Calibre 4.x viewer losing focus on find

sjfan · 11-26-2019, 02:05 PM

Hey, here's a little UI issue in the 4.x viewer (I'm not sure if it happened in 3.x or not):

In the ebook-viewer Ctrl-F to find in document, type in a search string. Using "Enter" finds the next match after the current one.

But if you jump over a file border, focus in the find mini-window is lost. You have to click in the window again or something to find the next match. This makes finding strings in large documents somewhat awkward/annoying. Use Ctrl-F and hitting Enter repeatedly is pretty standard in other programs, so it's unexpected behavior.

It's a pretty minor thing, but I thought I'd mention it in case it's easy to fix.

theducks · 11-26-2019, 04:15 PM

Try F3 also very common for Find Next

kovidgoyal · 11-28-2019, 01:28 AM

You can simply add Enter as a shortcut for find next match in the viewr preferences. In fact I'll do that for the next release.

sjfan · 12-02-2019, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You can simply add Enter as a shortcut for find next match in the viewr preferences. In fact I'll do that for the next release.

Perfect, thanks!

11-26-2019, 02:05 PM	#1
sjfan Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 7724454 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Bethesda, MD, USA Device: Kobo Aura H20, Kobo Clara HD	Calibre 4.x viewer losing focus on find Hey, here's a little UI issue in the 4.x viewer (I'm not sure if it happened in 3.x or not): In the ebook-viewer Ctrl-F to find in document, type in a search string. Using "Enter" finds the next match after the current one. But if you jump over a file border, focus in the find mini-window is lost. You have to click in the window again or something to find the next match. This makes finding strings in large documents somewhat awkward/annoying. Use Ctrl-F and hitting Enter repeatedly is pretty standard in other programs, so it's unexpected behavior. It's a pretty minor thing, but I thought I'd mention it in case it's easy to fix.

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11-26-2019, 04:15 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,975 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Try F3 also very common for Find Next

11-28-2019, 01:28 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,269 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can simply add Enter as a shortcut for find next match in the viewr preferences. In fact I'll do that for the next release.

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