Order of IDs column in Book Details

ownedbycats · 03-08-2021, 07:54 PM

What order is the default "Identifiers" metadata supposed to display available entries in?

I thought it was alphabetical, but I have a custom Open Library identifier appearing before GoodReads, FictionDB and ISBN. Physically changing the order of the csvs doesn't seem to affect it either.

kovidgoyal · 03-08-2021, 10:07 PM

There is no fixed order, it's not an ordered field.

CloudReader · 03-17-2021, 10:11 PM

Not wishing to argue with the creator, but my Calibre library has always exhibited an order in the ID field.

I always enter the ID's in alphabetical order, ISBN; Amazon; GoodReads; Google; SmashWords, yet after saving the book, they display in the order:

SmashWords
GoodReads
Google
Amazon
ISBN

(basically backwards)

It annoys the stuff out of me, as I'm expecting the Amazon link to appear at the top of the list, but it's always near the bottom.

kovidgoyal · 03-17-2021, 10:38 PM

There you go, now they are sorted alphabetically: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...c5bb742c77a27e

CloudReader · 03-17-2021, 11:38 PM

Well, Thank You, Sir!

(for all the folks using the latest version, that is - I'm still on Windows 7, so have to use version 4.23...)

03-08-2021, 07:54 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,971 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Order of IDs column in Book Details What order is the default "Identifiers" metadata supposed to display available entries in? I thought it was alphabetical, but I have a custom Open Library identifier appearing before GoodReads, FictionDB and ISBN. Physically changing the order of the csvs doesn't seem to affect it either.

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03-08-2021, 10:07 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There is no fixed order, it's not an ordered field.

03-17-2021, 10:11 PM	#3
CloudReader Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 4	Not wishing to argue with the creator, but my Calibre library has always exhibited an order in the ID field. I always enter the ID's in alphabetical order, ISBN; Amazon; GoodReads; Google; SmashWords, yet after saving the book, they display in the order: SmashWords GoodReads Google Amazon ISBN (basically backwards) It annoys the stuff out of me, as I'm expecting the Amazon link to appear at the top of the list, but it's always near the bottom.

03-17-2021, 10:38 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There you go, now they are sorted alphabetically: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...c5bb742c77a27e

03-17-2021, 11:38 PM	#5
CloudReader Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 4	Well, Thank You, Sir! (for all the folks using the latest version, that is - I'm still on Windows 7, so have to use version 4.23...)

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