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jesscat · 04-13-2019, 07:14 PM

So I have another question... I understand that the meta information + additional AO3 meta information gets dumped into the tags: fandom, ship, characters, ao3categories, freeformtags, etc.

Is there any way to specify an order for these meta items so they aren't all mixed together alphabetically in the tag list? So, say, fandom is listed first, then characters, then tags, then ao3categories? I don't care so much about the order within each item (like that the characters are kept in their original order), just overall - that, e.g., characters are listed before freeform tags. Since the columns aren't wide and there are only a few items visible, and AO3 often has a proliferation of ridiculous freeform tags, I'd like to always be able to scan the beginning of the tag list to see the important stuff, the way I can on the site.

I know I could create custom columns for each of these different metadata categories, but I don't know that I care enough to do that - keeping the list in order would be sufficient if it was possible. I'm thinking maybe it can't be done, that once they are all included in subject_tags the different categories can't be separated out within the tag list anymore, but I thought I'd ask!

04-13-2019, 07:14 PM	#3336
jesscat Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 354 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: US Device: iPad mini	So I have another question... I understand that the meta information + additional AO3 meta information gets dumped into the tags: fandom, ship, characters, ao3categories, freeformtags, etc. Is there any way to specify an order for these meta items so they aren't all mixed together alphabetically in the tag list? So, say, fandom is listed first, then characters, then tags, then ao3categories? I don't care so much about the order within each item (like that the characters are kept in their original order), just overall - that, e.g., characters are listed before freeform tags. Since the columns aren't wide and there are only a few items visible, and AO3 often has a proliferation of ridiculous freeform tags, I'd like to always be able to scan the beginning of the tag list to see the important stuff, the way I can on the site. I know I could create custom columns for each of these different metadata categories, but I don't know that I care enough to do that - keeping the list in order would be sufficient if it was possible. I'm thinking maybe it can't be done, that once they are all included in subject_tags the different categories can't be separated out within the tag list anymore, but I thought I'd ask!