Annotations browser: When showing a book in the calibre library that is not currently visible, display an error. Fixes #1900066 [Annotation browser's "show in Calibre" silently fails if book isn't in current library view](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1900066)

src/calibre/gui2/actions/browse_annots.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from PyQt5.Qt import Qt
 
+from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog
 from calibre.gui2.actions import InterfaceAction
 
 
@@ -43,7 +44,13 @@ def selection_changed(self):
             self._browser.selection_changed()
 
     def open_book(self, book_id, fmt):
-        self.gui.library_view.select_rows({book_id})
+        if not self.gui.library_view.select_rows({book_id}):
+            db = self.gui.current_db.new_api
+            title = db.field_for('title', book_id)
+            return error_dialog(self._browser or self.gui, _('Not visible'), _(
+                'The book "{}" is not currently visible in the calibre library.'
+                ' If you have a search or a Virtual librry applied, first clear'
+                ' it.').format(title), show=True)
 
     def open_annotation(self, book_id, fmt, cfi):
         self.gui.iactions['View'].view_format_by_id(book_id, fmt, open_at=cfi)

src/calibre/gui2/library/views.py

@@ -1236,6 +1236,7 @@ def select_rows(self, identifiers, using_ids=True, change_current=True,
             sel.merge(QItemSelection(m.index(min(group), 0),
                 m.index(max(group), max_col)), sm.Select)
         sm.select(sel, sm.ClearAndSelect)
+        return rows
 
     def get_selected_ids(self, as_set=False):
         ans = []