Calibre reading ebook on convertible laptop

cutedrake · 05-19-2018, 05:37 AM

Hi. I have an HP x360 laptop which is convertible with a touch-screen, meaning it can be transformed into a tablet just by "moving" the keyboard part "behind" the screen.
In such configuration, if I read an ebook with calibre viewer in full screen mode, there is no way to get out of full screen mode, closing the ebook, having access to the "right-click" mouse menu etc. I did not find an option to let the menu to be displayed in full screen mode, which would be a work-around.
So did I miss any option to be able to print the "right-click" menu by clicking the touch-screen or displaying the main menu to the left when switching in full-screen/tablet mode? Could these features be added on a wish-list/to-do list if it's not yet the case?
Otherwise the calibre management and its reading module is a joy to use, particularly for linux users (which I am).

Eric

kovidgoyal · 05-19-2018, 07:05 AM

The right click menu is accessible via long tap. However, I dont think touch gestures work under linux only windows. It needs somebody with the linux hardware to add support for it (see viewer/gestures.py) in the calibre source code.

05-19-2018, 05:37 AM	#1
cutedrake Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2018 Device: smartphone,laptop	Calibre reading ebook on convertible laptop Hi. I have an HP x360 laptop which is convertible with a touch-screen, meaning it can be transformed into a tablet just by "moving" the keyboard part "behind" the screen. In such configuration, if I read an ebook with calibre viewer in full screen mode, there is no way to get out of full screen mode, closing the ebook, having access to the "right-click" mouse menu etc. I did not find an option to let the menu to be displayed in full screen mode, which would be a work-around. So did I miss any option to be able to print the "right-click" menu by clicking the touch-screen or displaying the main menu to the left when switching in full-screen/tablet mode? Could these features be added on a wish-list/to-do list if it's not yet the case? Otherwise the calibre management and its reading module is a joy to use, particularly for linux users (which I am). Eric

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05-19-2018, 07:05 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,842 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The right click menu is accessible via long tap. However, I dont think touch gestures work under linux only windows. It needs somebody with the linux hardware to add support for it (see viewer/gestures.py) in the calibre source code.

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