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Originally Posted by Truthowl
I've used calibre for years and I love it. However, I have a long standing problem I don't think is currently possible to remedy. But maybe someone knows how to do this?
In the UI, the section for the Tag Browser. If I select Author, it drops down and lists all the authors underneath the tag Authors. But that list is not alphabetically ordered. So trying to find the author "Jim Butcher" for instance, can be fairly difficult if you have a lot of authors in your collection. Now I know I can use the search bar to limit what I'm looking at in the book list. But what I want is a quick and easy way to list my authors. Can I somehow change the order of the tag Authors in the Tag Browser?
Any constructive help would be appreciated.
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Not Normal for a properly maintained set of metadata.
The Tag Browser
normally uses Author Sort:
Get the Quality check Plugin and run the Check Metadata: (Authors tests)
Fix issues (The Fix:Swap authors Fn,Ln is a fast (flip) fix for SELECTED names
Couple of questions :
How many books total?
How many Authors total?
Reason: for Big tag lists, I fined Partitioned is easier.
(Preferences: Look and Feel: Tag Browser (tab): Partition: first Letter
Butcher would be alphabetically under B if the sort was Ln, Fn
Jim under J if you are a Fn Ln (all the Jims are sorted by Middle then last name)
BTW this all assumes that your Alter Tag Browser setting (Button at the bottom) is set to: By Name