Read Indicator

ace3275 · 11-29-2013, 10:10 AM

Hi there wonder if anyone can help???
I'm looking for a way to have visual indictor for books i have already read in the book cover view, something like the green "tick book on device" Indicator, any idea how to go about achiving it??? if its not possible is there any chances for it to be in teh future?

any help will be very welcome

Thanks

theducks · 11-29-2013, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ace3275

Hi there wonder if anyone can help???
I'm looking for a way to have visual indictor for books i have already read in the book cover view, something like the green "tick book on device" Indicator, any idea how to go about achiving it??? if its not possible is there any chances for it to be in teh future?

any help will be very welcome

Thanks

Create a custom column: (I suggest sticking with True/False type as other parts of Calibre have a provision for this type of 'mark' )

Label: Read,
Column_name:read, (Note: you USE all custom column names with a #in front: #read )
Type:True/False

DoctorOhh · 11-29-2013, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ace3275

I'm looking for a way to have visual indictor for books i have already read in the book cover view

If I understand you correctly the answer is no, but if you follow theducks advice and have the book details pane open then you can quickly see on a per book basis if a book is read. See attached.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ace3275

if its not possible is there any chances for it to be in teh future?

You can read how to request new features here.

kovidgoyal · 11-29-2013, 09:33 PM

Use the mark books feature to get a quick overview of books you have read in the cover grid. First setup a custom column as the ducks advises, then mark all the books that have been read.

Gunnerp245 · 11-30-2013, 09:09 AM

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DoctorOhh · 11-30-2013, 09:40 AM

@Gunnerp245 Not the Book Cover view the OP asked about but does help to illustrate what theducks was referring to.

ace3275 · 12-02-2013, 04:43 AM

First of all thanks for all of your replies, have done the "Read" column long time ago, its doing its job but i find it a bit cumbersome, marking the books read in "list view" will be gone once i have closed Calibre, what i thought will be a fab adds on is that in "cover view" you will be able to "right Click / mark this book as read / date ?" and it will be permanente, so when in cover view you will be able to see in a glance the one you have read. futuer request?? / new plugin??
Thanks again to you all

11-29-2013, 10:10 AM	#1
ace3275 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle	Read Indicator Hi there wonder if anyone can help??? I'm looking for a way to have visual indictor for books i have already read in the book cover view, something like the green "tick book on device" Indicator, any idea how to go about achiving it??? if its not possible is there any chances for it to be in teh future? any help will be very welcome Thanks

11-30-2013, 09:09 AM	#5
Gunnerp245 Gadget Freak Posts: 1,169 Karma: 1043832 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US Device: EE, Note 8	[Image violates posting guidelines - MODERATOR] Last edited by Dr. Drib; 12-06-2013 at 10:32 AM.

12-02-2013, 04:43 AM	#7
ace3275 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle	First of all thanks for all of your replies, have done the "Read" column long time ago, its doing its job but i find it a bit cumbersome, marking the books read in "list view" will be gone once i have closed Calibre, what i thought will be a fab adds on is that in "cover view" you will be able to "right Click / mark this book as read / date ?" and it will be permanente, so when in cover view you will be able to see in a glance the one you have read. futuer request?? / new plugin?? Thanks again to you all Last edited by ace3275; 12-04-2013 at 08:44 AM.

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