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ownedbycats · 10-15-2021, 07:14 PM

Question:

Is there a proper way to tell Calibre to not show any icons in a specific column if a book matches a set of specific criteria, even if any following rules do match?

e.g. I added a "books I've read but haven't rated yet" subsearch to Cleanup, which results in those books getting added to the Cleanup VL. I have a rule to show a small broom in the title column when the VL is Cleanup. I want to hide the broom without actually setting an icon in the title column for it.

I found that making a non-composed advanced rule pointing to an invalid icon name works, but I'm not sure if I should be concerned about that causing issues.

(Alternately, this specific problem could likely be solved by modifying the "if VL is Cleanup" rule to exclude the need-to-rate books, but this may not work as well for all situations.)

EDIT: Would using a 1x1 transparent icon (non-composed) work?

10-15-2021, 07:14 PM	#181
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,054 Karma: 75568269 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Question: Is there a proper way to tell Calibre to not show any icons in a specific column if a book matches a set of specific criteria, even if any following rules do match? e.g. I added a "books I've read but haven't rated yet" subsearch to Cleanup, which results in those books getting added to the Cleanup VL. I have a rule to show a small broom in the title column when the VL is Cleanup. I want to hide the broom without actually setting an icon in the title column for it. I found that making a non-composed advanced rule pointing to an invalid icon name works, but I'm not sure if I should be concerned about that causing issues. (Alternately, this specific problem could likely be solved by modifying the "if VL is Cleanup" rule to exclude the need-to-rate books, but this may not work as well for all situations.) EDIT: Would using a 1x1 transparent icon (non-composed) work? Last edited by ownedbycats; 10-16-2021 at 01:48 AM.