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Request: Fix inconsistent capitalization in Sigil UI
Hi,
I find myself using Sigil a lot these days and, nitpicky as I am, I have noticed that Sigil UI elements (mostly menus but preferences and dialogs too) have wrong or inconsistent title-style capitalization. This gives the application an unpolished look and feel, in my opinion. Some examples: Code:
File → Save *A* Copy… (menu) Code:
Save *a* Copy (dialog box title) Tools → Create *a* Custom Empty Epub (menu) Belongs to *a* Collection (metadata property) Code:
Insert → File… ⇒ Insert File → Files *In* the Book (table header) Tools → Add Cover… ⇒ Add cover → Files *In* the Book (table header) Search → Current File → Find Next *In* File (menu) Search → Current File → Replace Next *In* File (menu) Search → Current File → Replace All *In* File (menu) Search → Current File → Count All *In* File (menu) Code:
Insert → Link… ⇒ Select Target → Targets *in* the Book (table header) Preferences → General Settings → Advanced → Disable GPU Acceleration *in* QtWebEngine/Preview. (pane title) Preferences → General Settings → Advanced → Disable GPU Acceleration in QtWebEngine/Preview. → Disable GPU Acceleration *in* QtWebEngine. (checkbox) Code:
Table *Of* Contents (panel / tab title) Tools → Table *Of* Contents (menu) Tools → Table Of Contents → Generate Table *Of* Contents (menu / dialog box title) Tools → Table Of Contents → Edit Table *Of* Contents (menu / dialog box title) Tools → Table Of Contents → Create HTML from Table *Of* Contents (menu) View → Table *Of* Contents (menu) Code:
View → Focus on Table *of* Contents (menu) Generate Table *of* Contents (button in Tools toolbar) Edit Table *of* Contents (button in Tools toolbar) \<title>Table *of* Contents\</title> (in generated TOC.xhtml) Checkpoints → Show Log *of* Checkpoints (menu) Code:
Tools → Spellcheck → Spellcheck… ⇒ Spellcheck → Add *To* Dictionary: (button) Search → Go *To* Link Or Style (menu) Search → Go *To* Line… (menu) Search → Go To Line… ⇒ Go *To* Line (dialog box title) Tools → Index → Add *To* Index Editor (menu) Code:
Tools → Restructure Epub *to* Sigil Norm Preferences → Preserve Entities → Entities *to* Preserve (pane title) Preferences → Plugins → Path *to* Interpreter Executable (label) Edit → Edit/Paste From Clipboard History… ⇒ Select Text *to* Paste (dialog box title) Tools → Index → Index Editor… ⇒ Index Editor → Text *to* Include (table header) Belongs *to* a Collection (metadata property) Code:
Tools → Index → Mark *For* Index (menu) Tools → Index → Mark For Index ⇒ Mark *For* Index (dialog box title) Preferences → Language → Default Language *For* Metadata: (label) Code:
Checkpoints → Create Checkpoint *for* Epub (menu) Preferences → General Settings → Advanced → Set folder where temporary files should be created: → Browse ⇒ Select Folder *for* Temporary Files (dialog box title) Code:
Edit → Edit/Paste *From* Clipboard History… (menu) Code:
Checkpoints → Restore Epub *from* previous Checkpoint (menu) Code:
Tools → Validate Stylesheets *With* W3C (menu) Code:
Book Browser → (right-click on stylesheet file) → Validate *with* W3C (context menu) Preferences → Appearance → Main UI → Accessibility Tweaks: → Highlight Widgets *with* Focus (Needs Sigil Restart) (checkbox) Code:
Search → Go To Link *Or* Style (menu) Code:
Preview → Inspect Page ⇒ Inspect Page *or* Element (dialog box title) Tools → Reformat HTML → Mend *and* Prettify All HTML Files (menu) Tools → Epub3 Tools → Remove the NCX *and* Guide (menu) Also, there are other casing inconsistencies that are clearly errors: Code:
Checkpoints → Show Log of Checkpoints ⇒ *sigil* (dialog box title) Code:
*Sigil* (everywhere else) Code:
Tools → Metadata Editor… ⇒ *MetaData* Editor (dialog box title) Code:
Tools → *Metadata* Editor… (menu) *Metadata* Editor (button in Tools toolbar) Code:
Book Browser → (right-click on XHTML file) → Link Stylesheets… ⇒ Link *StyleSheets* (dialog box title) Code:
*Stylesheets* (everywhere else) Code:
Checkpoints → Edit Checkpoint Descriptions ⇒ Select Checkpoint Version → OK ⇒ Edit *checkpoint* Description (dialog box title) Code:
*Checkpoint* (everywhere else) Code:
Preferences → General Settings → Security → Control Use of Javascript by Epubs. → Epubs may use *javascript*. (checkbox) Code:
