Configuring the edit metadata pop-up

maddz · 11-26-2017, 06:10 AM

Is there a way to configure what metadata is displayed when editing metadata in the pop-up? I can see how to configure what is displayed in the main list, but can't see anything to configure the edit metadata pop-up.

I have some old custom columns which are no longer used, and I cannot see a way to delete them from the edit metadata screen. There are also other fields which I ignore and don't edit and would like to remove them from the display (or at least move them to after the fields I routinely use).

kovidgoyal · 11-26-2017, 06:51 AM

Preferences->Tweaks

maddz · 11-26-2017, 08:23 AM

Nope, not working.

I've changed 2 of the tweaks:

content_server_wont_display = ['#Dropbox', '#Google']

metadata_edit_custom_column_order = ['#My Shelves', '#Dropbox', '#Google']

But the custom columns are still displaying in alphabetical order...

kovidgoyal · 11-26-2017, 08:34 AM

Your column names are wrong hover your mouse over the column header in the main book list in calibre to see the names.

maddz · 11-26-2017, 08:51 AM

OK, got it. The order is now correct.

However, I still can't see a way not to display the Dropbox or Google fields, and in the basic metadata, to hide the Rating and Languages fields. The don't display tweak only seems to apply to the content server not to the edit metadata pop-up.

kovidgoyal · 11-26-2017, 09:00 AM

You cannot hide fields.

maddz · 11-26-2017, 09:10 AM

That's annoying. Is there a way to delete custom columns?

DaltonST · 11-26-2017, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maddz

Is there a way to configure what metadata is displayed when editing metadata in the pop-up? I can see how to configure what is displayed in the main list, but can't see anything to configure the edit metadata pop-up.

I have some old custom columns which are no longer used, and I cannot see a way to delete them from the edit metadata screen. There are also other fields which I ignore and don't edit and would like to remove them from the display (or at least move them to after the fields I routinely use).

Very easy. The 'Job Spy' plug-in has a GUI Tool to manage what you see and do not see in various user-defined scenarios. Its name is: Protect/Unprotect (Hide/Show) a Custom Column from the 'Edit Metadata' dialogs (excluding the 'S&R' tab within Bulk Edit).

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=269911

DaltonST

maddz · 11-26-2017, 10:31 AM

Thanks! That's exactly what I wanted to be able to do. (Now if there was a way to hide or reorder the basic metadata fields in the pop-up as well, that would be even better...)

chaley · 11-26-2017, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maddz

That's annoying. Is there a way to delete custom columns?

Preferences / Add your own columns. Select the column you want to delete then push the red MINUS button.

BetterRed · 11-26-2017, 03:00 PM

@maddz - have you considered editing the metadata via the book list, then you can have the columns you want, laid out in the sequence you want, and have different layouts, perhaps for different libraries (real and/or virtual), via the View Manager optional plugin.

I almost never use single metadata edit. Even to the extent that I don't use the "Comments" column, instead I have a custom column called "Blurb", which I can edit from the booklist.

BR

11-26-2017, 06:10 AM	#1
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,403 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	Configuring the edit metadata pop-up Is there a way to configure what metadata is displayed when editing metadata in the pop-up? I can see how to configure what is displayed in the main list, but can't see anything to configure the edit metadata pop-up. I have some old custom columns which are no longer used, and I cannot see a way to delete them from the edit metadata screen. There are also other fields which I ignore and don't edit and would like to remove them from the display (or at least move them to after the fields I routinely use).

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11-26-2017, 06:51 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,300 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Preferences->Tweaks

11-26-2017, 08:23 AM	#3
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,403 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	Nope, not working. I've changed 2 of the tweaks: content_server_wont_display = ['#Dropbox', '#Google'] metadata_edit_custom_column_order = ['#My Shelves', '#Dropbox', '#Google'] But the custom columns are still displaying in alphabetical order...

11-26-2017, 08:34 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,300 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Your column names are wrong hover your mouse over the column header in the main book list in calibre to see the names.

11-26-2017, 08:51 AM	#5
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,403 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	OK, got it. The order is now correct. However, I still can't see a way not to display the Dropbox or Google fields, and in the basic metadata, to hide the Rating and Languages fields. The don't display tweak only seems to apply to the content server not to the edit metadata pop-up.

11-26-2017, 09:00 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,300 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You cannot hide fields.

11-26-2017, 09:10 AM	#7
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,403 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	That's annoying. Is there a way to delete custom columns?

11-26-2017, 10:31 AM	#9
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,403 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	Thanks! That's exactly what I wanted to be able to do. (Now if there was a way to hide or reorder the basic metadata fields in the pop-up as well, that would be even better...)

11-26-2017, 03:00 PM	#11
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,696 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@maddz - have you considered editing the metadata via the book list, then you can have the columns you want, laid out in the sequence you want, and have different layouts, perhaps for different libraries (real and/or virtual), via the View Manager optional plugin. I almost never use single metadata edit. Even to the extent that I don't use the "Comments" column, instead I have a custom column called "Blurb", which I can edit from the booklist. BR

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