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Old 06-10-2014, 10:23 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
If you want a tags like column in which order is preserved you can create a custom column in Preferences->Add your own columns (check the box that says 'Contains names'). IIRC, order is preserved for tags like columns containing names, just like it is for the authors column, you will have to use & instead of, as the separator, however.
If Contains names is checked on a custom tags column and '&' is used they seem to get reordered when you add & remove values in the metadata editor custom column.

But no matter how hard I try, I cannot get that to happen with the Author column - i.e. the order I put them in is always preserved

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