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<p>The Recoll result list is actually made of html text
displayed inside a Qt Widget. In all Recoll versions, you
can specify the format for the list entries: what data is
displayed for each hit document and how. This used to include
"almost full" support for HTML capabilities, with a few
restrictions due to the Qt QTextBrowser object.</p>
<p>As of Recoll 1.17, the result list can be built as a WebKit
object (WebKit is the basis for several major browsers), which
yields full CSS and even Javascript support. </p>
<h2>New in Recoll 1.17: the WebKit result list</h2>
<p>With WebKit, things that used to not work are now possible.</p>
<p>For example, you can make the list icons links that activate the
preview or open action (or the document url which you can then
drag/drop to other windows).</p>
<p>A more interesting example: recoll 1.17 will display document
thumbnails instead of the type icon if the thumbnail exists in
the standard Freedesktop location. The icons/thumbnails are
64x64 pixels in size, which is a bit small. The standard
thumbnail files are actually 128x128, which is much more
detailed. Using them statically would consume too much list
space though. Using CSS, you can get them to expand when the
mouse is over them. Recipee:</p>
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<p>Retrieve the CSS code
from <a href="http://randsco.com/_miscPgs/cssZoomPZ3.html">randsco
pure CSS photo-caption zoom</a>, and include it inside the
result list html header by using the "Edit result page html
header insert" from the GUI preferences. Don't forget to
enclose the CSS code between <code><style type="text/css">
</style></code> tags.</p>
<p>Use something like the following result paragraph format
(only the code around the img tag is relevant, the rest can be
what you want):</p>
<pre>
<!--
<table><tr><td>
<div class="PZ3zoom PZ3-l noBdr noCap noLnk" style="width:64px;height:64px;">
<a href="%U"> <img src='%I' width='64'></a>
</div>
</td><td>
%R %S %L <b>%T</b><br>%M %D <i>%U</i> %i<br>%A %K
</td></tr></table>
-->
<table><tr><td>
<div class="PZ3zoom PZ3-l noBdr noCap noLnk" style="width:64px;height:64px;">
<a href="%U"> <img src='%I' width='64'></a>
</div>
</td><td>
%R %S %L &nbsp;&nbsp;<b>%T</b><br>%M&nbsp;%D&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>%U</i>&nbsp;%i<br>%A %K
</td></tr></table>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<div class="PZ3zoom PZ3-r noCap noLnk" style="width:100px;height:40px;">
<a href="resparpics/pz3.png" onclick="return false">
<img src="resparpics/pz3.png" alt="hover zoom" />
</a>
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<p>Et voil�! The icons will grow to their full size when the mouse is
over them.</p>
<h2>Result list paragraph format samples</h2>
<p>The format for paragraphs inside the Recoll GUI result list is
customisable by specifying an html fragment (menu:
<tt>Preferences->Query configuration->User interface->Result paragraph format string</tt>)</p>
<p>Here follow some sample formats. Most of them were contributed by
kind users, and I'll be happy to show their names if they so
wish (abstaining by default).</p>
<h3>Recoll 1.15 default</h3>
<pre>
<!--
<table>
<tr>
<td><img src='%I'></td>
<td>%R %S %L <b>%T</b><br>
%M %D <i>%U</i><br>
%A %K
</td>
</tr>
</table>
-->
<table>
<tr>
<td><img src='%I'></td>
<td>%R %S %L&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>%T</b><br>
%M&nbsp;%D&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>%U</i><br>
%A %K
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</pre>
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<img src="resparpics/default.png"/>
<h3>A simpler format, suggested in Bitbucket issue #69</h3>
<pre>
<!--
<img src="%I" align="left">%R %L <b>%T</b><br>
<i><font color="#808080">%U</font></i> %i<br>
%A %K
-->
<img src="%I" align="left">%R %L&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>%T</b><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<i><font color="#808080">%U</font></i>&nbsp;%i<br>
%A %K
</pre>
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<img src="resparpics/issue73.png"/>
<h3>Simple+table</h3>
<p>Same format, but using a table to avoid text flowing into the icon
area.</p>
<pre>
<!--
<table>
<tr>
<td><img src="%I" align="left"></td>
<td>%R %L <b>%T</b><br>
<i><font color="#808080">%U</font></i> %i<br>
%A %K
</td>
</tr>
</table>
-->
<table>
<tr>
<td><img src="%I" align="left"></td>
<td>%R %L&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>%T</b><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<i><font color="#808080">%U</font></i>&nbsp;%i<br>
%A %K
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</pre>
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<img src="resparpics/issue73+table.png"/>
<h3>Using a small font to make the size/date details less obstrusive</h3>
<pre>
<!--
<table>
<tr>
<td><img src="%I" align="left"></td>
<td><table bgcolor="#bababa">
<tr><td><div>
<font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><u><b><a href="P%N">%T</a></b></u><br>
<font color=#008000>%L</font><br>
<font color=#510101>%A %K</font><br>
<font color=#0100FF>%U</font>
<p align="right"><font size=1><font color=#000000>%S
- %D
- %M</font></p>
</div></td></tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table>
-->
<table>
<tr>
<td><img src="%I" align="left"></td>
<td><table bgcolor="#bababa">
<tr><td><div>
<font face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><u><b><a href="P%N">%T</a></b></u><br>
<font color=#008000>%L</font><br>
<font color=#510101>%A %K</font><br>
<font color=#0100FF>%U</font>
<p align="right"><font size=1><font color=#000000>%S
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; %D
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; %M</font></p>
</div></td></tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<h3>A very structured table</h3>
<pre>
<!--
<table border="1" bgcolor="lightyellow">
<tr>
<td rowspan="4" width="40px" align="center" valign="center">
<img src="%I" width="32" height="32">
<p><b>%R</b></p>
<p><a href="P%N">Aper�u</a></p>
</td>
<th colspan="3" bgcolor="lightgrey">%T</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">%M</td>
<td align="center">%D</td>
<td align="center">%S</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><a href="E%N">%U</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">%A</td>
</tr>
</table>
-->
<table border="1" bgcolor="lightyellow">
<tr>
<td rowspan="4" width="40px" align="center" valign="center">
<img src="%I" width="32" height="32">
<p><b>%R</b></p>
<p><a href="P%N">Aperçu</a></p>
</td>
<th colspan="3" bgcolor="lightgrey">%T</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">%M</td>
<td align="center">%D</td>
<td align="center">%S</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><a href="E%N">%U</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">%A</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<h3>Web-like from the user manual</h3>
<pre>
<!--
<u><b><a href="P%N">%T</a></b></u><br>
%U<br>
%A <font color=#008000>%S</font> - <a href="E%N">Edit</a>
-->
<u><b><a href="P%N">%T</a></b></u><br>
%U<br>
%A <font color=#008000>%S</font> - <a href="E%N">Edit</a>
</pre>
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<img src="resparpics/weblike.png"/>
<h3>Clean-Looking from the user manual</h3>
<pre>
<!--
<table>
<tr><td><img src="%I" align="left"></td>
<td>%L <font color="#900000">%R</font> <b>%T</b><br>
%S <font color="#808080"><i>%U</i></font>
<table bgcolor="#e0e0e0">
<tr><td><div>%A</div> %K </td></tr>
</table></td>
</table>
-->
<table>
<tr><td><img src="%I" align="left"></td>
<td>%L <font color="#900000">%R</font> <b>%T</b><br>
%S <font color="#808080"><i>%U</i></font>
<table bgcolor="#e0e0e0">
<tr><td><div>%A</div> %K </td></tr>
</table></td>
</table>
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