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Originally Posted by BetterRed
If I add and remove values in the suggested custom column in the Metadata Editor they can get reordered. If I edit them in the Book List via F2 they don't seem to get reordered (but I am not sure that's 100% true). However, space is at a premium in the book list, so if there are more than a few values its more convenient to edit them in the Metadata Editor.
My experience is that in the Author column the order of 'values' is always preserved - no matter what. So when the custom column did not behave that way, ie values got reordered, I tried to make it happen with the Author names, in case I was mistaken. I couldn't, but I wouldn't want or expect that I could.
In other respects a Names custom column behaves like the Authors column, including the Use author sort in Tag Browser and Author sort name algorithm tweaks.
As far as I can tell its only in the preservation of the order of values when they're edited via the Metadata Editor dialogue that a Names custom column doesn't behave like the Author column. I don't mind that they get reordered, but if they weren't then I could live with that too.
BR
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You are correct. The edit-metadata (single) editor widget unconditionally sorts the field even if is_names is set. This is wrong, and I have submitted a fix.