Request: Adding linebreaks in sidebar window.

svenlind · 04-11-2010, 10:44 AM

Hi,
The sidebar window where you can see the cover and comments is really useful. The text is however one long line. It would be nice if it was possible to add hard linebreaks directly in the sidebar window.

You can add linebreaks in the "Edit Meta information" window by placing the html tag <br>, but this a little cumbersome if you have to edit a lot of comments.

kovidgoyal · 04-11-2010, 01:00 PM

You mean the panel a the bottom of the main GUI?

svenlind · 04-13-2010, 01:25 PM

Yes I mean the panel in the bottom of the main GUI. If you click in this panel then a new window opens. That is the window I call the "sidebar window" in lack of a better name. I would like to add "hard linebreaks" in that window. It has absolutely nothing to do with DRM removal!
When I browse my collection, then I use the "sidebar window", and it would be nice to have a few formatting options with long comments.

Starson17 · 04-13-2010, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by svenlind

I would like to add "hard linebreaks" in that window.

When I was working on the merge record code, I noticed that breaks that appear in the comments area of the edit metadata screen are stripped from the windows you refer to. (I was concatenating comments during a merge record operation and was trying to figure out the break separator.) Your comment reminds me I didn't clean that part of the code up, and I'm posting partly so Kovid will look at the separator (he said he'd be looking at my proposed code) in light of whatever he may do regarding this thread. (I think I temporarily stuck a /r between concatenated comments.)

Quote:

It has absolutely nothing to do with DRM removal!

You're looking at Kovid's standard signature - it has nothing to do with you

kovidgoyal · 04-14-2010, 01:54 AM

Adding support for formatting of comments is on the todo list.

svenlind · 04-14-2010, 03:46 AM

Thanks for all replies. I am sorry about not recognising the standard signature.

04-11-2010, 10:44 AM	#1
svenlind Fanatic Posts: 534 Karma: 10491221 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Kobo: Clara BW, Libra 2,Sage. Kindle Oasis 3, Ipad Mini	Request: Adding linebreaks in sidebar window. Hi, The sidebar window where you can see the cover and comments is really useful. The text is however one long line. It would be nice if it was possible to add hard linebreaks directly in the sidebar window. You can add linebreaks in the "Edit Meta information" window by placing the html tag <br>, but this a little cumbersome if you have to edit a lot of comments.

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04-11-2010, 01:00 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,271 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You mean the panel a the bottom of the main GUI?

04-13-2010, 01:25 PM	#3
svenlind Fanatic Posts: 534 Karma: 10491221 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Kobo: Clara BW, Libra 2,Sage. Kindle Oasis 3, Ipad Mini	Yes I mean the panel in the bottom of the main GUI. If you click in this panel then a new window opens. That is the window I call the "sidebar window" in lack of a better name. I would like to add "hard linebreaks" in that window. It has absolutely nothing to do with DRM removal! When I browse my collection, then I use the "sidebar window", and it would be nice to have a few formatting options with long comments.

04-14-2010, 01:54 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,271 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Adding support for formatting of comments is on the todo list.

04-14-2010, 03:46 AM	#6
svenlind Fanatic Posts: 534 Karma: 10491221 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Kobo: Clara BW, Libra 2,Sage. Kindle Oasis 3, Ipad Mini	Thanks for all replies. I am sorry about not recognising the standard signature.

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