[kaufman]

Originally Posted by kaufman

I think this option is important, because right now pressing on any group except Tags shows the same list of books. Wouldn't it make more sense to have the subset related to that grouping show?

Originally Posted by chaley

I don't understand what you are saying.

If you don't select a grouping and close the grouping drawer, it shows you a list that contains all of the book in your library.

If you select the tags grouping and then close the grouping drawer without selecting a tag, it shows you a subset of your library that only contains the books that have a tag.

If you select any other grouping and close the grouping drawer, it shows you a list that contains all of the book in your library whether they are a member of that grouping or not.

To me, the behavior for tags makes more sense. If I have shown interest in a grouping, the thing I want to see by default is the books that belong to that grouping. Currently, the default when I select a grouping is to show me all the books in my library, whether they are relevant to that grouping or not.

Originally Posted by kaufman

3) Whether or not you do this function (hide blank items) I think the long press on group names giving you the chance to only show books with or without that field would be nice to have. And it is certainly more useful than just popping up a message saying it doesn't do anything.

Originally Posted by chaley

But you are asking that it do something very different from long-pressing on an item. Long-pressing an item does the equivalent of a virtual library. Tapping an item simply shows those items but does not affect tapping on some other item.

I think I just didn't say it very well. I think that a long press on a grouping should pop up the same dialog box that currently pops up for a search on a sub-grouping within a grouping. "How do you want to match the books?" "Cancel/Not Matching/Matching". So, if you long pressed on publishers, "Not matching" would create the virtual library of books without publishers, "Matching" would create a virtual library of all books with any non-null value in the publisher field. I think that this is more useful than just popping up an error message. Its also something that people are likely to try.

Originally Posted by kaufman

4) Most important: Currently pressing on the blank item pops up the "Cannot long press on a group name message". The fact that no one has complained about this not working any more might be a sign that people don't use it very often.

Originally Posted by chaley

You mean "long-pressing on a blank item", not "tapping on a blank item". Tapping does exactly what it should, showing the books that do not have that item (series, publisher, what-have-you) set.

Correct. I meant long pressing. I played a bit more, and it actually doesn't have anything to do with the blank field. Long pressing on the first item in any grouping will give the error message.