Sort within collection on PRS-300

cinco · 12-09-2010, 02:48 PM

I couldn't find an answer in the forums, so am posing this question now. Is it possible to sort items by date with a collection on the Sony PRS-300? I use my Reader to read PDF documents for work, and it would be VERY useful to be able to view the documents in date order.

I am not a programming whiz, so if this can be done, I would greatly appreciate guidance on how to do this.

Thanks!

Agama · 12-09-2010, 03:26 PM

You can't actually do any sub-sorting within Collections on the PRS-300, (which is a bit of shame), but you can sometimes 'cheat' the Collection names to achieve what you want. You could use a 2-digit numeric prefix for your collections and this will determine the order, for example:

00 : Jan-Mar 2010
01 : Apr-Jun 2010
02 : Jul-Aug 2010
03 : Sep-Dec 2010

It's a bit of manual carry-on but can be quite effective. It can also be used to group 10-items at a time on each page of the Collections.

chaley · 12-09-2010, 04:55 PM

Look at the tweak (preferences -> advanced -> tweaks) sony_collection_sorting_rules. It lets you specify the metadata field used to sort any given collection. Assuming that the date you want sorted by is in some metadata field, you should be able to accomplish what you want.

The thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ection+sorting has a fairly long discussion about this tweak and other related issues.

Agama · 12-09-2010, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

It lets you specify the metadata field used to sort any given collection.

This suggests that each collection could have its own sorting method. Is this correct?

chaley · 12-09-2010, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agama

This suggests that each collection could have its own sorting method. Is this correct?

Yes. Calibre will order the collection by sorting using the value in the specified field. Given that the field can be a composite custom column, that means they can be sorted more-or-less arbitrarily.

Note that some sony devices permit collections to be sorted in several ways. On these devices, calibre's order is the 'added order'.

Agama · 12-09-2010, 05:12 PM

Brilliant! Calibre just keeps on getting better and better.

12-09-2010, 02:48 PM	#1
cinco Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Colorado, USA Device: Sony PRS-300, Sony PRS-T1	Sort within collection on PRS-300 I couldn't find an answer in the forums, so am posing this question now. Is it possible to sort items by date with a collection on the Sony PRS-300? I use my Reader to read PDF documents for work, and it would be VERY useful to be able to view the documents in date order. I am not a programming whiz, so if this can be done, I would greatly appreciate guidance on how to do this. Thanks!

12-09-2010, 03:26 PM	#2
Agama Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 2751519 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK Device: PW2, Nexus7	You can't actually do any sub-sorting within Collections on the PRS-300, (which is a bit of shame), but you can sometimes 'cheat' the Collection names to achieve what you want. You could use a 2-digit numeric prefix for your collections and this will determine the order, for example: 00 : Jan-Mar 2010 01 : Apr-Jun 2010 02 : Jul-Aug 2010 03 : Sep-Dec 2010 It's a bit of manual carry-on but can be quite effective. It can also be used to group 10-items at a time on each page of the Collections. Last edited by Agama; 12-09-2010 at 04:14 PM. Reason: Spelling!

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chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,733 Karma: 6690881 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Look at the tweak (preferences -> advanced -> tweaks) sony_collection_sorting_rules. It lets you specify the metadata field used to sort any given collection. Assuming that the date you want sorted by is in some metadata field, you should be able to accomplish what you want. The thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ection+sorting has a fairly long discussion about this tweak and other related issues.

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Agama Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 2751519 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK Device: PW2, Nexus7	Brilliant! Calibre just keeps on getting better and better.