[Android] CC - Title Grouping

[huber70]

Moin,

sorry for my english - I do my very best:

use CC 5.3.6.2 on Samsung Tab S2

I imported all my ebooks to the device, left side of the program shows my groupings "authors" - "titles" - "series" etc incl own definitions - so far, so good.

After many trials I sorted e.g. "authors" by click to the authors names, eg "Allende, Isabel", no capital letters.

Sames works with "series" and other definition fields, eg "Al Capone" etc, no capital letters.

Only the group "titles" still remain with capital letters (from 1,2,3,...A,B,C,...)

Is there no chance to change this group also to "direct view"?

any help is appreciated,

regards Peter

[chaley]

No. The grouping drawer exists to show you books with some specific metadata such as an author or a series. Because in CC there is a one-to-one correspondence between a book and a title, I think see any point in showing individual titles in the grouping drawer. You see individual titles in the main list.

[huber70]

thank you for your answer - I understand, nevertheless I would prefer an alphabetical listing in "titles" instead of capital letters on the left side.

No chance to make eg some changes in the main calibre program in order to fullfill my wish in CC?

[chaley]

Originally Posted by huber70

thank you for your answer - I understand, nevertheless I would prefer an alphabetical listing in "titles" instead of capital letters on the left side.

Sorry, but that won't happen. You can get an alphabetical list of titles in the main window by sorting by title.

No chance to make eg some changes in the main calibre program in order to fullfill my wish in CC?

If you really want this then yes, there is a way using a calibre custom column "built from other columns". If you have a huge library then this method might reduce calibre's performance.

1. In calibre, create a custom column "built from other columns" (not like tags) that contains the title. The template would be {title} or perhaps {title_sort} depending on which one you want to see.
2. Connect CC to calibre as a wireless device so that CC learns about this new column.
3. Disconnect CC.
4. In CC, go to Settings / Grouping Drawer
5. Tap on "Group/Sort on custom columns
6. Find your new column in the list and put a check mark next to it.
7. Press OK.

Optionally, remove the standard "Title" group and replace it with your new column.

1. In CC's Settings / Grouping Drawer, tap on Select groups to show
2. Uncheck the standard "Title" column
3. Ensure that your new column is checked (it should be)
4. Use the up and down arrows to move your new column to the top of the list, or wherever you want it.

[huber70]

Perfect - took some time but following your precise description it was a pleasure...

Now it got it - with your help!

thanks again,

best regards Peter