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timediver · 10-15-2017, 03:35 PM

I collect papers in calibre and classify them with genre. To this end I created a simple custom column "genre" and a second column "derived genre" consisting of a template with a huge switch function to check the papers' title and associate the "derived genre".
Then I store the "derived genre" into the conventional genre column with the bulk "search and replace" function.

This process works well but performance is very poor. But as I need the "derived genre" only during this process I am looking for a quick way to disable/enable (hide does not improve performance) a custom column. Is there a hidden tweak or anything else in the system to achieve this in a simple way?

(In the meantime I have to paste the script for "derived_genre" temporarily and remove it after).

10-15-2017, 03:35 PM	#1
timediver Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: none	How to disable/enable (not hide) a custom column? I collect papers in calibre and classify them with genre. To this end I created a simple custom column "genre" and a second column "derived genre" consisting of a template with a huge switch function to check the papers' title and associate the "derived genre". Then I store the "derived genre" into the conventional genre column with the bulk "search and replace" function. This process works well but performance is very poor. But as I need the "derived genre" only during this process I am looking for a quick way to disable/enable (hide does not improve performance) a custom column. Is there a hidden tweak or anything else in the system to achieve this in a simple way? (In the meantime I have to paste the script for "derived_genre" temporarily and remove it after).