A very un-important functionality wish

patrik · 02-23-2016, 02:22 PM

Sometimes when I fix metadata and/or is viewing some books, I start with searching for the author, series (or whatever). Every so often I get, besides those books I'm looking for, also some other books that matched the search.

At that time, it would be really nice to simply do a right-click and choose "hide temporary in current list" and it's gone (until I search again and/or clear the search field). Then I can save brain-fuel and only focus on those books I want to contemplate about or do something with.

It's not vital by any means (and using the advanced search can probably minimize the hits, just not as easy), simply something that I would find helpful at times.

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And... for Calibre in general....

BetterRed · 02-23-2016, 02:37 PM

@patrik - I find these very useful for narrowing a search, they're also available via book list context menu Similar Books flyout - so an Alt+A will get you all books by the author of the current (selected) book

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You can also limit the columns used in searching, see Preferences->Searching->What to search by default settings, Comments is one that many folks prefer to exclude

BR

theducks · 02-23-2016, 02:53 PM

Q(uick) will find all of the similar for the selected field value (eg Authors, Series)

(right-click) Mark to flag for later in session use

chaley · 02-24-2016, 06:47 AM

Another way to do it related to theduck's suggestion: after the search, select all and use the Mark feature to temporarily mark each book (CTRL-M by default). You might want to clear all marks before the search. Then, as you go through the books, unmark the ones you don't want to see (again using CTRL-M) or that you have finished dealing with. Doing a search for marked books (CTRL-SHIFT-M by default) will show you the books you still need to look at.

HarryT · 02-24-2016, 11:49 AM

Agreed. "Mark books" is one of Calibre's most useful features for "doing stuff" with unrelated sets of books. Mark the books that interest you, then use "Show marked books" to just display the ones you've marked. You can then carry out global operations on just the marked set.

patrik · 02-24-2016, 06:02 PM

Wow, being able to mark the books (ctrl-m) and fast show only the marked (ctrl-shift-m) is really nice. Thanks!!

Quickview I will have to play around with a bit to understand more.

I learn things every day on here.... thanks guys! :-)

02-23-2016, 02:22 PM	#1
patrik Guru Posts: 682 Karma: 4568205 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Forma	A very un-important functionality wish Sometimes when I fix metadata and/or is viewing some books, I start with searching for the author, series (or whatever). Every so often I get, besides those books I'm looking for, also some other books that matched the search. At that time, it would be really nice to simply do a right-click and choose "hide temporary in current list" and it's gone (until I search again and/or clear the search field). Then I can save brain-fuel and only focus on those books I want to contemplate about or do something with. It's not vital by any means (and using the advanced search can probably minimize the hits, just not as easy), simply something that I would find helpful at times. --- And... for Calibre in general....

02-23-2016, 02:37 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,725 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@patrik - I find these very useful for narrowing a search, they're also available via book list context menu Similar Books flyout - so an Alt+A will get you all books by the author of the current (selected) book You can also limit the columns used in searching, see Preferences->Searching->What to search by default settings, Comments is one that many folks prefer to exclude BR

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02-23-2016, 02:53 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,054 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Q(uick) will find all of the similar for the selected field value (eg Authors, Series) (right-click) Mark to flag for later in session use

02-24-2016, 06:47 AM	#4
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,447 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Another way to do it related to theduck's suggestion: after the search, select all and use the Mark feature to temporarily mark each book (CTRL-M by default). You might want to clear all marks before the search. Then, as you go through the books, unmark the ones you don't want to see (again using CTRL-M) or that you have finished dealing with. Doing a search for marked books (CTRL-SHIFT-M by default) will show you the books you still need to look at.

02-24-2016, 11:49 AM	#5
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Agreed. "Mark books" is one of Calibre's most useful features for "doing stuff" with unrelated sets of books. Mark the books that interest you, then use "Show marked books" to just display the ones you've marked. You can then carry out global operations on just the marked set.

02-24-2016, 06:02 PM	#6
patrik Guru Posts: 682 Karma: 4568205 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Forma	Wow, being able to mark the books (ctrl-m) and fast show only the marked (ctrl-shift-m) is really nice. Thanks!! Quickview I will have to play around with a bit to understand more. I learn things every day on here.... thanks guys! :-)

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