[GUI Plugin] View Manager

[BetterRed]

@JimmXinu -- Only if it's easy and you have the time and inclination:

Could you add a Apply current view option. I only need a keyboard shortcut for it. No need for it in the drop down menu, the currently checked view can be clicked/selected. And no need to bind it to a key sequence -- I'd only change it

After moving columns or using header sort I'd use it to get back to where I was.

Oh, I would want the shortcut to work for all views in all libraries - if I had to bind the same sequence for each library, that's would okay too.

BR

[JimmXinu]

That.... sounds both useful and easy. How strange...

Test Version Attached

2020-10-22
- Add 'Re-Apply Current View' action. Only available when a view has been previously applied.

[ownedbycats]

Is using "jump to top" while re-applying view (it also happens when manually selecting the current view) supposed to rapidly select and then deselect the first book in the list? The flash is a tiny bit distracting.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Is using "jump to top" while re-applying view (it also happens when manually selecting the current view) supposed to rapidly select and then deselect the first book in the list? The flash is a tiny bit distracting.

        if view_info.get(cfg.KEY_JUMP_TO_TOP,False):
            self.gui.library_view.scroll_to_row(0)
            self.gui.library_view.set_current_row(0)

I thought set_current_row() would also scroll to the top, but it didn't for me, so we do both.

I don't see a flash, but Qt is a fickle beast. Your mileage varying is no surprise.

[ownedbycats]

I use dark mode so maybe it's just more noticeable there. Unless you also use dark mode.

[JimmXinu]

No, but I still don't see it in calibre 64bit on Win10.

Unless there's a functional issue, I'm going to ignore it.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@JimmXinu -- Only if it's easy and you have the time and inclination:

Could you add a Apply current view option. I only need a keyboard shortcut for it. No need for it in the drop down menu, the currently checked view can be clicked/selected. And no need to bind it to a key sequence -- I'd only change it

After moving columns or using header sort I'd use it to get back to where I was.

Oh, I would want the shortcut to work for all views in all libraries - if I had to bind the same sequence for each library, that's would okay too.

BR

Thank you, that's something I have to do usually after Find Duplicates

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

That.... sounds both useful and easy. How strange...

Test Version Attached

2020-10-22
- Add 'Re-Apply Current View' action. Only available when a view has been previously applied.

Goodness - I thought it would only be useful to me - thanks a bunch.

I'll check it in the morning after I install the new calibre.

But if TdeM says its OK that's good enough for me.

BR

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Goodness - I thought it would only be useful to me - thanks a bunch.

I'll check it in the morning after I install the new calibre.

But if TdeM says its OK that's good enough for me.

BR

I need to install the calibre beta to test come chaley changes - so I installed this new version - works fine for me - thanks again.

BR

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Goodness - I thought it would only be useful to me - thanks a bunch.

I'll check it in the morning after I install the new calibre.

But if TdeM says its OK that's good enough for me.

BR

Tested in calibre 4.23, I've not upgraded yet. But it works (I've already used some times )

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Tested in calibre 4.23, I've not upgraded yet. But it works (I've already used some times )

My test was with the official 5.3

BR

[JimmXinu]

Test Version Attached

2020-10-30
- Apply persist_shortcut to view actions when Calibre >= v5.4 so view shortcuts aren't discarded as easily. Calibre PR #1246

2020-10-22
- Add 'Re-Apply Current View' action. Only available when a view has been previously applied.

[BetterRed]

Version 1.5.9 beta works for me in 5.4.2

But I don't have any view specific shortcuts, probably because they would sometimes get lost. But the Re-apply current view feature and shortcut is all I need, it's one of those 'how did I survive for so long without this' features

BR

[compurandom]

I think I may have found a bug in 1.5.7

If I add a new saved search, it doesn't show up in any of the pull downs in View Manager until I quit calibre and restart it.

[JimmXinu]

VM calls calibre.utils.search_query_parser.saved_searches() each time the VM config dialog is opened.

That method appears to be caching it's results now and giving VM the same list each time. Or else it's not using the same Saved Search cache as the rest of Calibre?