I want to open a library at the last book I used.

Lung Bing · 10-21-2021, 12:37 PM

I have a lot of books and have two libraries indexed by author's surnames, A to M, N to Z. When I'm flipping between them Calibre always opens the library at the first book, whereas I want it to open at the last book I looked at in that library. Is this possible? Thanks very much.

theducks · 10-21-2021, 02:45 PM

'Looked at': No! There is no 'look history' like Edit or View (those have a 'Recent" under file, but not an auto-open on launch

You can configure how Calibre Sorts at startup: (so books added are shown recent to oldest)
Preferences: Tweaks"

Code:

ID: sort_columns_at_startup

Provide a set of columns to be sorted on when calibre starts. The argument is None if saved sort history is to be used otherwise it is a list of column,order pairs. Column is the lookup/search name, found using the tooltip for the column Order is 0 for ascending, 1 for descending. For example, set it to [('authors',0),('title',0)] to sort by title within authors.

You can Apply a VL at startup

BetterRed · 10-21-2021, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lung Bing

I have a lot of books and have two libraries indexed by author's surnames, A to M, N to Z. When I'm flipping between them Calibre always opens the library at the first book, whereas I want it to open at the last book I looked at in that library. Is this possible? Thanks very much.

Yes

The JobSpy optional plugin has an Update Last-Viewed Custom Column Automatically feature, it stores a timestamp in a custom column (e.g. #last_read/Last Read). The setting is at the bottom of the plugin's Configuration dialogue.

If you sort on that column descending it should give you what you want.

See Index of plugins

BR

BetterRed · 10-22-2021, 03:29 AM

And, why do you have two libraries -- A to M and N to Z?

BR

10-21-2021, 12:37 PM	#1
Lung Bing Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: North-east Thailand Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I want to open a library at the last book I used. I have a lot of books and have two libraries indexed by author's surnames, A to M, N to Z. When I'm flipping between them Calibre always opens the library at the first book, whereas I want it to open at the last book I looked at in that library. Is this possible? Thanks very much.

10-21-2021, 02:45 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,754 Karma: 54401244 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	'Looked at': No! There is no 'look history' like Edit or View (those have a 'Recent" under file, but not an auto-open on launch You can configure how Calibre Sorts at startup: (so books added are shown recent to oldest) Preferences: Tweaks" Code: ID: sort_columns_at_startup Provide a set of columns to be sorted on when calibre starts. The argument is None if saved sort history is to be used otherwise it is a list of column,order pairs. Column is the lookup/search name, found using the tooltip for the column Order is 0 for ascending, 1 for descending. For example, set it to [('authors',0),('title',0)] to sort by title within authors. You can Apply a VL at startup

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,532 Karma: 26944418 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	And, why do you have two libraries -- A to M and N to Z? BR

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