want the checkmark to appear, try this column icon rule (Preferences > Look & Feel > Column icon > Add rule):

Set the icon with text of the column: Title to [image here*]

Only if the following conditions are all satisfied:

If the On device column is false.

*If you want a checkmark, you can find one in <Calibre installation folder>\app\resources\images\ok.png. There's also some other icons in there that might work for your purposes.

AFAIR, the On Device column does not appear in the list of columns that can be modified under the Column icon settings. I suppose a custom column could be added using the On Device column true/false for controlling what icon would show. That would run into the issue that AFAIK, the On Device column can't be hidden though moving it to be the last column might work.

ownedbycats · 08-05-2020, 02:52 PM

The On Device column is strange. I tried using View Manager to save its width a few times but it never stuck.

DNSB · 08-05-2020, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

The On Device column is strange. I tried using View Manager to save its width a few times but it never stuck.

I tried to shrink On Device once but I still have several devices with external uSD cards so I realized I needed the Main/Card A indicator and dropped the project. At that time, I played with a custom column and moved the On Device to the far left of the columns but was never happy with the results.

droopy · 08-05-2020, 07:22 PM

Maybe if there's a way we can rename "On Device" to one letter (for example, "D"), then it won't expand so much?

ownedbycats · 08-05-2020, 08:34 PM

I did make an enhancement request a while back to be able to rename default columns, but Kovid didn't think it was worth the effort.

droopy · 08-05-2020, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I did make an enhancement request a while back to be able to rename default columns, but Kovid didn't think it was worth the effort.

Is Calibre open source? Can we fork Calibre and customize our own copy of Calibre?

DNSB · 08-05-2020, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by droopy

Is Calibre open source? Can we fork Calibre and customize our own copy of Calibre?

Yes. Calibre is open source. So feel free to fork and create your own flavour of calibre.

kovidgoyal · 08-05-2020, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by droopy

Is Calibre open source? Can we fork Calibre and customize our own copy of Calibre?

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html

droopy · 08-05-2020, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Yes. Calibre is open source. So feel free to fork and create your own flavour of calibre.

I don't have any haxxing skilz. Lol.

JSWolf · 08-06-2020, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by droopy

Is Calibre open source? Can we fork Calibre and customize our own copy of Calibre?

Are you going to be forking Calibre just for one column? Are you going to keep up with all the enhancements/changes to Calibre? And when the Python 3 version comes out, you'll have to start over. Is it really worth it? IMO, it is not worth the hassle.

JSWolf · 08-06-2020, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by droopy

I don't have any haxxing skilz. Lol.

And you don't have spelling skills either.

08-05-2020, 11:53 AM	#1
droopy Guru Posts: 833 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	Want the "On Device" column to be just wide enough to see the green circled checkmark How can I keep the "On Device" column just wide enough to see the green circled checkmark? It always expands to be wide enough to see the words "On Device", but that's a waste of space. Or would it help to change the column heading from "On Device" to an emoji/icon of a device? (If so, how can I use an emoji/icon/png/jpg in a column header? Last edited by droopy; 08-05-2020 at 01:24 PM.

08-05-2020, 01:36 PM	#4
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,608 Karma: 61176603 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	If you don't care about sorting and just want the checkmark to appear, try this column icon rule (Preferences > Look & Feel > Column icon > Add rule): Set the icon with text of the column: Title to *[image here] Only if the following conditions are all satisfied: If the On device column is false.** If you want a checkmark, you can find one in <Calibre installation folder>\app\resources\images\ok.png. There's also some other icons in there that might work for your purposes. Last edited by ownedbycats; 08-05-2020 at 01:40 PM.*

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08-05-2020, 12:33 PM	#3
hobnail Running with scissors Posts: 1,552 Karma: 14325282 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: none	I've never used it so I don't know what it does but in the Preferences -> Look & feel is the tab Column icons at the far right.

08-05-2020, 02:52 PM	#6
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,608 Karma: 61176603 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	The On Device column is strange. I tried using View Manager to save its width a few times but it never stuck.

08-05-2020, 07:22 PM	#8
droopy Guru Posts: 833 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	Maybe if there's a way we can rename "On Device" to one letter (for example, "D"), then it won't expand so much?

08-05-2020, 08:34 PM	#9
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,608 Karma: 61176603 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I did make an enhancement request a while back to be able to rename default columns, but Kovid didn't think it was worth the effort.

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