Cannot find books

Klippy · 11-16-2013, 08:49 PM

Something has happened with Calibre -- when I type in a book name in the search it does not pull up the book. All the books are still shown!!! What have I done?

eschwartz · 11-16-2013, 09:16 PM

Maybe you have accidentally set it to highlight on search, rather than filter?

A lot of people seem to have been confused about this, so in the latest update, that setting was moved over to Preferences ==> Searching, uncheck "highlight search results instead of restricting the book list to the results"

Before calibre 1.11 this button would toggle it on and off:

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EDIT: On Windows the setting will say this: "Show a quick toggle button to switch between highlighting and restricting results next to the searchbar"

theducks · 11-16-2013, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Maybe you have accidentally set it to highlight on search, rather than filter?

A lot of people seem to have been confused about this, so in the latest update, that setting was moved over to Preferences ==> Searching, uncheck "highlight search results instead of restricting the book list to the results"

Before calibre 1.11 this button would toggle it on and off:

Note: As of Calibre 1.11, that icon is no longer there (because of the problem you and thousands of others had)

BeeTee-Ess · 11-16-2013, 11:22 PM

In calibre 1.11 the Preferences > Searching dialogue box includes an option to:

Show a quick toggle button ... etc

which reinstates the missing button.

EDIT: As noted by @eschwartz in his edit.

eschwartz · 11-16-2013, 11:37 PM

I noticed on another thread that this option is actually different on Windows than linux. I haven't actually used Windows in a few months so far.

11-16-2013, 08:49 PM	#1
Klippy Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Ipad	Cannot find books Something has happened with Calibre -- when I type in a book name in the search it does not pull up the book. All the books are still shown!!! What have I done?

11-16-2013, 09:16 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Maybe you have accidentally set it to highlight on search, rather than filter? A lot of people seem to have been confused about this, so in the latest update, that setting was moved over to Preferences ==> Searching, uncheck "highlight search results instead of restricting the book list to the results" Before calibre 1.11 this button would toggle it on and off: EDIT: On Windows the setting will say this: "Show a quick toggle button to switch between highlighting and restricting results next to the searchbar" Last edited by eschwartz; 11-16-2013 at 10:14 PM.

11-16-2013, 11:22 PM	#4
BeeTee-Ess Addict Posts: 306 Karma: 679580 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: K3, K4NT, KPW2, Voyage, iP4, iP6, iPad Mini, HP TouchPad, Kobo Mini	In calibre 1.11 the Preferences > Searching dialogue box includes an option to: Show a quick toggle button ... etc which reinstates the missing button. EDIT: As noted by @eschwartz in his edit. Last edited by BeeTee-Ess; 11-16-2013 at 11:26 PM.

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11-16-2013, 11:37 PM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I noticed on another thread that this option is actually different on Windows than linux. I haven't actually used Windows in a few months so far.

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