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Originally Posted by Joanna
Chaley, that's exactly what I meant (sorry if I didn't explain myself clearly). E.g. if you have no books rated, 'Rating' would not be shown in the tag browser (because there is no point in clicking on that).
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You weren't unclear. I like to repeat back what I understand just to be sure. In some cases doing so can save a lot of work.
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It will be great to have this option in Calibre, thank you!
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No problem. It is a very reasonable request, something I should have thought of way-back-when.
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One more question, if I may hijack my own thread  :
When I posted this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1521004 (thanks a lot for fixing this, btw!) you suggested I should use a comma separated text, like tags column (with the "Contain names" box checked) for translators' names. Would you use the same type of column for original titles of books?
For what kind of data would you recommend using a single-value custom text column?
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There are two questions here.
First question: should "contains names" be used for alternate titles? Answer: no, unless lots of titles contain commas and none of them contain ampersands. And even then I would consider changing the commas to semicolons (or something) because "contains names" carries connotations that aren't appropriate for titles. For example, contains-names columns are sorted by entry order. Non contains-names columns are sorted alphabetically.
Second question: where to use single-value columns. That is harder. The easy answer is "where there can be only two values: empty or "something". That answer falls apart for alternate titles if a book can have more than one alternate. I can imagine this happening if the book is translated, if it has multiple editions separated by time or geography, or ???. In the end: up to you.