Edit cell not longer select all content

[1pogaz]

calibre 6.18.1 (Windows)

When your start to edit a cell, the content is no longer selected as in previous versions. Strangely the title cell is still on the select all content, but not the other (Authors, Series...)

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

This was deliberate to match the behavior of editing authors/series/etc.
everywhere else.

[1pogaz (1pogaz)]

Okay, so in this case:
It would also be necessary to modify the behavior for Title cells, which still has the old 'Select all content' behavior.
Have a good day

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

I have not decided which behavior is preferable, i.e. whether to change
all instances of the multiple entry box to preselect or to remove
pre-selection from the single entry boxes.

[m4mmon (m4mmon)]

Whatever the behavior, I think it should be consistent over all the fields.
And maybe offer the choice to pre-select the contents through a preference?

[1pogaz (1pogaz)]

Hum, if you're hesitating between the 2 behaviors, make it an option so that users can choose the one they like.
Personally, for the main UI, I prefer the old behavior 'Select All', although I can understand why some people prefer a 'No Selected' behavior, which is more cautious and avoids mishandling on the field.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

It's not at all clear. I like select all for fields with a single value such as title or series. But I like append for multi valued fields such as tags, since i typically dont want to delete/replace all tags. And of course there is still the question of how to get Qt to select all for comboboxes globally without having to select it in every delegate call site.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every alternate Friday.

[1pogaz (1pogaz)]

Thanks
Juste, the buitit serie entry "SeriesDelegate" still don't select all (since it inherits from distinct Delegate).