Changes in this release:- Offer option to display the reading order in a custom series column
- Fix bug where clearing a list would not immediately refresh books on screen that were on that list
@ac4lt - this should hopefully allow you to do what you want, populating a custom series column for a list. For anyone wanting to try it, add a custom column of type "series", then setup a configuration like the bottom part of the attached screenshot. If you do not specify a series name, it will use the name of your list.
There are a few quirks/limitations - trying to code for them is more trouble than I deem worth or they are unavoidable:
- If you are turning this column on for an existing list, you will need to do "something" with the list the very first time to get the column populated (e.g. add/remove/reorder books.)
- If you turn the column off, you will have to manually clear the values
- If you reuse this series column for two different lists, and then put a book on both lists, the series name displayed will "flip-flop", because a series column can only be a single series
- Directly editing the value in this column will achieve nothing, in that it will be overwritten the next time you perform an action with the list
So what can you "do" with this column? Well, being a calibre column means you can have your reading order able to be continually viewed/sortable/searchable without using specific reading list functions. Apparently if you use content server, this custom series column will be visible. And if you adjusted your metadata plugboards/send/save to disk templates you could push the value out externally.