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Q: The book shows without any problem using QTextWidget browser, but when I use KHTMLPart browser, I get the following error:

An error occurred while loading ms-its:/home/user/Symphony�FrameWork.chm::/index.html
The�file�or�folder�ms-its:/home/user/Symphony�FrameWork.chm::/index.html�does�not�exist.

A: You have kio_chm installed, and because it installs itself as KIO slave for ms-its, sometime KDE uses it instead of kio_msits. To disable it, find the file chm.protocol in your KDE directory, and remove it. Then run kdeinit to reread the configuration.

Q: When I open CHM document, there is no "Contents" or "Index" tab.
A: The files required for Content or Index tabs are not present in chm file. Therefore it is not possible to show those tabs.

Q: I use KDE. Which browser is better to use - KHTMLPart or QTextBrowser?
A: QTextBrowser was reported to be faster, except for multibyte languages (Japanese/Chinese/Korean). However KHTMLPart is obviously more standard-compliant. I use KHTMLPart.

Q: Font size increasing button does not increase the font size, just changes the font to bold once.
A: Make sure you use resizeable (true type) fonts. The described behavior is expected when bitmap fonts are used, as their size could not be changed. Check your system configuration.

Shortcut keys

The application supports the following shortcut keys:

  • Ctrl+1 - switch to contents tab (if available);
  • Ctrl+2 - switch to index tab (if available);
  • Ctrl+3 - switch to search tab;
  • Ctrl+4 - switch to bookmarks tab;
  • F11 - switch to/from fullscreen mode;
  • F9 - show/hide navigator dock window;
  • Ctrl+Left arrow - show previous page in the content window;
  • Ctrl+Right arrow - show previous page in the content window;
  • / - pop up find menu
  • F3 - find next item
  • Ctrl+mouse click - open page in a new tab
  • Ctrl+Shift+mouse click - open page in a new tab, and switch to this tab
  • Middle-click on a tab name - close the tab