Calibre Scrolling through Books — How to Stop

chicleeblair · 09-25-2023, 02:50 PM

Every once in a while, I’ll be suing calibre and it’ll start basically scrolling through the books as though I was pushing the down error. I run it with a lot of keyboard shortcuts, so I’m sure I accidentally trigger it, but I can’t figure out how to turn it off without quitting the program.

Can someone tell me what I’m doing and either how to stop it or where the settings are that will help me figure that out if I’ve accidentally changed them?

chaley · 09-25-2023, 03:03 PM

Try changing this setting in the column heading context menus. It works around a Qt bug that does what you describe. No way to know if you are encountering the same bug, though.

EDIT: I misread the OP's post. The fix I suggest is for horizontal scrolling, not vertical scrolling.

BetterRed · 09-25-2023, 06:58 PM

Fellow keyboard shortcut enthusiast here.

Try unchecking this setting, the default setting is checked - before it was added its lack often drove me nuts.

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That said, your description suggests a sticky down arrow key.

BR

chicleeblair · 09-29-2023, 02:08 PM

Done! we’ll see if it happens again!

Atherton25 · 10-12-2023, 11:59 AM

I believe the X button is the one you're hitting, and to stop it, hit x again. It's happened to me in the past and drove me nuts until I found out what key it was. I'm sure there's a setting to disable it (or that I have at some point in the past enabled).

faniediv · 07-05-2024, 05:29 AM

Happened to me too. X button did the trick!

09-25-2023, 02:50 PM	#1
chicleeblair Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2018 Device: iPad mini	Calibre Scrolling through Books — How to Stop Every once in a while, I’ll be suing calibre and it’ll start basically scrolling through the books as though I was pushing the down error. I run it with a lot of keyboard shortcuts, so I’m sure I accidentally trigger it, but I can’t figure out how to turn it off without quitting the program. Can someone tell me what I’m doing and either how to stop it or where the settings are that will help me figure that out if I’ve accidentally changed them?

09-25-2023, 03:03 PM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,099 Karma: 7908993 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Try changing this setting in the column heading context menus. It works around a Qt bug that does what you describe. No way to know if you are encountering the same bug, though. EDIT: I misread the OP's post. The fix I suggest is for horizontal scrolling, not vertical scrolling. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by chaley; 09-26-2023 at 06:28 AM.

09-25-2023, 06:58 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,123 Karma: 27655164 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Fellow keyboard shortcut enthusiast here. Try unchecking this setting, the default setting is checked - before it was added its lack often drove me nuts. That said, your description suggests a sticky down arrow key. BR

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09-29-2023, 02:08 PM	#4
chicleeblair Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2018 Device: iPad mini	Done! we’ll see if it happens again!

10-12-2023, 11:59 AM	#5
Atherton25 Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 3804 Join Date: May 2016 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	I believe the X button is the one you're hitting, and to stop it, hit x again. It's happened to me in the past and drove me nuts until I found out what key it was. I'm sure there's a setting to disable it (or that I have at some point in the past enabled).

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faniediv Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Palm Beach South Africa Device: kindle paperwhite	Happened to me too. X button did the trick!