[Feature Request] Arrange Books in Cover Grid with Drag/Drop

tools44 · 09-22-2022, 12:24 AM

Drag & Drop to rearrange books once in library?
Has this ever been considered?
For example, it would be helpful to drag and drop "priority" reads near the top of the library (cover brower, but really any View) or group them visually. Currently, I have the View set to display most recently added at the top, and the only way to gain this functionality is to manually edit the metadata to manipulate the Date Added to a more current date.

ownedbycats · 09-22-2022, 03:03 AM

Use the Reading List plugin.

tools44 · 09-22-2022, 07:43 PM

I don't get it. Unless I am missing something, this is not drag & drop to rearrange the order books are in your main library. This can create a list, but so do virtual libraries. I would love to be able to rearrange books in the All Books by dragging and dropping. Might not be possible.

theducks · 09-22-2022, 09:53 PM

The GUI is SORTED by a column value. If you don't pick a column to use for the sort, it defaults to {id} , which was assigned when the book was added.

You can't change a value by dragging.
If you want a arbitrary sort, then you make a custom column to populate with a value that you can later sort. I believe this is what reading list does

ownedbycats · 09-23-2022, 06:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tools44

I don't get it. Unless I am missing something, this is not drag & drop to rearrange the order books are in your main library. This can create a list, but so do virtual libraries. I would love to be able to rearrange books in the All Books by dragging and dropping. Might not be possible.

Aside from sorting by a specific column, Calibre can't put books in an arbitrary order. Adding a book to a manual reading list allows you to arrange them the way you like and then view the list.

uli · 09-23-2022, 11:06 AM

Maybe it's possible to have Action Chain "move selected books to top/bottom [for default list]" and refresh, but it's in a sub window, not sure how you can trigger it...

BetterRed · 09-23-2022, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uli

… but it's in a sub window, not sure how you can trigger it...

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A "Top 20" Layout option, something like the Cover Browser option, but a mini Cover Grid into which the user can have up to twenty books, which can be arbitrarily arranged. I would use for frequently accessed reference texts.

BR

09-22-2022, 12:24 AM	#1
tools44 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: kindle 3rd gen	[Feature Request] Arrange Books in Cover Grid with Drag/Drop Drag & Drop to rearrange books once in library? Has this ever been considered? For example, it would be helpful to drag and drop "priority" reads near the top of the library (cover brower, but really any View) or group them visually. Currently, I have the View set to display most recently added at the top, and the only way to gain this functionality is to manually edit the metadata to manipulate the Date Added to a more current date.

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09-22-2022, 03:03 AM	#2
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,616 Karma: 61176603 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Use the Reading List plugin.

09-22-2022, 07:43 PM	#3
tools44 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: kindle 3rd gen	I don't get it. Unless I am missing something, this is not drag & drop to rearrange the order books are in your main library. This can create a list, but so do virtual libraries. I would love to be able to rearrange books in the All Books by dragging and dropping. Might not be possible.

09-22-2022, 09:53 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,800 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	The GUI is SORTED by a column value. If you don't pick a column to use for the sort, it defaults to {id} , which was assigned when the book was added. You can't change a value by dragging. If you want a arbitrary sort, then you make a custom column to populate with a value that you can later sort. I believe this is what reading list does

09-23-2022, 11:06 AM	#6
uli Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 194274 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Montreal Device: Kobo, Calibre	Maybe it's possible to have Action Chain "move selected books to top/bottom [for default list]" and refresh, but it's in a sub window, not sure how you can trigger it...

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