Calibre 9.6.0 released - full text search and new bookshelf options

New features

Full text search: A new cards based view of full text search results with book coversTo perform a full text search, click the "FT" button on the left of the search bar. The old compact result view can be re-activated by clicking the button to the left of the search bar in the Full text search window.

A new "word-prefix" completion mode that shows matches that have any word starting with the typed in lettersCloses tickets: 2144422

Bookshelves: Add option to have the height of books be constant per groupEdit book: File list: Allow using Ctrl+Left/Right to move an item to top/bottom of the listBug fixes

Fix notes being lost when changing the lookup name of custom columnCloses tickets: 2146404

E-book viewer: Fix using the slower/faster buttons causing a chapter skip when using the Piper neural speech backendContent server viewer: Fix annotations being not synced to the server in some Android devices when using the Firefox browserWindows: Force kill calibre.exe on quit to workaround hang in interpreter shutdown on some systemsTXT Output: Fix asciiize option not applying to generated inline Table of ContentsE-book viewer: Disallow background images from the internet. This was an unused feature anyway (CVE-2026-33205)TXT Input: Ensure resource files are read only from book contents (CVE-2026-33206)Only apply changes to text fields in the book list when the new value is different from the oldCloses tickets: 2144489

Completions: Update list of completion suggestions when cursor is movedCloses tickets: 2144486

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