Searching in koreader file browser: no back button?

libertango · 02-21-2018, 02:50 PM

When I am browsing the books in the file browser, sometimes I just want to go back to my reading but I don't find anyway to go directly back. My workaround is to go to the hamburger menu and select 'Open last document'. There is no back button or am I missing something?

Ken Maltby · 02-21-2018, 03:46 PM

Your "workaround" is the best way for that now, what we used to do is poke the top item in the History listing.

Luck;
Ken

Frenzie · 02-22-2018, 05:37 AM

Everything's a trade-off.

If this is something one would expect a back button to do, and I'm not sure that it should, I think it might well be more like:

- back page
- back folder
- back folder
- reopen document

PS A back button is something I'd like to have in the file browser. But I always thought it'd stop at the "first" location.

Ken Maltby · 02-22-2018, 11:17 AM

It seems, to me, like there is pretty good navigation in the browser, that includes logical procedures to move through the file structure, in both directions, within the browser. To provide for a "return" that jumps out of the browser, fits the "'Open last document" option's description. Perhaps somehow having a "Return to last document" in the first Browser menu (current tab)? Don't know if it would be worth the effort, for going from three pokes to two.

Luck;
Ken

boriar · 02-22-2018, 03:04 PM

But I think that we must be in consideration not only the number of pokes but also the logical operation for an intuitive functionality.

libertango · 02-23-2018, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

To provide for a "return" that jumps out of the browser, fits the "'Open last document" option's description.

I second that

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

Perhaps somehow having a "Return to last document" in the first Browser menu (current tab)? Don't know if it would be worth the effort, for going from three pokes to two.

why not one poke, with a command similar to the actual Home icon

Ken Maltby · 02-23-2018, 09:43 AM

I am pretty satisfied with how it is now, but I guess you might like adding a couple of Frenzie's new Radio Buttons, to the long press option for the home button? The default being go to the current Browser home and one be a Return to last document. They would set the action that a poke to the home icon provides.

Luck;
Ken

02-21-2018, 02:50 PM	#1
libertango Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 11628 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: kobo clara hd, kobo glo hd, kobo aura h2o, kobo touch, kindle dx	Searching in koreader file browser: no back button? When I am browsing the books in the file browser, sometimes I just want to go back to my reading but I don't find anyway to go directly back. My workaround is to go to the hamburger menu and select 'Open last document'. There is no back button or am I missing something?

02-23-2018, 09:43 AM	#7
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,465 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	I am pretty satisfied with how it is now, but I guess you might like adding a couple of Frenzie's new Radio Buttons, to the long press option for the home button? The default being go to the current Browser home and one be a Return to last document. They would set the action that a poke to the home icon provides. Luck; Ken Last edited by Ken Maltby; 02-23-2018 at 09:45 AM.

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02-21-2018, 03:46 PM	#2
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,465 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	Your "workaround" is the best way for that now, what we used to do is poke the top item in the History listing. Luck; Ken

02-22-2018, 05:37 AM	#3
Frenzie Wizard Posts: 1,615 Karma: 724945 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Antwerp Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Everything's a trade-off. If this is something one would expect a back button to do, and I'm not sure that it should, I think it might well be more like: - back page - back folder - back folder - reopen document PS A back button is something I'd like to have in the file browser. But I always thought it'd stop at the "first" location.

02-22-2018, 11:17 AM	#4
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,465 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	It seems, to me, like there is pretty good navigation in the browser, that includes logical procedures to move through the file structure, in both directions, within the browser. To provide for a "return" that jumps out of the browser, fits the "'Open last document" option's description. Perhaps somehow having a "Return to last document" in the first Browser menu (current tab)? Don't know if it would be worth the effort, for going from three pokes to two. Luck; Ken

02-22-2018, 03:04 PM	#5
boriar Evangelist Posts: 407 Karma: 314204 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: bq Avant XL, Kobo Aura H2O, Onyx Boox M96C Plus	But I think that we must be in consideration not only the number of pokes but also the logical operation for an intuitive functionality.

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