sort Book list area in three steps

[baursak]

is that possible to sort Book list area in three steps?
- Authors
- Series
- Number (in series)

[DNSB]

Not sure if you want to sort by the number of books in the series or the series index. If the latter, simply sort on series then on authors. Sorting on series sorts series and series index. If the former, i.e. sort by number of books in the series, that is going to require quite a bit more work.

[Comfy.n]

Or maybe Ctrl + F5 -> Sort on multiple columns? Then select Author and Series

(I have the Sort by button replicated on the right side of the search bar, so I've just looked up that shortcut)

[theducks]

Be advised that you can not have sorts that are mutually exclusive.
Series automatically sorts in index order.
BUT it that series has different Authors and then you Author sort
Bzzt.
ONE OR THE OTHER

[baursak]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Not sure if you want to sort by the number of books in the series or the series index. If the latter, simply sort on series then on authors. Sorting on series sorts series and series index. If the former, i.e. sort by number of books in the series, that is going to require quite a bit more work.

"sort on series then on authors" - that's produced exactly the result I've been looking for

thank you ever so much 👍

[baursak]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Or maybe Ctrl + F5 -> Sort on multiple columns? Then select Author and Series

(I have the Sort by button replicated on the right side of the search bar, so I've just looked up that shortcut)

incredible...
- it works on Windows

but I have not found this shortcut on macOS

[theducks]

Originally Posted by baursak

incredible...
- it works on Windows

but I have not found this shortcut on macOS

There is very little in Calibre the DOES NOT work on all 3 OS.
(the look may vary)

Use ctrl-F5 to start: Sort on Multiple columns: <fill out form as desired>

Comfy.n will have to explain how he created the button

BTW There is a Tweak if you always want to start calibre with this sort

ID: sort_columns_at_startup

Provide a set of columns to be sorted on when calibre starts. The argument is None if saved sort history is to be used otherwise it is a list of column,order pairs. Column is the lookup/search name, found using the tooltip for the column Order is 0 for ascending, 1 for descending. For example, set it to [('authors',0),('title',0)] to sort by title within authors.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by theducks

Comfy.n will have to explain how he created the button

Preferences / Toolbars & menus / The buttons on the search bar.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by chaley

Preferences / Toolbars & menus / The buttons on the search bar.

I was over thinking (and I forgot there were more than the menus ),
I was thinking Specific saved action (I already had Saved Searches)

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by baursak

incredible...
- it works on Windows

but I have not found this shortcut on macOS

Did you look for it in Preferences->Advanced->Shortcuts on the Mac?

I changed it to Ctrl+S (ess for Sort).

BR

[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by theducks

Comfy.n will have to explain how he created the button

What chaley said.

[baursak]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Or maybe Ctrl + F5 -> Sort on multiple columns? Then select Author and Series

(I have the Sort by button replicated on the right side of the search bar, so I've just looked up that shortcut)

Originally Posted by chaley

Preferences / Toolbars & menus / The buttons on the search bar.

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Did you look for it in Preferences->Advanced->Shortcuts on the Mac?

I changed it to Ctrl+S (ess for Sort).

BR

exactly!
- by default 'Show the Sort by menu' in Calibre is to be called with '⌘ + F5' command in macOS
- but macOS has reserved this shortcut for 'VoiceOver'
- so I've reassigned 'Show the Sort by menu' to '⌘ + S' and it works now w/out any conflict with macOS

thanks very much

P. S. however, I couldn't sort out the appropriate dedicated button

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by baursak

P. S. however, I couldn't sort out the appropriate dedicated button

If you mean this one:



Like this:

---

FWIW & IMO: it should be there by default, irrespective of being in grid or list view. And it should have a menu item for Re-apply current sort… afaik it can only accessed via a shortcut (F5 default), which seems inconsistent with calibre's UX design principles… a clickable something for everything.

BR

[baursak]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

If you mean this one:

Attachment 207010

Like this:

Attachment 207011

---

FWIW & IMO: it should be there by default, irrespective of being in grid or list view. And it should have a menu item for Re-apply current sort… afaik it can only accessed via a shortcut (F5 default), which seems inconsistent with calibre's UX design principles… a clickable something for everything.

BR

thanks a lot
- I've managed to reproduce your screenshots
- and now I have the button "Sort by" with my custom 'triple sort'

[baursak]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

If you mean this one:

Attachment 207010

Like this:

Attachment 207011

---

FWIW & IMO: it should be there by default, irrespective of being in grid or list view. And it should have a menu item for Re-apply current sort… afaik it can only accessed via a shortcut (F5 default), which seems inconsistent with calibre's UX design principles… a clickable something for everything.

BR

I've also managed to organize my VL's in tabs