Customizable Ebook Reader controls and UI

Audvin · 05-24-2020, 10:55 AM

Hello

Your software is amazing I hope you noticed the money I paypaled you. After trying out the server I think I came across a great usecase which possibly weren't planned for. Hosting calibre through the browser allows one to access a ton of useful software addons, otherwise known as extensions. Sadly the default controls do not allow one to take use of these possibilities. One extension which I really like is the "Diigo Web Collector - Capture and Annotate". It lets you annotate, highlight, bookmark and outline webpages. The bookmark feature works, but the rest do not. I thought maybe the custom control had something to do with it (opening menu with right click for example). Also something I noticed is that the custom diigo cursor for higlighting appears when the menu is open, but not when it is closed.

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One more thing. I use my surface pro with a touch screen for reading aswell. Now it is impossible to select text.

Would it be possible to allow for such features? I really love the idea of everything working together to create the perfect program though the browser.

Audvin · 05-24-2020, 10:59 AM

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kovidgoyal · 05-24-2020, 11:32 AM

Long tap to highlight words on a touch screen. And in calibre 5 you will have custom control to manage more complex selections. As for Diigo I have no idea why it doesnt work, most likely because the text from the book is rendered in its own iframe for security reasons.

Audvin · 05-24-2020, 11:52 AM

Ahh nice to hear about calibre 5

Yes I'm pretty sure it's a ebook reader issue. also tried out "Weava Highlighter - PDF & Web", "Super Simple Highlighter", "Beanote - Note Taking on Web Pages", "Note Anywhere", and some others. None worked.

Audvin · 05-24-2020, 01:33 PM

something like this could be a good solution

https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown/

Audvin · 05-25-2020, 10:00 AM

Ahh, okay I found a solution. I converted the book to docx, split it with kutools, uploaded the chapthers to gitbook and made a webpage. It has table of contents and everything. Just enter the doc though the sharable link

05-24-2020, 10:55 AM	#1
Audvin Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: PC	Customizable Ebook Reader controls and UI Hello Your software is amazing I hope you noticed the money I paypaled you. After trying out the server I think I came across a great usecase which possibly weren't planned for. Hosting calibre through the browser allows one to access a ton of useful software addons, otherwise known as extensions. Sadly the default controls do not allow one to take use of these possibilities. One extension which I really like is the "Diigo Web Collector - Capture and Annotate". It lets you annotate, highlight, bookmark and outline webpages. The bookmark feature works, but the rest do not. I thought maybe the custom control had something to do with it (opening menu with right click for example). Also something I noticed is that the custom diigo cursor for higlighting appears when the menu is open, but not when it is closed. see: One more thing. I use my surface pro with a touch screen for reading aswell. Now it is impossible to select text. Would it be possible to allow for such features? I really love the idea of everything working together to create the perfect program though the browser.

05-24-2020, 10:59 AM	#2
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05-24-2020, 11:32 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,531 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Long tap to highlight words on a touch screen. And in calibre 5 you will have custom control to manage more complex selections. As for Diigo I have no idea why it doesnt work, most likely because the text from the book is rendered in its own iframe for security reasons.

05-24-2020, 11:52 AM	#4
Audvin Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: PC	Ahh nice to hear about calibre 5 Yes I'm pretty sure it's a ebook reader issue. also tried out "Weava Highlighter - PDF & Web", "Super Simple Highlighter", "Beanote - Note Taking on Web Pages", "Note Anywhere", and some others. None worked.

05-24-2020, 01:33 PM	#5
Audvin Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: PC	something like this could be a good solution https://bookdown.org/yihui/bookdown/

05-25-2020, 10:00 AM	#6
Audvin Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: PC	Ahh, okay I found a solution. I converted the book to docx, split it with kutools, uploaded the chapthers to gitbook and made a webpage. It has table of contents and everything. Just enter the doc though the sharable link

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