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whismerhill · 05-19-2016, 03:55 PM

I think I found a way to circumvent that limitation of no "read/unread" inside the tag browser
by using a custom column built upon the read/unread status
except I have no idea how to build the specific template but at least I found a solution xD
time to document myself to find how it works

EDIT:

for those interested I named it : "readstatus"
here's my custom column template :

Code:

{#yesno:|read by Joe:|,}{#read_jane:|read by Jane:|}

of course it expects to have a yesno column & a read_jane column
the two of them being yes/no columns that hold read/unread status

& don't forget to check the box "display in tag browser"

& if you need more than two of those then replicate the yesno part like this :

Code:

{#yesno:|read by Joe:|,}{#yesno2:|read by John:|,}{#read_jane:|read by Jane:|}

edit2: I believe the same could be done for dates to integrate some dates into the tag browser. Because YES I do love the tag browser, even though it's not hard to build your own searches, it's just must faster to work with
a column that would hold :
-if date = today => "today"
-if date = yesterday => "yesterday"
-if date > 1 week => "last week"

& so on.
it's yet another complicated model though xD

05-19-2016, 03:55 PM	#6
whismerhill Connoisseur Posts: 66 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2016 Device: Kindle 4(mine) & Kindle Touch(wife)	I think I found a way to circumvent that limitation of no "read/unread" inside the tag browser by using a custom column built upon the read/unread status except I have no idea how to build the specific template but at least I found a solution xD time to document myself to find how it works EDIT: for those interested I named it : "readstatus" here's my custom column template : Code: {#yesno:\|read by Joe:\|,}{#read_jane:\|read by Jane:\|} of course it expects to have a yesno column & a read_jane column the two of them being yes/no columns that hold read/unread status & don't forget to check the box "display in tag browser" & if you need more than two of those then replicate the yesno part like this : Code: {#yesno:\|read by Joe:\|,}{#yesno2:\|read by John:\|,}{#read_jane:\|read by Jane:\|} edit2: I believe the same could be done for dates to integrate some dates into the tag browser. Because YES I do love the tag browser, even though it's not hard to build your own searches, it's just must faster to work with a column that would hold : -if date = today => "today" -if date = yesterday => "yesterday" -if date > 1 week => "last week" & so on. it's yet another complicated model though xD Last edited by whismerhill; 05-19-2016 at 05:17 PM.