A simple? suggestion

abigfan · 11-29-2011, 11:36 AM

Is possible to get the program to sort first by Author, Then my Series? Rather than either/or. It would be really nice!

itimpi · 11-29-2011, 03:23 PM

If you do consecutive sorts, then the second one is biased by the order of the first one. Therefore for what I think you want first sort on Series by clicking in Series column header and then by Author by clicking on Author column header.

DoctorOhh · 11-30-2011, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by abigfan

Is possible to get the program to sort first by Author, Then my Series? Rather than either/or. It would be really nice!

You can also go to Preferences - Tweaks and adjust the Specify columns to sort the booklist by on startup tweak to have your library start with a certain sort. I set mine to:

Code:

sort_columns_at_startup = (('authors', 0), ('series', 0), ('title', 0))

Which is the same as sorting by Title then sorting by Series then sorting by Authors.

abigfan · 12-02-2011, 07:34 AM

Thanks, I'll try that!

ElMiko · 12-03-2011, 02:10 PM

kiwidude's plugin View Manager also has the functionality that dwanthny described (albeit in a regex-less interface), as well as the option to save your view preferences to a keyboard shortcut (so that after messing with sorting orders, you can get it all back to your preferred view with a single keystroke).

11-29-2011, 11:36 AM	#1
abigfan Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: USA Device: Libre Pro, Nook Tablet	A simple? suggestion Is possible to get the program to sort first by Author, Then my Series? Rather than either/or. It would be really nice!

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11-29-2011, 03:23 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	If you do consecutive sorts, then the second one is biased by the order of the first one. Therefore for what I think you want first sort on Series by clicking in Series column header and then by Author by clicking on Author column header.

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abigfan Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: USA Device: Libre Pro, Nook Tablet	Thanks, I'll try that!

12-03-2011, 02:10 PM	#5
ElMiko Fanatic Posts: 511 Karma: 65460 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	kiwidude's plugin View Manager also has the functionality that dwanthny described (albeit in a regex-less interface), as well as the option to save your view preferences to a keyboard shortcut (so that after messing with sorting orders, you can get it all back to your preferred view with a single keystroke).