Book list template doesn't interpret custom 'Long text' fields?

[01100001]

Here's how I defined one of my custom colums:

• Lookup name: edition
• Column heading: Edition
• Column type: Long text, like Comments, not shown in the Tag browser
• Column heading: Show heading to the side of the text
• Interpret this column as: Short text, like a title

That, I feel, is the apt way to define a short-text custom column whose values I didn't want Calibre to see as tags/terms.

Now this is what my Book list template looks like:

<b>{title}</b>
<b>By</b> {authors}
<b>{#countries}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{#edition}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="color:green;">{#origin}</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{#formats}
<b>File(s):</b> {#filenames}

(I used custom spacing because I didn't want the spread-to-full-width invisible table that ||| provides. It's hard to parse at a glance when they are so far apart.)

Questions

1. {#edition} isn't interpreted in the template and the output for the field therefore is blank. I am assuming this is because the Column type is set to Long text?
   
   I do not intend to change the column type, so is there a workaround? (Or, am I missing something here?)
   
2. Calibre template language doesn't work and therefore cannot be used in the Book list template? For e.g., {#origin:contains(Ebook,⭐️,)} shows nothing, likely because it isn't being interpreted. (It works in the custom column's Template field.) Is there a way I can achieve what I want?

[BetterRed]

I put an icon with no text on long text columns that are set, if Comments are set I put an icon with text on Title.

OOPS - I just realised you're presumably referring to the server.

BR

[kovidgoyal]

Yes, long text columns are not displayed as they are of unbounded length and dont really fit. The template language is not going to work as it would need to be fully re-implemented in javascript which is way too much work.

[01100001]

Ah, some day then. Thank you for confirming.

[01100001]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Yes, long text columns are not displayed as they are of unbounded length and dont really fit. [...]

(Addendum)

Although, come to think of it, even if the column type is Long text, like Comments, not shown in the Tag browser, the sub-type selected is Short text, like a title, to which, your reason doesn't apply?

[kovidgoyal]

well possibly, but its not that important for me to implement, patches welcome. It should be a fairly simple patch to render_field() in custom_list.pyj

[kovidgoyal]

well i had 5 mins so: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...50a29d0e23033a


havent really rested it.

[01100001]

Brilliant, thank you!

I assume this fix will automatically become available in the next update?