One click remove all tags from selected books

[emphyrion]

Hello,

I'm looking for a way to remove all tags from the selected books, in ONE action.
So, ideally, a button in the toolbar or maybe a shortcut.
Is there a way to do that, or a plugin that does that?

Thank you
emphyrio

[theducks]

Bulk Metadata: remove Tags: See that box at the end

[emphyrion]

Hello @Theducks

Thank you, but I know how to do that :-)

I am really looking for a ONE CLIC option.
I have 2500+ books to sort by "moving" them from one tag to différents other tags (in this case, I use tags as folders).
And going through "Bulk metadata" is a little bit too long.
Ideally, I would love to just drag books on a tag (in the left pane) and it would replace all the books tags by the one I dragged them on.
Exactly as when you drag a file from a folder to another one in Windows explorer, for instance.

[theducks]

Ah!
Someone else will need to help as I don't use the drag ( -n-tag ) feature.

[kovidgoyal]

No there is no way to replace tags using drag and drop

[emphyrion]

Hello @kovidgoyal,

Thank you for your answer.
As a Python developer, do you think I would be able to create a plugin that does what I need?
Just wondering, I didn't check yet how Calibre Plugins are made.
Thank you,

Emphyrio

[chaley]

Originally Posted by emphyrion

Hello @kovidgoyal,

Thank you for your answer.
As a Python developer, do you think I would be able to create a plugin that does what I need?
Just wondering, I didn't check yet how Calibre Plugins are made.
Thank you,

Emphyrio

You can use the Action Chains plugin Single Field Edit action to clear the tags (or any other field/fields) with a single keystroke. You can then use D&D to add the tag you want. Or the same Action Chains action can prompt you for the tag and add it to the book. Action Chains doesn't support D&D.

I don't think it is practical to write a plugin that supports D&D to the tag browser. I think it would require "monkey patching" the existing D&D methods in the tag browser's model class. Or running calibre from source and modifying the tag browser to do what you want.

Ask in the Action Chains thread if you need help with it.

[emphyrion]

Originally Posted by chaley

You can use the Action Chains plugin Single Field Edit action to clear the tags (or any other field/fields) with a single keystroke. You can then use D&D to add the tag you want. Or the same Action Chains action can prompt you for the tag and add it to the book. Action Chains doesn't support D&D.

Thank you
I will check this plugin.
Just a thought: as I understood, Calibre is highly customizable. I'm surprised that it's not possible to just add an action following the "end of D&D" event or the "add label" one (at least, programmatically).
But, maybe "Action Chains" is what I need.
I'll check this evening.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by emphyrion

Just a thought: as I understood, Calibre is highly customizable. I'm surprised that it's not possible to just add an action following the "end of D&D" event or the "add label" one (at least, programmatically).

You can, by changing the calibre source. That isn't hard, but you will be required to merge your changes as calibre releases happen. You could also write a plugin that "monkey patches" calibre to call your method instead of calling whatever is built in, permitting you to do what you want.

But TBH: it is hard for me to believe that the effort is worth it. Modifying D&D would avoid requiring the one keystroke that invokes an action chain to clear the tags for the selected book.