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@copaw - Custom columns are in the database - i.e. metadata.db files in the library folders. So no issues with those. The View Manager plugin stores its data in the database, you can use it to set up different book list layouts - columns and sort orders. IMO - if you have 'disparate' libraries in terms of custom columns, then the View Manager PI is a 'must have'.
The toolbar settings are in the 'global' configuration data. But you can have a main and optional toolbars, plus a menubar, plus a context menu, and there's a Favourites plugin.
I have several libraries for different types of 'books' - regular books, journals, media items. For the most frequently used features (by me) I use keyboard short cuts wherever I can, for the less frequent I use the context menu, for the rarely used I use the main toolbar (no icons), and the features I 'never' use are in Favourites.
Because I have to avoid using the mouse, my scheme is probably the opposite of what most people would have. But I think it offers a good indication of calibre's flexibility in configuring its "driver controls'.
BR
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