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Old 06-24-2016, 09:37 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by DaltonST View Post
@BR:

Calibre throws datatype=comments to the bottom of the detail view with no labels.

The root cause of @excaliber's problem is that Calibre does not support a Custom Column datatype of "non-normalized, simple text".

Because of the missing datatype, ZMI has to use datatype=comments to ensure that Calibre does not crash when the Zotero data is imported because of dubious or unreliable data quality.

Because ZMI uses datatype=comments, they get thrown to the bottom of the detail view with no labels.

Perhaps someone could create an enhancement request for Calibre to at least add labels. I understand exactly why it throws them to the bottom because the standard Calibre Comments column can be huge. However, they should still have labels.DaltonST
Gotcha - why don't you create the enhancement request at launchpad - or raise it in the Development subforum here.

If you could use "Text Shown in tag browser" rather than "Long Text" then the user could hide what they don't want in the Tag Browser.

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Originally Posted by excaliber View Post
Where can I create an enhancement request? Is it hier:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre
the right place?
Yep - but see above, IMO better if PI developer raised the request.

BR
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