Show book details in a nice large window, when you click on the book details panel.

src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+'''
+'''
+import textwrap
+
+from PyQt4.QtCore import Qt
+from PyQt4.QtGui import QDialog, QPixmap, QGraphicsScene, QIcon
+
+from calibre.gui2.dialogs.book_info_ui import Ui_BookInfo
+
+class BookInfo(QDialog, Ui_BookInfo):
+    
+    def __init__(self, parent, info):
+        QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
+        Ui_BookInfo.__init__(self)
+        self.setupUi(self)
+        
+        self.default_pixmap = QPixmap(':/images/book.svg').scaled(80,
+                                                                  100,
+                                                            Qt.IgnoreAspectRatio,
+                                                            Qt.SmoothTransformation)
+        
+        self.setWindowTitle(info[_('Title')])
+        self.title.setText('<b>'+info.pop(_('Title')))
+        self.comments.setText(info.pop(_('Comments'), ''))
+        
+        cdata = info.pop('cover', '')
+        pixmap = QPixmap()
+        pixmap.loadFromData(cdata)
+        if pixmap.isNull():
+            pixmap = self.default_pixmap
+            
+        self.setWindowIcon(QIcon(pixmap))
+        
+        self.scene = QGraphicsScene()
+        self.scene.addPixmap(pixmap)
+        self.cover.setScene(self.scene)
+        
+        rows = u''
+        self.text.setText('')
+        self.data = info
+        for key in info.keys():
+            txt  = info[key]
+            txt  = u'<br />\n'.join(textwrap.wrap(txt, 120))
+            rows += u'<tr><td><b>%s:</b></td><td>%s</td></tr>'%(key, txt)
+        self.text.setText(u'<table>'+rows+'</table>')

src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.ui

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<ui version="4.0" >
+ <class>BookInfo</class>
+ <widget class="QDialog" name="BookInfo" >
+  <property name="geometry" >
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>917</width>
+    <height>780</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle" >
+   <string>Dialog</string>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="title" >
+     <property name="text" >
+      <string>TextLabel</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="alignment" >
+      <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QSplitter" name="splitter" >
+     <property name="sizePolicy" >
+      <sizepolicy vsizetype="Expanding" hsizetype="Expanding" >
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="orientation" >
+      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+     </property>
+     <widget class="QGraphicsView" name="cover" />
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="" >
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="text" >
+         <property name="text" >
+          <string>TextLabel</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="alignment" >
+          <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
+         </property>
+         <property name="wordWrap" >
+          <bool>true</bool>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox" >
+         <property name="title" >
+          <string>Comments</string>
+         </property>
+         <layout class="QGridLayout" >
+          <item row="0" column="0" >
+           <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="comments" />
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>

src/calibre/gui2/library.py

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class BooksModel(QAbstractTableModel):
     def rowCount(self, parent):
         return self.db.rows() if self.db else 0
     
-    def current_changed(self, current, previous):
+    def current_changed(self, current, previous, emit_signal=True):
         data = {}
         idx = current.row()
         cdata = self.db.cover(idx)
@@ -221,7 +221,22 @@ class BooksModel(QAbstractTableModel):
             sidx = self.db.series_index(idx)
             sidx = self.__class__.roman(sidx) if self.use_roman_numbers else str(sidx)
             data[_('Series')] = _('Book <font face="serif">%s</font> of %s.')%(sidx, series)
-        self.emit(SIGNAL('new_bookdisplay_data(PyQt_PyObject)'), data)
+        if emit_signal:
+            self.emit(SIGNAL('new_bookdisplay_data(PyQt_PyObject)'), data)
+        else:
+            return data
+        
+    def get_book_info(self, index):
+        data = self.current_changed(index, None, False)
+        row = index.row()
+        data[_('Title')] = self.db.title(row)
+        au = self.db.authors(row)
+        if not au:
+            au = _('Unknown')
+        au = ', '.join([a.strip() for a in au.split(',')])
+        data[_('Author(s)')] = au
+        return data
+        
     
     def get_metadata(self, rows):
         metadata = []

src/calibre/gui2/main.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from calibre.gui2.dialogs.config import ConfigDialog
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.search import SearchDialog
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.user_profiles import UserProfiles
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.choose_format import ChooseFormatDialog
+from calibre.gui2.dialogs.book_info import BookInfo
 from calibre.library.database import DatabaseLocked
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.meta import set_metadata
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import MetaInformation
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
                         Qt.QueuedConnection)
         QObject.connect(self.job_manager, SIGNAL('job_done(int)'), self.status_bar.job_done,
                         Qt.QueuedConnection)
+        QObject.connect(self.status_bar, SIGNAL('show_book_info()'), self.show_book_info)
         
