Prevent Accidental Close Shutdown of Calibre with Accidental X Click from another Win

Al Adams · 08-27-2022, 05:55 PM

Hello All: I'm Trying to find a way to have Calibre ask if it is OK to Shut-Down & Close for example. To Prevent Accidental Close Shutdown of Calibre with Accidental X Click from another Window that was on top, I often Click X on a Window I want to close. Only to have it also Shut-Down the Calibre software that I didn't want to Shut-Down, as many other software products kindly ask Do You Really want to close & Shut-Down ??? Could this feature be considered an Option for a Future Release !!! Also, I made a $$$ Donation to cover the Development efforts - Thanks Much !!! I'm Hoping that Kovid Goyal takes Notice Too ...

ownedbycats · 08-27-2022, 06:17 PM

While not exactly what you're looking for, if you use Preferences > Look & Feel > Enable System Tray Icon, the 'close' button will send it to the system tray instead of closing. You'll need to use the system tray option to quit.

BetterRed · 08-27-2022, 06:23 PM

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Moved from Development - see this sticky PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING HERE - Purpose of Development subforum

That's caught me a couple of times, but not often enough to request an Are you sure popup.

In the mean time try changing the active title bar colour in Settings->Personalisation->Colors

BR

PeterT · 08-27-2022, 06:24 PM

Check the calibre preferences. Under "Look & Feel" / "Main Interface" you will find "Enable system tray icon". With this option selected calibre will not close on the X being clicked, rather it will minimize to the system tray.

To actually close it , right click on the icon in the system tray and select Quit or use ctrl-q in the regular calibre UI.

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BetterRed · 08-27-2022, 06:46 PM

Having calibre appear in the tray doesn't remove the quit button when its top right corner is peeking out from behind another applications window, i.e.:

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Hence my suggestion to change the colour of the Active title bar.

BR

PeterT · 08-27-2022, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Having calibre appear in the tray doesn't remove the quit button when its top right corner is peeking out from behind another applications window, i.e.:

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Hence my suggestion to change the colour of the Active title bar.

BR

But in my experience, clicking it just minimizes to the tray.

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BetterRed · 08-27-2022, 10:07 PM

My limited (and long ago) experience with that calibre option set was clicking the '-' minimised it to the right/bottom end of the taskbar, but clicking the 'X' put it in state where it wasn't in the taskbar or in the tray, and could only be terminated with Task Manager or Taskkill. I recall someone posting that was because calibre can run as a server

I try to limit use of 'the tray' to tools that I run at startup because I want them at my finger tips (e.g. dictionary lookup, sticky note, clipboard manager)- calibre doesn't fit that criteria. I frown at applications that put themselves there regardless - e.g.Task Manager.

BR

kovidgoyal · 08-27-2022, 11:30 PM

with system tray enabled X will close to tray only and you can click the tray icon to get it back or right click the tray icon and choose quit to close it entirely.

igorius · 09-02-2022, 02:32 PM

So that definitely doesnt work on mac! If i tick the X, window closes and thats it. Tray doesnt show any window to reopen, the mac-typical menu-item "Window" where i can bring back my windows doesnt exist in calibre. So the only thing which i can do is quit calibre via menu and restart it manually.
But no problem, i have it disabled, so ticking X shuts down calibre. What i am missing is a better description of that function/feature...

08-27-2022, 05:55 PM	#1
Al Adams eBook Reader Nut Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Midland, Michigan Device: NookSimple Touch & 5 Android Tablet(s), & Personal Computer...	Prevent Accidental Close Shutdown of Calibre with Accidental X Click from another Win Hello All: I'm Trying to find a way to have Calibre ask if it is OK to Shut-Down & Close for example. To Prevent Accidental Close Shutdown of Calibre with Accidental X Click from another Window that was on top, I often Click X on a Window I want to close. Only to have it also Shut-Down the Calibre software that I didn't want to Shut-Down, as many other software products kindly ask Do You Really want to close & Shut-Down ??? Could this feature be considered an Option for a Future Release !!! Also, I made a $$$ Donation to cover the Development efforts - Thanks Much !!! I'm Hoping that Kovid Goyal takes Notice Too ...

08-27-2022, 06:46 PM	#5
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,938 Karma: 27620688 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Having calibre appear in the tray doesn't remove the quit button when its top right corner is peeking out from behind another applications window, i.e.: Hence my suggestion to change the colour of the Active title bar. BR

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08-27-2022, 06:17 PM	#2
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 9,312 Karma: 63232809 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	While not exactly what you're looking for, if you use Preferences > Look & Feel > Enable System Tray Icon, the 'close' button will send it to the system tray instead of closing. You'll need to use the system tray option to quit.

08-27-2022, 06:23 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,938 Karma: 27620688 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Moderator Notice Moved from Development - see this sticky PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING HERE - Purpose of Development subforum That's caught me a couple of times, but not often enough to request an Are you sure popup. In the mean time try changing the active title bar colour in Settings->Personalisation->Colors BR

08-27-2022, 06:24 PM	#4
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,619 Karma: 74358024 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Check the calibre preferences. Under "Look & Feel" / "Main Interface" you will find "Enable system tray icon". With this option selected calibre will not close on the X being clicked, rather it will minimize to the system tray. To actually close it , right click on the icon in the system tray and select Quit or use ctrl-q in the regular calibre UI. Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk

08-27-2022, 10:07 PM	#7
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,938 Karma: 27620688 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	My limited (and long ago) experience with that calibre option set was clicking the '-' minimised it to the right/bottom end of the taskbar, but clicking the 'X' put it in state where it wasn't in the taskbar or in the tray, and could only be terminated with Task Manager or Taskkill. I recall someone posting that was because calibre can run as a server I try to limit use of 'the tray' to tools that I run at startup because I want them at my finger tips (e.g. dictionary lookup, sticky note, clipboard manager)- calibre doesn't fit that criteria. I frown at applications that put themselves there regardless - e.g.Task Manager. BR

08-27-2022, 11:30 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,367 Karma: 23752080 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	with system tray enabled X will close to tray only and you can click the tray icon to get it back or right click the tray icon and choose quit to close it entirely.

09-02-2022, 02:32 PM	#9
igorius Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 34 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: ipad & inkpad X	So that definitely doesnt work on mac! If i tick the X, window closes and thats it. Tray doesnt show any window to reopen, the mac-typical menu-item "Window" where i can bring back my windows doesnt exist in calibre. So the only thing which i can do is quit calibre via menu and restart it manually. But no problem, i have it disabled, so ticking X shuts down calibre. What i am missing is a better description of that function/feature...

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