Metadata Layout

[RayGoe]

Excuses if its not in the right spot.. but..

There is a difference in the layout when editing 1 item/book and multiple items/books (see the attached files)

Because in the single book edit mode there are 2 columns AND for yes/no fields are in-proportional large, there is almost no space to place the "description", which makes reading and editing those fields harder when you gain more additional fields.

Possible solutions:
- use less metadata fields (too late for that one, in my case)
- make a layout option (in the preferences - behavior - layout metadata) that is the same as the standard but with a single column editing screen for single books
- group the metadata's together (date's, numbers, yes/no and text), the fields for date,number,yes/no can be shortened and still use 2 columns and have more room to display the description and the text fields can be on the bottom half in a single column, but with some extra space for the description

[chaley]

See Preferences / Tweaks:

• Number of columns for custom metadata in the edit metadata dialog (ID: metadata_single_use_2_cols_for_custom_fields). Change it to False.
• Edit metadata custom column label width and elision point (ID: metadata_edit_elide_labels). Make the numbers large enough to see what you want to see.

One of the other edit metadata layouts in Preferences / Behavior might be more to your liking.

[RayGoe]

Originally Posted by chaley

See Preferences / Tweaks:[LIST][*]Number of columns for custom metadata in the edit metadata dialog (ID: metadata_single_use_2_cols_for_custom_fields). Change it to False.

Yes, this changes it to 1 column, as I wanted.

Originally Posted by chaley

See Preferences / Tweaks:[LIST][*]Edit metadata custom column label width and elision point (ID: metadata_edit_elide_labels). Make the numbers large enough to see what you want to see.

Increasing it makes it more readable.. is there a correlation between the number and the distance (off course there is ) but is the number a percentage of the (displayed)screen or amount of characters or points

Originally Posted by chaley

One of the other edit metadata layouts in Preferences / Behavior might be more to your liking.

That was the first place I looked, but no, the standard is (for me) the best layout


Thank you for your help.

for those who don't know where to find these settings: preferences, advanced, adjustments - there you can search for the "keys"