Thread: Displaying genres and subgenres in manin view
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Old 02-18-2021, 01:06 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by norolim View Post
Yeah, that was a typo, I couldn't correct, 'cause I can't edit posts.

Let me explain, what I mean in more detail. Following the guide, I created a custom Genre column and added it to Categories with hierarchical items. Then I populated metadata with genres and subgenres, such as:
  • Speculative fiction.Sci-fi.Steampunk
  • Speculative fiction.Sci-fi.Cyberpunk
  • etc.
This created a nice hierarchical tree in the tag browser, but since I created a column called Genre, I also wanted to display it in the main view of Calibre (where the books are listed). I was hoping Calibre would be able to separate the various genres and subgenres as it does in the tag browser. Instead it just listed the items the way, I typed them into metadata. So a steampunk book, would have Speculative fiction.Sci-fi.Steampunk as its genre. My question is, whether it is possible to display the hierarchical item separated in the column.
AFAIK, the answer is no. The tag browser is the only place to see hierarchies.
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