Calibre not remembering sort order

kyrilson · 07-03-2025, 10:40 AM

Not sure where to post this, as I couldn't find a bug subforum or anything like that. Recently, in the past couple of updates or so, Calibre has started opening up sorted by series order in descending order. I prefer to have Calibre sorted by Date, ascending order, with the most recently added books at the top. I will close Calibre in this state, sorted by Date in ascending order, and the damn thing opens up sorted in series order in descending order every time! I have looked through the menus for a default sort order, but haven't found anything.

1) Is there a default sort order option that I may have missed?
2) Can Calibre be set to remember the sort option on exit and open back up with the same sort option? This used to be the case, but doesn't appear to be anymore.

PeterT · 07-03-2025, 10:45 AM

Maybe the View Manager plugin might help. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=129014

theducks · 07-03-2025, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kyrilson

Not sure where to post this, as I couldn't find a bug subforum or anything like that. Recently, in the past couple of updates or so, Calibre has started opening up sorted by series order in descending order. I prefer to have Calibre sorted by Date, ascending order, with the most recently added books at the top. I will close Calibre in this state, sorted by Date in ascending order, and the damn thing opens up sorted in series order in descending order every time! I have looked through the menus for a default sort order, but haven't found anything.

1) Is there a default sort order option that I may have missed?
2) Can Calibre be set to remember the sort option on exit and open back up with the same sort option? This used to be the case, but doesn't appear to be anymore.

I assume you are not using view manager ?

Then mabe this tweak (preferences: tweaks)
ID: sort_columns_at_startup

Provide a set of columns to be sorted on when calibre starts. The argument is None if saved sort history is to be used otherwise it is a list of column,order pairs. Column is the lookup/search name, found using the tooltip for the column Order is 0 for ascending, 1 for descending. For example, set it to [('authors',0),('title',0)] to sort by title within authors.

kyrilson · 07-03-2025, 01:23 PM

I was not aware of View Manager! This should help me manage it, and I really like the custom views you can create. Great stuff, thanks for the heads up on this plugin!

BetterRed · 07-03-2025, 06:39 PM

There's also the built-in Sort by tool, it provides the means to specify and save multicolumn sort sequences. You need to add it to a toolbar, I have it in the Search bar.

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Sadly, there's no way to specify which saved sort to use when a library is opened, you have to use the Tweak or the VM plugin to do that.

BR

07-03-2025, 10:40 AM	#1
kyrilson Fanatic Posts: 546 Karma: 13511506 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Cleveland, OH Device: Voyage, Oasis, Kobo Glo HD,iPad Pro, Sony 350 and T2	Calibre not remembering sort order Not sure where to post this, as I couldn't find a bug subforum or anything like that. Recently, in the past couple of updates or so, Calibre has started opening up sorted by series order in descending order. I prefer to have Calibre sorted by Date, ascending order, with the most recently added books at the top. I will close Calibre in this state, sorted by Date in ascending order, and the damn thing opens up sorted in series order in descending order every time! I have looked through the menus for a default sort order, but haven't found anything. 1) Is there a default sort order option that I may have missed? 2) Can Calibre be set to remember the sort option on exit and open back up with the same sort option? This used to be the case, but doesn't appear to be anymore.

07-03-2025, 06:39 PM	#5
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,705 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	There's also the built-in Sort by tool, it provides the means to specify and save multicolumn sort sequences. You need to add it to a toolbar, I have it in the Search bar. Sadly, there's no way to specify which saved sort to use when a library is opened, you have to use the Tweak or the VM plugin to do that. BR

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07-03-2025, 10:45 AM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,471 Karma: 78880114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Maybe the View Manager plugin might help. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=129014

07-03-2025, 01:23 PM	#4
kyrilson Fanatic Posts: 546 Karma: 13511506 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Cleveland, OH Device: Voyage, Oasis, Kobo Glo HD,iPad Pro, Sony 350 and T2	I was not aware of View Manager! This should help me manage it, and I really like the custom views you can create. Great stuff, thanks for the heads up on this plugin!