Problem with manually inserting characters in TOC entry

DrChiper · 08-26-2023, 11:58 AM

When manually adjusting the TOC, via double-click on some TOC entry and wanting to insert some special character, you cannot use the "insert character" function to enter those specific characters.
Not sure this is intended behavior.
Work around: copy&paste character(s).

kovidgoyal · 08-26-2023, 11:29 PM

Unfortunately because of the way dialogs work in Qt this is not possible to implement. Char select works only with inputting text into controls in the main editor window not in modal dialogs.

DrChiper · 08-27-2023, 05:01 AM

Fair enough, Kovid.
Would have been nice, though, to have it available on editing the "comments" field of the "edit metadata" feature, to name another issue. But fortunately, there are work-arounds.

BetterRed · 08-27-2023, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrChiper

… editing the "comments" field of the "edit metadata" feature, to name another issue. But fortunately, there are work-arounds.

FWIW: I use the no-frills Transtool Utilties->Insert Symbol tray applet to insert frequently used 'special characters' into text boxes such as calibre Comments, MR Messages, Emails etc.

BR

Comfy.n · 08-27-2023, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

FWIW: I use the no-frills Transtool Utilties->Insert Symbol tray applet to insert frequently used 'special characters' into text boxes such as calibre Comments, MR Messages, Emails etc.

BR

took me a while to figure the correct link in their downloads page containing the tray applet, as I'm new to this program...

thanks for the tip!

Spoiler:

Quoth · 08-27-2023, 12:49 PM

Windows used to have that built in! Is it gone? I mean it was an accessory.

theducks · 08-27-2023, 03:00 PM

you mean Character map? Still there in W10.

Type that into the WINDOWS search (down by Start)

Quoth · 08-27-2023, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

you mean Character map? Still there in W10.

Type that into the WINDOWS search (down by Start)

I thought unlikely to be gone. Surely that works for Calibre? I rarely use windows now.

BetterRed · 08-27-2023, 07:49 PM

In most situations the Windows Character Map is overkill and it can't be invoked with a key-sequence without something like AHK, last time I looked the same goes for BabelMap.

The advantage of tray applets (like the Transtools utilities) is that they can be used practically everywhere, without getting caught up in the vagaries of application child windows and dialogue box types… and you don't have to learn how to do essentially the same thing in ten different ways.

BR

DrChiper · 08-28-2023, 05:15 AM

You *all* are absolutely right: the Windows 11 character map is also a solution, and due to the fact that calibre is so feature/tool inclusive like an extended swiss-pocketknife I hardly ever use other tooling so I completely forgot about its existence.
Oh well, its the aging process I assume

08-26-2023, 11:58 AM	#1
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 918 Karma: 1803094 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, aura 2 v1, clara HD, Libra 2, Nxtpaper 11	Problem with manually inserting characters in TOC entry When manually adjusting the TOC, via double-click on some TOC entry and wanting to insert some special character, you cannot use the "insert character" function to enter those specific characters. Not sure this is intended behavior. Work around: copy&paste character(s). Attached Thumbnails

08-28-2023, 05:15 AM	#10
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 918 Karma: 1803094 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, aura 2 v1, clara HD, Libra 2, Nxtpaper 11	You all are absolutely right: the Windows 11 character map is also a solution, and due to the fact that calibre is so feature/tool inclusive like an extended swiss-pocketknife I hardly ever use other tooling so I completely forgot about its existence. Oh well, its the aging process I assume Attached Thumbnails

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,994 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Unfortunately because of the way dialogs work in Qt this is not possible to implement. Char select works only with inputting text into controls in the main editor window not in modal dialogs.

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DrChiper Bookish Posts: 918 Karma: 1803094 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, aura 2 v1, clara HD, Libra 2, Nxtpaper 11	Fair enough, Kovid. Would have been nice, though, to have it available on editing the "comments" field of the "edit metadata" feature, to name another issue. But fortunately, there are work-arounds.

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Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,565 Karma: 87456643 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	Windows used to have that built in! Is it gone? I mean it was an accessory.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,945 Karma: 55705602 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	you mean Character map? Still there in W10. Type that into the WINDOWS search (down by Start)

08-27-2023, 07:49 PM	#9
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,655 Karma: 26966376 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	In most situations the Windows Character Map is overkill and it can't be invoked with a key-sequence without something like AHK, last time I looked the same goes for BabelMap. The advantage of tray applets (like the Transtools utilities) is that they can be used practically everywhere, without getting caught up in the vagaries of application child windows and dialogue box types… and you don't have to learn how to do essentially the same thing in ten different ways. BR

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