[GUI Plugin] View Manager

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

To what ends?

To have a view automatically switch to that grouping.

[kiwidude]

Release Notes
https://github.com/kiwidude68/calibr...manager-1.10.5

[Uncle Robin]

I'm sure this is a PEBKAC situation becase it almost always is, but I'm stuck:
In View Manager, I'm trying to sort first by date last read ascending, then percent read descending. The screenshot shows that setup and the actual view that results. What am I doing wrong?

[BetterRed]

Last Read and Date are surely not the same column?

Unless you repurposed the Date column with a template to what I call a Virtual column, also known as a 'composite' column.

BR

[JimmXinu]

Moved to existing plugin thread.

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

I'm sure this is a PEBKAC situation becase it almost always is, but I'm stuck:
In View Manager, I'm trying to sort first by date last read ascending, then percent read descending. The screenshot shows that setup and the actual view that results. What am I doing wrong?

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Moved to existing plugin thread.

Thanks - I searched for "View Manager" before posting, didn't see the this thread in the results.

[JimmXinu]

Yeah, it was like 8 pages back. There's an index thread.

[culytera]

Was looking for a way to quickly switch which column is being sorted depending on the active Virtual Library and saw this. I couldn't find an option to automatically activate a View upon switching to a particular Virtual Library instead of having to click the View Manager icon and changing the View from there, but I made a workaround using keyboard shortcuts and my mouse.

I set Previous View and Next View to Ctrl+1 and Ctrl+2, then added a Calibre profile to Logitech G Hub, created two macros that simulated the keypress for Ctrl+1 and Ctrl+2, then assigned those macros to my mouse's back and forward buttons. So whenever the Calibre window is active, I can click the back and forward button to switch Views. Thanks for making this plugin!

[Wiggo]

You can do it via Action Chains PI.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=20

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Last Read and Date are surely not the same column?

Unless you repurposed the Date column with a template to what I call a Virtual column, also known as a 'composite' column.

BR

[culytera]

Originally Posted by Wiggo

You can do it via Action Chains PI.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=20

Thanks! I was confused for a bit, but eventually figured out how to trigger the chain. It takes a few seconds for it to trigger, but it's not a big deal. Though it doesn't seem to follow the setting "Jump to the top when applying this View".

For people who are still trying to figure it out:

1. Manage modules
2. Create
3. Copy and paste the code
4. Ok
5. Add/Modify chains
6. Add menu item row
7. Create a title for the chain
8. Settings
9. Add row
10. Double-click Action cell
11. Under User Actions, select the module you created earlier
12. Settings
13. Add row
14. Double-click VL cell, select the Virtual Library you have a custom View for
15. Double-click View cell
16. Select the View you want the Virtual Library to activate upon switching
17. Repeat as many times as you have custom Views for specific Virtual Libraries

[Wiggo]

Originally Posted by culytera

Thanks! I was confused for a bit, but eventually figured out how to trigger the chain. It takes a few seconds for it to trigger, but it's not a big deal. Though it doesn't seem to follow the setting "Jump to the top when applying this View".

IIRC you can configure this in View Manager.

[culytera]

Originally Posted by Wiggo

IIRC you can configure this in View Manager.

Yes I have it enabled on both views on View Manager. If I change views normally, this setting is followed, but when the change is triggered via Action Chains, it's not. Maybe because the action isn't triggered instantly so when I switch tabs, it keeps the same book that was selected in the previous Virtual Library before the view changed.

[kiwidude]

In response to a few things in this thread or otherwise in my head:

• now supports applying a view when the matching virtual library tab is selected in the UI (not just through applying a view which selects a VL). This should negate the need for any action chains voodoo (well done to those who tinker with that though!)
• now supports specifying layout items to be shown/hidden/unchanged (latter is default) when selecting a view.

I know the latter overlaps with the built-in LayoutActions plugin stuff that chaley built, but some people (like me) may want it all in one place so one hotkey does both.

EDIT: See later versions in this thread

[JimmXinu]

Works for me. I only did minimal testing of the new features, though.