Keyboard shortcut - Swap Author and Title

pepperleaf · 10-20-2012, 09:39 AM

I've tried looking for a way to set a keyboard shortcut to swap the author and title of a book without having to go into the edit metadata dialogue box, but it doesn't seem to be possible.

Is there a way to write it into the program, maybe?

kovidgoyal · 10-20-2012, 01:02 PM

You can develop a plugin to do it, but there is no way in the main program. If you want to swap the title and author for a large number of books you can use the bulk metadata edit function to do it in one step.

Gunnerp245 · 10-20-2012, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pepperleaf

I've tried looking for a way to set a keyboard shortcut to swap the author and title of a book without having to go into the edit metadata dialogue box, but it doesn't seem to be possible.

Is there a way to write it into the program, maybe?

The 'Quality Check' plugin by kiwidude has a swap FN LN function.

Could likely add a shortcut to it.

pepperleaf · 10-21-2012, 02:37 AM

Gunnerp245, I'm actually looking for a shortcut to quickly swap the title and the author. I was hoping someone had already figured out a way to do it.

Thanks for the reply, Kovid. Can you tell me what function is called when I hit that little green arrow button? Sorry, I only have very basic Java programming skills.

kovidgoyal · 10-21-2012, 02:44 AM

I suggest that rather than developing a plugin for this simply go through the list of books you want to correct Ctrl clicking each one, then hit the E key and bulk swap the title and author.

But if you want to develop a plugin, the swapping code requires loading the title and author from the db and swapping them. I suggest looking through the code of the Quality Check plugin to learn how to do that. There is no single function you can call.

pepperleaf · 10-21-2012, 02:50 AM

Thanks for the tip. It sounds kind of daunting. I think I'll just take your advice.

Gunnerp245 · 10-21-2012, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pepperleaf

Gunnerp245, I'm actually looking for a shortcut to quickly swap the title and the author. I was hoping someone had already figured out a way to do it.

Thanks for the reply, Kovid. Can you tell me what function is called when I hit that little green arrow button? Sorry, I only have very basic Java programming skills.

Opps, didn't read correctly. The [GUI Plugin] Temp Marker plugin does similiar to what Kovid suggested.

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10-20-2012, 09:39 AM	#1
pepperleaf Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: HTC Evo 4G, Kindle Fire	Keyboard shortcut - Swap Author and Title I've tried looking for a way to set a keyboard shortcut to swap the author and title of a book without having to go into the edit metadata dialogue box, but it doesn't seem to be possible. Is there a way to write it into the program, maybe?

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10-20-2012, 01:02 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,626 Karma: 28549046 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can develop a plugin to do it, but there is no way in the main program. If you want to swap the title and author for a large number of books you can use the bulk metadata edit function to do it in one step.

10-21-2012, 02:37 AM	#4
pepperleaf Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: HTC Evo 4G, Kindle Fire	Gunnerp245, I'm actually looking for a shortcut to quickly swap the title and the author. I was hoping someone had already figured out a way to do it. Thanks for the reply, Kovid. Can you tell me what function is called when I hit that little green arrow button? Sorry, I only have very basic Java programming skills.

10-21-2012, 02:44 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,626 Karma: 28549046 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I suggest that rather than developing a plugin for this simply go through the list of books you want to correct Ctrl clicking each one, then hit the E key and bulk swap the title and author. But if you want to develop a plugin, the swapping code requires loading the title and author from the db and swapping them. I suggest looking through the code of the Quality Check plugin to learn how to do that. There is no single function you can call.

10-21-2012, 02:50 AM	#6
pepperleaf Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: HTC Evo 4G, Kindle Fire	Thanks for the tip. It sounds kind of daunting. I think I'll just take your advice.