CC is showing only the books unread in the grouping menu

[milady133]

Hello everybody,
I have a column configured to show the read/unread information, and in the book details it is showing the correct state. Somehow, when I go to the grouping menu, whether I choose Read Yes or No, it only filters the books unread on both options. Am I the only one with this issue?
I'm using a Samsung Note 10.1 with Android 4.1.2, and it's happening also in my phone, a Motorola with an older version of Android (4.0.something). I'm running the latest version of CC, but I have seen this for sometime, I usually choose grouping using this column to look for the books I haven't read, so it isn't really a problem, but I'm curious if it's something I haven't configured properly, because I haven't seen anybody else reporting it.

[chaley]

I don't see this behavior, which means that what I am doing isn't the same thing you are doing.

You say you have a column for read/unread information. Is this a calibre Yes/No column? If so, is CC configured to sync that column with CC's Read information? If it is not a yes/no column then what kind of column is it?

If your column and CC's read information are not synced, which line are you tapping in the grouping drawer?

Here are some screen captures of what I see. This first one shows the library with nothing selected in the grouping drawer. You see Read, Not Read, and not marked books.


The next one shows the grouping drawer open on the Read information.


I tapped the "<<>>" line (which means neither read nor not read) and the library changed to the following. Note that both the Read and Not Read books are no longer listed.


The next capture shows the grouping drawer with "Yes" tapped.


And the library after tapping Yes. It shows only the Read book.


And the library after tapping No.


Does any of the above trigger some ideas?

A CC debug log might help determine what is happening. To send me one, go to CC's settings, scroll to the bottom, and select Send a debug log to MultiPie. Please erase the multipie.co.uk email address; this avoids taking my son's time when I am handling the question.

[milady133]

Thanks Chaley, I'm following the same steps as you. My custom column with the Read information is a Yes/No, and in the library view I see this information correctly, but in the Grouping drawer , when I tap Yes, I see the books with the No value in the column, when I tap No, I see those same books (correctly, this time, because I have selected No). I'll try to send you a log with my own screenshots this weekend.
Maybe there's something wrong with translations? I use Calibre in Spanish, No is the same, but Yes for us is Sí. If Calibre id sending this information in Spanish but CC is trying to read it in English or the opposite.

[chaley]

@milady133: there is no need to send screenshots or a debug log. I found the problem. It is similar to what you expected, but in CC itself. CC uses the translated form of Yes and No everywhere except for one place: the database query that used a hard-coded "yes". Because "si" does not equal "yes", the query searches for the equivalent of no. I fixed this problem.

The problem is complicated by another problem I found that raises its head if user is running CC in a language different from the system language. In that case "Yes" and "No" were sometimes translated to the system language and sometimes translated to the application language. If you had tried to run CC in English to see if the problem went away you would have fallen over this bug, as I did during my testing. I fixed this problem as well.

I will make a release as some point. Other people are almost certainly falling over this problem, even if they aren't reporting it.

[milady133]

Yeah, translations are a headache. Completed with dates and their multiple formats, each country has its preferred one. After seeing your screen shots I knew it was worth mentioning it, my programmer mind went there, it's one of the first things I check in my own work when these things happen.

[milady133]

Thanks Chaley, I checked last version and everything is working fine now.