Preferences → General Settings → Security → Control Use of *Javascript* by Epubs. (pane title) Book Browser → (right-click on Misc folder) → Add Blank *Javascript* (context menu) -------------------------------------------- Code:
Preferences → General Settings → Basics → Set your preferred external *xhtml* editor: (pane title) Code:
Launch External *Xhtml* Editor (button in External Editor toolbar) Code:
Book Browser → (right-click on Text folder) → Add Blank *HTML* File (context menu) Tools → Table Of Contents → Create *HTML* from Table Of Contents (menu) Code:
Book Browser → (right-click on HTML or CSS file) → *RegEx* Rename… (context menu) Code:
Book Browser → (right-click on HTML or CSS file) → RegEx Rename… ⇒ *RE* File Renamer (dialog box title) Code:
Find and Replace → Options → *Regex* Options (button) Code:
Checkpoints → Restore Epub from *previous* Checkpoint (menu) Code:
Checkpoints → Compare Epub against *Previous* Checkpoint (menu) I am—and always will be—an ePub kind of guy, the coolest there are ![]() Code:
untitled.epub - *epub2.0* - Sigil (window title) untitled.epub - *epub3.0* - Sigil (window title) Tools → Epub3 Tools → Generate NCX/Guide for *epub2* e-readers (menu) Code:
File → New → *ePub2* (menu) File → New → *ePub3* (menu) New *ePub2* (button in New toolbar) New *ePub3* (button in New toolbar) Checkpoints → Manage Checkpoint Repositories ⇒ Manage Checkpoint Repositories → *ePub* FileName (table header) Checkpoints → Manage Checkpoint Repositories ⇒ Manage Checkpoint Repositories → *ePub*:UUID (table header) Code:
Tools → Restructure *Epub* to Sigil Norm (menu) Tools → Create a Custom Empty *Epub* (menu) Tools → *Epub3* Tools (menu) Checkpoints → Create Checkpoint for *Epub* (menu) Preferences → General Settings → Security → Control Access by *Epubs* to non-multimedia remote resources: (pane title) Preferences → General Settings → Security → Control Use of Javascript by *Epubs*. (pane title) Code:
Tools → Well-Formed Check *EPUB* (menu) Help → About… ⇒ About → The *EPUB* Editor (label) Preferences → General Settings → Validation → *EPUB2* W3C Stylesheet Validation Level (pane title) Preferences → General Settings → Validation → *EPUB3* W3C Stylesheet Validation Level (pane title) Code:
Preferences → Appearance → Preview → *Make Preview simulate a dark appearance in dark mode* (checkbox) Preferences → Appearance → Icon Themes → *Select your icon theme:* (pane title) Preferences → Appearance → Main UI → Control Book Browser Appearance → *BookBrowser should show full paths*. (checkbox) Preferences → General Settings → Security → Control Use of Javascript by Epubs. → *Epubs may use javascript*. (checkbox) Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts → *Enable AltGr on international keyboard* (checkbox) MetaData Editor → Add Metadata ⇒ *Add metadata property* (dialog box title) Book Browser → (right-click on file) → Delete… ⇒ Delete Files → *Select / Unselect all* (checkbox) *Thumbnail size:* I know these minor details don’t make the application work any better, but consistency allows for a more professional finish to the application. Thank you for this great app! Last edited by d3m0sth3n3s; Today at 08:12 AM. |
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I'll leave the UI issue to others, but the user manual issue should be a simple find/replace....IF.... you can get consensus on the proper way to spell it (you forgot e-Pub
![]() I imagine part of the problem is that the user manual is updated by volunteers who each take 1+ chapters to fix. I would also imagine TPTB wouldn't have any issue with you updating the manual for consistency. Check this thread for details. |
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*aside*
I thought Demosthenes was a little more prolific with her posts, but with a more political lean...her's more philosophical while Locke's were more blunt... ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Either way, not something I am going to waste what little development time I have on. Add to that if you change things in Sigil itself it will just create work for many many sets of Translation teams.
That said, github pull requests (PRs) for both the UI and any matching changes needed in Sigil itself will be considered if done simultaneously. Last edited by KevinH; Today at 10:24 AM. |
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