Calibre: customize advanced search dialog

[Hasso]

Hello,

how can I customize the advanced search dialog in Calibre? Now I can only search for title, autors, series, keywords or specific dates.

I would like to have an input field for publisher as well.

[kovidgoyal]

Just type publisher:whatever in the search box

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui....arch-interface

[theducks]

You don't need to use advanced search for fairly simple searches
you can just type it

publisher: Baen

also, you can use the Tag Browser to 'build' a search

click Baen in the publishers section
hold down the Control Key
click David Drake in the authors Section
(keep holding the ctrl key and click whatever else or type on the search line)
hover over the column title for the field name to use

Click the 'Go'

[Hasso]

Hi kovidgoyal,

thank you for your answer. I now can search for publishers. But there is a difference to the built-in search fields:
When I type an "A" into the field "Author" it shows me all Authors beginning with the letter "A". This works for "Title", "Series" and "Keywords" as well. But not so in the last input field where I can choose "Publisher". Is it possible to customize this?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Hasso

Hi kovidgoyal,

thank you for your answer. I now can search for publishers. But there is a difference to the built-in search fields:
When I type an "A" into the field "Author" it shows me all Authors beginning with the letter "A". This works for "Title", "Series" and "Keywords" as well. But not so in the last input field where I can choose "Publisher". Is it possible to customize this?

If you click the letter (grouping) you get all with that letter
A [29] you get filled into the search

publisher:"~^[A]"

Which returns all publishers whose SORT starts with A

(remember A is also an 'article', so 'A Fine Press' will sort into F, not A)