         ####################### Setup Toolbar #####################
         sm = QMenu()
@@ -905,6 +907,20 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
     
     ############################################################################
     
+    ################################ Book info #################################
+    
+    def show_book_info(self):
+        if self.current_view() is not self.library_view:
+            error_dialog(self, _('No detailed info available'), 
+                         _('No detailed information is available for books on the device.')).exec_()
+            return
+        index = self.library_view.currentIndex()
+        if index.isValid():
+            info = self.library_view.model().get_book_info(index)
+            BookInfo(self, info).show()
+    
+    ############################################################################
+    
     ############################################################################
     def location_selected(self, location):
         '''

src/calibre/gui2/status.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import textwrap
 
 from PyQt4.QtGui import QStatusBar, QMovie, QLabel, QFrame, QHBoxLayout, QPixmap, \
                         QVBoxLayout, QSizePolicy
-from PyQt4.QtCore import Qt, QSize
+from PyQt4.QtCore import Qt, QSize, SIGNAL
 from calibre import fit_image
 from calibre.gui2 import qstring_to_unicode
 
@@ -39,20 +39,29 @@ class BookInfoDisplay(QFrame):
     class BookDataDisplay(QLabel):
         def __init__(self):
             QLabel.__init__(self)
-            self.setTextInteractionFlags(Qt.TextSelectableByMouse)
+            #self.setTextInteractionFlags(Qt.TextSelectableByMouse)
             self.setText('')
+            
+        def mouseReleaseEvent(self, ev):
+            self.emit(SIGNAL('mr(int)'), 1)
     
     def __init__(self, clear_message):
         QFrame.__init__(self)
+        self.setCursor(Qt.PointingHandCursor)
         self.clear_message = clear_message
         self.layout = QHBoxLayout()
         self.setLayout(self.layout)
         self.cover_display = BookInfoDisplay.BookCoverDisplay()
         self.layout.addWidget(self.cover_display)        
         self.book_data = BookInfoDisplay.BookDataDisplay()
+        self.connect(self.book_data, SIGNAL('mr(int)'), self.mouseReleaseEvent)
         self.layout.addWidget(self.book_data)
+        self.data = {}
         self.setVisible(False)
         
+    def mouseReleaseEvent(self, ev):
+        self.emit(SIGNAL('show_book_info()'))
+    
     def show_data(self, data):
         if data.has_key('cover'):
             cover_data = data.pop('cover')
@@ -67,8 +76,12 @@ class BookInfoDisplay(QFrame):
             
         rows = u''
         self.book_data.setText('')
+        self.data = data
         for key in data.keys():
-            txt = '<br />\n'.join(textwrap.wrap(data[key], 120))
+            txt = data[key]
+            if len(txt) > 600:
+                txt = txt[:600]+'&hellip;'
+            txt = '<br />\n'.join(textwrap.wrap(txt, 120))
             rows += '<tr><td><b>%s:</b></td><td>%s</td></tr>'%(key, txt)
         self.book_data.setText('<table>'+rows+'</table>')
         
@@ -115,6 +128,7 @@ class StatusBar(QStatusBar):
         self.movie_button = MovieButton(QMovie(':/images/jobs-animated.mng'), jobs_dialog)
         self.addPermanentWidget(self.movie_button)
         self.book_info = BookInfoDisplay(self.clearMessage)
+        self.connect(self.book_info, SIGNAL('show_book_info()'), self.show_book_info)
         self.addWidget(self.book_info)
     
     def reset_info(self):
@@ -124,6 +138,8 @@ class StatusBar(QStatusBar):
         src = qstring_to_unicode(self.movie_button.jobs.text())
         return int(src.rpartition(':')[2].lstrip())
         
+    def show_book_info(self):
+        self.emit(SIGNAL('show_book_info()'))
     
     def job_added(self, id):
         jobs = self.movie_button.jobs

src/calibre/library/database.py

@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ ALTER TABLE books ADD COLUMN isbn TEXT DEFAULT "" COLLATE NOCASE;
         return self.conn.execute('SELECT title FROM meta WHERE id=?',(index,)).fetchone()[0]
     
     def authors(self, index, index_is_id=False):
-        ''' Authors as a comman separated list or None'''
+        ''' Authors as a comma separated list or None'''
         if not index_is_id:
             return self.data[index][2]
         return self.conn.execute('SELECT authors FROM meta WHERE id=?',(index,)).fetchone()[0]        

src/calibre/manual/gui.rst

@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ Book Details
 -------------
 .. image:: images/book_details.png
 
-The Book Details display shows you extra information and the cover for the currently selected book.
+The Book Details display shows you extra information and the cover for the currently selected book. THe comments section is truncated if the comments are too long. To see the full comments as well as
+a larger image of the cover, click anywhere in the Book Details area.
 
 .. _jobs: