Improve dialogue line symbol setting box (#2453)

novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import logging
 from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot
 from PyQt6.QtGui import QAction, QCloseEvent, QKeyEvent, QKeySequence
 from PyQt6.QtWidgets import (
-    QCompleter, QDialogButtonBox, QFileDialog, QHBoxLayout, QLineEdit,
+    QCompleter, QDialogButtonBox, QFileDialog, QHBoxLayout, QLineEdit, QMenu,
     QPushButton, QVBoxLayout, QWidget
 )
 
@@ -639,14 +639,26 @@ class GuiPreferences(NDialog):
         )
 
         # Dialogue Line
+        self.mnLineSymbols = QMenu(self)
+        for symbol in nwQuotes.ALLOWED:
+            label = trConst(nwQuotes.SYMBOLS.get(symbol, nwQuotes.DASHES.get(symbol, "None")))
+            self.mnLineSymbols.addAction(
+                f"[ {symbol } ] {label}",
+                lambda symbol=symbol: self._insertDialogLineSymbol(symbol)
+            )
+
         self.dialogLine = QLineEdit(self)
-        self.dialogLine.setMaxLength(4)
-        self.dialogLine.setFixedWidth(boxFixed)
+        self.dialogLine.setMinimumWidth(100)
         self.dialogLine.setAlignment(QtAlignCenter)
-        self.dialogLine.setText(CONFIG.dialogLine)
+        self.dialogLine.setText(" ".join(CONFIG.dialogLine))
+
+        self.dialogLineButton = NIconToolButton(self, iSz, "add", "green")
+        self.dialogLineButton.setMenu(self.mnLineSymbols)
+
         self.mainForm.addRow(
             self.tr("Dialogue line symbols"), self.dialogLine,
-            self.tr("Lines starting with any of these symbols are dialogue.")
+            self.tr("Lines starting with any of these symbols are dialogue."),
+            button=self.dialogLineButton
         )
 
         # Narrator Break
@@ -913,6 +925,14 @@ class GuiPreferences(NDialog):
         self.askBeforeBackup.setEnabled(state)
         return
 
+    @pyqtSlot(str)
+    def _insertDialogLineSymbol(self, symbol: str) -> None:
+        """Insert a symbol in the dialogue line box."""
+        current = self.dialogLine.text()
+        values = processDialogSymbols(f"{current} {symbol}")
+        self.dialogLine.setText(" ".join(values))
+        return
+
     @pyqtSlot(bool)
     def _toggleAutoReplaceMain(self, state: bool) -> None:
         """Toggle switches controlled by the auto replace switch."""