Default sort order

cic81 · 04-22-2011, 01:44 PM

I've been browsing around a bit, but haven't been able to find an answer to my question, forgive me if it's already been asked. I have my library sorted by a custom field "Genre" and the default sort order seems to be:

Genre > Author > Title

what I would like to have it do is:

Genre > Author > Series # > Title

I've browsed through settings and tweaks but the only thing I could think that might apply is maximum_resort_levels which is currently set to 5. Is there any way to adjust the priority of columns in the sorting order?

Manichean · 04-22-2011, 02:06 PM

There's a tweak called "Specify columns to sort the booklist by on startup" that you can use to specify the sort order on startup. Assuming your genre field has a lookup name of '#genre', set the tweak to

Code:

 [('#genre',0),('authors',0),('series_index',0),('title',0)]

cic81 · 04-22-2011, 09:10 PM

That doesn't seem to have done anything. They're still Genre > Author > Title

DoctorOhh · 04-23-2011, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cic81

That doesn't seem to have done anything. They're still Genre > Author > Title

As stated use the "Specify columns to sort the booklist by on startup" tweak. I use the below with a different column than genre and it works fine.

Code:

sort_columns_at_startup = (('#genre', 0), ('authors', 0), ('series', 0), ('title', 0))

Assuming that when you hover the mouse over your genre column heading the lookup/search name is #genre then try the above. If the lookup/search name is different then change #genre to whatever your lookup name is.

This will sort your library on startup primarily by Genre, within each genre the Authors will be in order, within each Author the Series will be in order and the titles for that Author not in a series will be in alphabetical order.

cic81 · 04-23-2011, 03:40 PM

Thanks a lot! That worked brilliantly. I guess it just needed curved brackets instead of square.

04-22-2011, 01:44 PM	#1
cic81 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Sony PRS-350	Default sort order I've been browsing around a bit, but haven't been able to find an answer to my question, forgive me if it's already been asked. I have my library sorted by a custom field "Genre" and the default sort order seems to be: Genre > Author > Title what I would like to have it do is: Genre > Author > Series # > Title I've browsed through settings and tweaks but the only thing I could think that might apply is maximum_resort_levels which is currently set to 5. Is there any way to adjust the priority of columns in the sorting order?

04-22-2011, 02:06 PM	#2
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	There's a tweak called "Specify columns to sort the booklist by on startup" that you can use to specify the sort order on startup. Assuming your genre field has a lookup name of '#genre', set the tweak to Code: [('#genre',0),('authors',0),('series_index',0),('title',0)]

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04-22-2011, 09:10 PM	#3
cic81 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Sony PRS-350	That doesn't seem to have done anything. They're still Genre > Author > Title

04-23-2011, 03:40 PM	#5
cic81 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Sony PRS-350	Thanks a lot! That worked brilliantly. I guess it just needed curved brackets instead of square.

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