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Old 07-22-2023, 11:18 AM   #1
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Where is the "explorer" described?
Hello,

No sure this is the right place to ask that (sorry).

Simple question: Where is the Calibre explorer described?
Not sure about its name: I'm referring to the left part of the Calibre screen "Authors, Languages, Series, etc.".

What I mean is: where can I list the content of the different "levels" of this "tree"? Where is the tree described? In metadata.db? metadata_db_prefs_backup.json?

Thank you,
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It is called the "Tag browser". It is built programatically as required using information in metadata.db and various user preference settings. There is no static (stored) version.

What are you trying to do?
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Hello,

No sure this is the right place to ask that (sorry).

Simple question: Where is the Calibre explorer described?
Not sure about its name: I'm referring to the left part of the Calibre screen "Authors, Languages, Series, etc.".

What I mean is: where can I list the content of the different "levels" of this "tree"? Where is the tree described? In metadata.db? metadata_db_prefs_backup.json?

Thank you,
Emphyrio
It's usage is described here ==>> Tag browser

Added: and it can be configured via the Preferences->Look & feel->Tag browser panel.

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Old 07-24-2023, 03:24 AM   #4
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Hello,
Thank you to both of you for your answers.
This what I was looking for.
@chaley, for the moment, I am mainly trying to understand how it works
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Old 07-24-2023, 08:30 AM   #5
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Hello again,

Sorry to come back, but I didn't click on the link before answering that it was "what I was looking for".
Actually, it's not, as it is a user explanation on how it works.

What I am looking for it how is it programmatically constructed. What files, fields are involved, etc..

Is there such an explanation somewhere?

Thank you for your help.
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Hello again,

Sorry to come back, but I didn't click on the link before answering that it was "what I was looking for".
Actually, it's not, as it is a user explanation on how it works.

What I am looking for it how is it programmatically constructed. What files, fields are involved, etc..

Is there such an explanation somewhere?

Thank you for your help.
Emphyrio
No, there isn't any documentation. The construction process is quite complex, using many internal parts of calibre to put together the data. If you want to look at it, see calibre's source code, in particular gui2.tag_browser.model.py, where the tree is built.
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No, there isn't any documentation. The construction process is quite complex, using many internal parts of calibre to put together the data. If you want to look at it, see calibre's source code, in particular gui2.tag_browser.model.py, where the tree is built.
This is what I feared
Thank you for your answer and for the file name. I'll check that.
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