Drag & Drop Merging

Naenyn · 05-18-2023, 03:19 PM

Sometimes when I import multiple formats of a book into my library, Calibre won't recognize one of them due to metadata (generally the PDFs). However, in the past I was able to just drag the unrecognized one to the recognized one and Calibre would merge them without issue. Currently, I get a little denied symbol (circle with line through it) on my cursor when I attempt to do what used to work just fine.

This is on 6.17 running in Ubuntu 23.04.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

BetterRed · 05-18-2023, 05:17 PM

See ==>> Preferences->Look and feel->Main interface->Allow using drag and drop to merge books.

The default setting is checked, you must have inadvertently unchecked it.

BR

Naenyn · 05-18-2023, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

See ==>> Preferences->Look and feel->Main interface->Allow using drag and drop to merge books.

The default setting is checked, you must have inadvertently unchecked it.

BR

Thank you for the response! Sadly, it was already checked. I tried unchecking, saving, drag/drop (failed), checking again, saving, drag/drop again (still failed).

I can still highlight both and hit `m`, but I miss the drag/drop functionality.

Seems like a bug to me?

BetterRed · 05-18-2023, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naenyn

Thank you for the response! Sadly, it was already checked. I tried unchecking, saving, drag/drop (failed), checking again, saving, drag/drop again (still failed).

I can still highlight both and hit `m`, but I miss the drag/drop functionality.

Seems like a bug to me?

Must be a Linux 'deficiency' - there have been issues with the Wayland UI manager, if you're using it the Linux aficionados would suggest returning to X11.

BR

Naenyn · 05-19-2023, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Must be a Linux 'deficiency' - there have been issues with the Wayland UI manager, if you're using it the Linux aficionados would suggest returning to X11.

Could be a problem in Wayland. However, I'm on Xorg.

Code:

xorg-server 2:21.1.7-1ubuntu3

Open to other ideas / suggestions.

gbm · 05-19-2023, 09:08 AM

Drag and Drop is working for me using Mint 21.1.

bernie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naenyn

Could be a problem in Wayland. However, I'm on Xorg.

Code:

xorg-server 2:21.1.7-1ubuntu3

Open to other ideas / suggestions.

Naenyn · 07-17-2023, 05:42 PM

Working for me again, as well. Looks like a recent update fixed it?

05-18-2023, 03:19 PM	#1
Naenyn Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: none	Drag & Drop Merging Sometimes when I import multiple formats of a book into my library, Calibre won't recognize one of them due to metadata (generally the PDFs). However, in the past I was able to just drag the unrecognized one to the recognized one and Calibre would merge them without issue. Currently, I get a little denied symbol (circle with line through it) on my cursor when I attempt to do what used to work just fine. This is on 6.17 running in Ubuntu 23.04. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,568 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	See ==>> Preferences->Look and feel->Main interface->Allow using drag and drop to merge books. The default setting is checked, you must have inadvertently unchecked it. BR

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Naenyn Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: none	Working for me again, as well. Looks like a recent update fixed it?