10-29-2014, 05:39 AM | #1 | ||
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Multi Icon Columns
The only thing I can find on the forum, is this post dated 9th Sep, 2013 Multiple icons in a column? where chaley wrote
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I have a gut feeling I could use them. And I sometimes wonder if they might not be a solution to questions posed on the forum. But I won't suggest using them to others if I don't know how to use them myself BR |
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10-29-2014, 06:42 AM | #2 |
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I have a column that shows the progress in a book pulled from my Kobo devices. I then use multiple icons to show more status. A tick for finished, a book for reading, a star if I want to rate it somewhere and a couple of other things. I think there can be five icons.
To do this, the icon rule has to be either "composed icons w/no text" or "composed icons with text". Two of the rules are: Code:
Advanced Rule: set composed icons w/no text for column Kobo % Read: <pre>program: test( or( cmp(field('#kobo_percentread'), 100, '', 'Y', 'Y'), str_in_list(field('#status'), ',', 'Finished', 'y', ''), field('#read')), 'ok.png', '') Code:
Advanced Rule: set composed icons w/text for column Kobo % Read program: str_in_list(field('#status'), ',', 'toRate', 'rating.png', '') When I finish a book, I connect the device, fetch the status and put the book into the "to rate' list. The tick and the star are displayed with no text. When I move the book from the "to rate" list to the "Finished" list, the star disappears. |
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10-29-2014, 06:54 AM | #3 |
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I can't speak for usefulness because I don't use them, but here are some rules I use for testing them. The rules for author compose a check for author count and some attributes of the book. The rules for the composite column compose checks for two particular formats. The advanced rule for author returns either a single icon or a pair of them. One of the rules for the composite column returns 3 icons.
The rule setup: The results: |
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So where does this multi select icon list fits into the scheme of things And is there any doco on this, I couldn't find anything in the manual - but that doesn't mean its not there If anyone else uses multi-icon columns then they should feel free to chime in. BR |
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I saw a remaindered book today, titled something like 'Why Proverbs Work Through the Ages' I nearly bought it. But I squandered thrice the price on Mantel's Assassination of Maggie. Might go back 2mora and see if it has - 'a picture is worth a thousand words'. - BR Last edited by BetterRed; 10-29-2014 at 07:31 AM. |
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10-29-2014, 08:04 AM | #6 |
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I think you got what you need from Chaley's post. But, here's a sample of what my column looks like:
I moved the status column next to the percent read for the screenshot. Normally it's out of view. |
10-29-2014, 06:05 PM | #7 |
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@davidfor - on more than the odd occasion even iconoclasts like me need some data visualisation
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