Small suggestion re 'Match Book to Library'

LivresInOz · 01-07-2022, 04:03 AM

Pls tell me the correct place to put this if this is wrong.

I have a suggestion for a tiny change that will nevertheless save a good chunk of effort if you have to re-assign several hundred books like I do.

Reproduce:
1. Show the books on your device to find a book that is not matching with a book you already have in your library

2. Right click > Match book to library

3. You now have to HIT SEARCH to find that book in the library

Is there really any need to have to hit search?
Could Calibre not 'virtually' hit the button for you and present a list?
It seems redundant to have to hit the button.

Of course, one would leave the search bar there, in case the book has a vastly different title. But in every case for me, it will find the book just by hitting the button.

I know its small - and it is. But v useful if you have hundreds

I was going to ask for a keyboard shortcut but I found you can do it via preferences > shortcuts (at bottom). Yay!

- Calibre is one of the most amazing pieces of software I've ever used !

kovidgoyal · 01-07-2022, 09:57 AM

You dont need to hit search, you can just press enter. IIRC this is not done automatically because searching can be quite slow for large libraries so you have a chance to adjust the search expression before actually trigerring the search

kovidgoyal · 01-07-2022, 10:07 AM

That said I have made it auto-trigger for small libraries (less than 8K books)

01-07-2022, 04:03 AM	#1
LivresInOz LivresInOz Posts: 330 Karma: 15956 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo: Forma + Libra\|Galaxy: TAB A7 + Note 8 tablet\|Boox: Note Air 2	Small suggestion re 'Match Book to Library' Pls tell me the correct place to put this if this is wrong. I have a suggestion for a tiny change that will nevertheless save a good chunk of effort if you have to re-assign several hundred books like I do. Reproduce: 1. Show the books on your device to find a book that is not matching with a book you already have in your library 2. Right click > Match book to library 3. You now have to HIT SEARCH to find that book in the library Is there really any need to have to hit search? Could Calibre not 'virtually' hit the button for you and present a list? It seems redundant to have to hit the button. Of course, one would leave the search bar there, in case the book has a vastly different title. But in every case for me, it will find the book just by hitting the button. I know its small - and it is. But v useful if you have hundreds I was going to ask for a keyboard shortcut but I found you can do it via preferences > shortcuts (at bottom). Yay! - Calibre is one of the most amazing pieces of software I've ever used ! Last edited by LivresInOz; 01-07-2022 at 04:10 AM.

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01-07-2022, 09:57 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,859 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You dont need to hit search, you can just press enter. IIRC this is not done automatically because searching can be quite slow for large libraries so you have a chance to adjust the search expression before actually trigerring the search

01-07-2022, 10:07 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,859 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That said I have made it auto-trigger for small libraries (less than 8K books)