Jump to top?

MeSue · 02-16-2014, 09:50 PM

Is there a keyboard way to jump to the top of the book list in calibre? On a web page I would hit the Home key to do this, but that does not work in Calibre.

eschwartz · 02-16-2014, 10:00 PM

Use CTRL+HOME.

MeSue · 02-16-2014, 10:15 PM

Thanks!
Piggy-back question: What does a thumbtack icon mean next to the line number in the book list?

eschwartz · 02-16-2014, 10:48 PM

It means that the book has been "Marked", usually when the metadata is updated. Although many plugins also mark books when they have been used on a subset of your library. Find Duplicates, OverDrive Link, Quality Check. There is also an option under Preferences ==> Interface ==> Toolbar to add a toolbar option to mark books, and you can select them with the search pattern "marked:true".

It is just a way of arbitrarily marking certain books for special interest, usually if you want to perform some kind of operation on specific books.

MeSue · 02-16-2014, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

It is just a way of arbitrarily marking certain books for special interest, usually if you want to perform some kind of operation on specific books.

Interesting... thanks! I had four marked books in my library. Not sure how they got marked, but now that I know about this option I'm sure I will find a use for it. In fact, I could have used this other day when I was looking to flag some books to transfer to my reader.

theducks · 02-16-2014, 11:39 PM

Preferences: Adding books: (4th line) now has a option (defaulted) to mark added books.

BetterRed · 02-16-2014, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeSue

Interesting... thanks! I had four marked books in my library. Not sure how they got marked, but now that I know about this option I'm sure I will find a use for it. In fact, I could have used this other day when I was looking to flag some books to transfer to my reader.

If you use Find Duplicates and you have excluded any book groups from future consideration then the Marks will appear to persist - ie if you clear the Marks today, they'll be back tomorrow - there are various workarounds -

remove the exclusions,
uninstall the plugin and reinstall as required (the exclusions wont be lost),
start calibre in a virtual library which has Marked Books as its selection criteria, clear the Marks and do whatever. When you want to do a Find Dups, restart calibre and they'll be back

BR

02-16-2014, 09:50 PM	#1
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02-16-2014, 10:00 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Use CTRL+HOME.

02-16-2014, 10:15 PM	#3
MeSue Geek in the Forest Posts: 399 Karma: 1077186 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: FL Device: iPad Air, iPhone 4s, Nexus 7	Thanks! Piggy-back question: What does a thumbtack icon mean next to the line number in the book list?

02-16-2014, 10:48 PM	#4
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	It means that the book has been "Marked", usually when the metadata is updated. Although many plugins also mark books when they have been used on a subset of your library. Find Duplicates, OverDrive Link, Quality Check. There is also an option under Preferences ==> Interface ==> Toolbar to add a toolbar option to mark books, and you can select them with the search pattern "marked:true". It is just a way of arbitrarily marking certain books for special interest, usually if you want to perform some kind of operation on specific books.

02-16-2014, 11:39 PM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,913 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Preferences: Adding books: (4th line) now has a option (defaulted) to mark added books.