Assigning tags to user categories

jackr · 01-10-2012, 07:52 AM

Hello, I am very new to the Calibre experience, so this might be novice question. I have created a couple of user categories, and I would like to know if it is possible to assign a tag to a category in such a way that any sub-categories/items inside will have this tag apply to them.

I am a prolific fanfiction reader, so I have set up a category for just that, and inside it, I set up a sub-category listing particular genre's. I would like so that clicking a genre item inside the fanfiction category will only show books with the fanfiction tag and genre tag, etc.

chaley · 01-10-2012, 09:01 AM

If I understand you correctly, you want clicking on a sub-category to search for all books having *all* of the items in the sub-category, where today you get books with *any* of the items in the sub-category. If I have it right, then there isn't a way to do this with user categories. Searching on a category is always an 'or' search.

However, you can do it with saved searches. Construct the search you want (the tag browser & shift key can make this simpler), then save it under some name. Saved searches can be hierarchical, so you can control the name space.

jackr · 01-11-2012, 03:29 AM

Not particularly like that, I mean that if I click an item (like a Romance tag) inside a user category named Fanfiction, I want to have it so it filters by Romance and Fanfiction tags. And if I click on a different item (Suspense tag, etc) inside the Fanfiction category, it will filter by Suspense and Fanfiction tags. I think it would be more visually appealing instead of having a list of saved searches for each genre.

]Fanfiction (Tag 'Fanfiction' added to all child items)
-]Genre
--]Romance tag (If clicking this, add Romance tag to Fanfiction tag in search)
--]Suspense tag (tags:"=Suspense" and tags:"=Fanfiction")

If it isn't currently possible, but might be able to be in the future, then I think it would be a neat idea to have

. For now I will work with what you mentioned with the hierarchical searches. Thank-you for your time in responding to my question.

chaley · 01-11-2012, 04:30 AM

To understand: it seems that your idea requires that the name of the user category (and subcategories?) also be tag? Then a search for anything in the user category would result in the search "name_of_category and thing_clicked_on".

Wouldn't a hierarchical tag "Fanfiction.Genre.Romance" work?

jackr · 01-13-2012, 03:59 AM

Actually control/shift with 'Match All' works wonders for what I want. Thanks for your replies. I will try to use the saved search as I get more familiar with Calibre.

01-10-2012, 07:52 AM	#1
jackr Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 92 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook STR, Pocket eDGe	Assigning tags to user categories Hello, I am very new to the Calibre experience, so this might be novice question. I have created a couple of user categories, and I would like to know if it is possible to assign a tag to a category in such a way that any sub-categories/items inside will have this tag apply to them. I am a prolific fanfiction reader, so I have set up a category for just that, and inside it, I set up a sub-category listing particular genre's. I would like so that clicking a genre item inside the fanfiction category will only show books with the fanfiction tag and genre tag, etc.

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01-10-2012, 09:01 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,345 Karma: 8012652 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	If I understand you correctly, you want clicking on a sub-category to search for all books having all of the items in the sub-category, where today you get books with any of the items in the sub-category. If I have it right, then there isn't a way to do this with user categories. Searching on a category is always an 'or' search. However, you can do it with saved searches. Construct the search you want (the tag browser & shift key can make this simpler), then save it under some name. Saved searches can be hierarchical, so you can control the name space.

01-11-2012, 03:29 AM	#3
jackr Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 92 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook STR, Pocket eDGe	Not particularly like that, I mean that if I click an item (like a Romance tag) inside a user category named Fanfiction, I want to have it so it filters by Romance and Fanfiction tags. And if I click on a different item (Suspense tag, etc) inside the Fanfiction category, it will filter by Suspense and Fanfiction tags. I think it would be more visually appealing instead of having a list of saved searches for each genre. ]Fanfiction (Tag 'Fanfiction' added to all child items) -]Genre --]Romance tag (If clicking this, add Romance tag to Fanfiction tag in search) --]Suspense tag (tags:"=Suspense" and tags:"=Fanfiction") If it isn't currently possible, but might be able to be in the future, then I think it would be a neat idea to have . For now I will work with what you mentioned with the hierarchical searches. Thank-you for your time in responding to my question.

01-11-2012, 04:30 AM	#4
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,345 Karma: 8012652 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	To understand: it seems that your idea requires that the name of the user category (and subcategories?) also be tag? Then a search for anything in the user category would result in the search "name_of_category and thing_clicked_on". Wouldn't a hierarchical tag "Fanfiction.Genre.Romance" work?

01-13-2012, 03:59 AM	#5
jackr Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 92 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook STR, Pocket eDGe	Actually control/shift with 'Match All' works wonders for what I want. Thanks for your replies. I will try to use the saved search as I get more familiar with Calibre.

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