Tag browser: custom icons per category value?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by chaley

These changes are in calibre source:

• The same tab has two new checkboxes: "Show icons on categories in the tag browser" and "Show icons on values in the tag browser". Unchecking the box removes the icon.

But I think the partition icons make it untidy



Any chance of an additional checkbox "Show icons for category partition items" or change the second one to "Show icons for category partition items and item values"

And/or add a Show/Hide Partition icons option to the Manage icon for this value flyout menu.

Also, the ". . . on <whatever> in the tag browser" checkbox labels would be better if they were simply: ". . . for <whatever>" - IMO.

Added - I still don't understand why the Show [hidden] category item in the white space context menu can't be in Configure button menu



BR

[chaley]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

But I think the partition icons make it untidy

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Any chance of an additional checkbox "Show icons for category partition items" or change the second one to "Show icons for category partition items and item values"

And/or add a Show/Hide Partition icons option to the Manage icon for this value flyout menu.

I'll think about this. I like the way it is.

Also, the ". . . on <whatever> in the tag browser" checkbox labels would be better if they were simply: ". . . for <whatever>" - IMO.

I'll do this.

Added - I still don't understand why the Show [hidden] category item in the white space context menu can't be in Configure button menu

I prefer the "Show category" in the context menu. It is faster to get to, and it isn't there if there is nothing to show. It is also in the Tag browser preferences if for some reason you can't access the empty space.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by chaley

What do you mean?

Double-click on the template in the menu, espected a template editor (even read-only) to come up.

[un_pogaz]

I add on that, inded it could be handy if the template is pretty big.

And the other hand, on a personal recomendation:
For template called in various thing like icon/color rules, I create a fonction into the template editor and then a call this function into the target rule, so that all is centralized in one place where it's easier to edit them.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Double-click on the template in the menu, espected a template editor (even read-only) to come up.

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

I add on that, inded it could be handy if the template is pretty big.

Doing this really means supporting editing. If I can open templates then I will be able to change them. But not save them? That leads to being able to change icons. And the for-children flag. With reasonable visuals and undo.

The template dialog requires plausible data to run, meaning generation of fake item data. That isn't hard but it means that the template can't be tested beyond syntax.

I'm looking at adding editing, but I want to get it to the point where we can deal with the mismatched expectations.

The tooltip shows the template. You can right click and copy it.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by chaley

I'll think about this. I like the way it is.

I'll do this.

I prefer the "Show category" in the context menu. It is faster to get to, and it isn't there if there is nothing to show. It is also in the Tag browser preferences if for some reason you can't access the empty space.

@chaley - maybe it's all moot anyway, I discovered a couple of 'hidden' features.

Not sure this is by design, or happenstance:

If I select the Change <catname> category icon option, and Cancel out of the File select dialogue, then that category and its children will not have any icons. If I do that for all Categories I get an icon-free Tag Browser, which I prefer to having the category icons repeated on the partition items.



As can be seen, I can still attach icons to individual items, not that I will be.

And, the Show Category context menu is available in the context menu of the Category nodes - that's ideal for moi… now I've noticed it



BR

[chaley]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@chaley - maybe it's all moot anyway, I discovered a couple of 'hidden' features.

Not sure this is by design, or happenstance:

[INDENT]If I select the Change <catname> category icon option, and Cancel out of the File select dialogue, then that category and its children will not have any icons. If I do that for all Categories I get an icon-free Tag Browser, which I prefer to having the category icons repeated on the partition items.

Sorry, but that is a bug that I'm going to fix. Thanks for reporting it.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

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Looking at that last screen shot, I think it would be better to have the Change <catname> category icon and the Restore <catname> category default icon at the top of the Manage icon for <catname> sub menu - probably greyed out for leaf nodes.

BR

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by chaley

Sorry, but that is a bug that I'm going to fix. Thanks for reporting it.

Knew I should have kept schtum

So how about a reward for finding the bug: maybe provision of a Show/Hide Partition icons option in the Manage icon for <catname> sub menu.

BR

[ownedbycats]

I didnt notice the tooltip. Its not a big deal for me then.

[chaley]

Support for editing of templates, icons, and the for-child indicator is now in calibre source.

[un_pogaz]

Oh very nice, thanks you. It soo handfull to have all the rules centralized here.

[correoparaappzz]

calibre, version 7.26.0
ERROR: Excepción no considerada: <b>ValueError</b>:#added_date is not a many-one or many-many field

calibre 7.26 embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.27788-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.27788')
Python 3.11.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.27788', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: es
EXE path: C:\Program Files\Calibre2\calibre.exe
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeACSM (0, 0, 16) && Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input) (2, 19, 0) && Package KFX (from KFX Input) (2, 19, 0) && Action Chains (1, 20, 8) && Amazon.com Multiple Countries (1, 0, 0) && Anna's Archive (0, 2, 4) && Apple Books covers (0, 2, 0) && Barnes & Noble (1, 5, 6) && Count Pages (1, 13, 6) && Drop Search Results (1, 0, 14) && Ebook Translator (2, 3, 5) && Editor Chains (1, 1, 9) && EpubMerge (3, 2, 0) && EpubSplit (3, 10, 0) && FanFicFare (4, 42, 0) && Fantastic Fiction (1, 7, 1) && Fantastic Fiction Adults (1, 3, 1) && Favourites Menu (1, 3, 1) && FictionDB (1, 4, 2) && Goodreads (1, 8, 2) && Goodreads Sync (1, 16, 11) && Hardcover (0, 2, 2) && K2pdfopt Plugin (0, 5, 5) && KFX metadata reader (from KFX Input) (2, 19, 0) && From KFX (2, 19, 0) && KFX Input (2, 19, 0) && Set KFX metadata (from KFX Output) (2, 13, 0) && KFX Output (2, 13, 0) && Kindle hi-res covers (0, 5, 1) && Libgen Fiction (0, 4, 0) && Mass Search-Replace (1, 8, 2) && PDF Cover (0, 1, 0) && Quality Check (1, 13, 16) && Reading Goal (1, 8, 5) && Reading List (1, 15, 4) && Search The Internet (1, 11, 3) && SmartEject (2, 6, 0) && WordDumb (3, 33, 1) && X-Ray Creator (3, 2, 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 917, in all_field_names
AttributeError: 'CompositeTable' object has no attribute 'id_map'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\preferences\__init__.py", line 378, in showEvent
File "calibre\gui2\preferences\look_feel_tabs\tb_icon_r ules.py", line 431, in lazy_initialize
File "calibre\gui2\preferences\look_feel_tabs\tb_icon_r ules.py", line 452, in populate_content
File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 85, in call_func_with_lock
File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 919, in all_field_names
ValueError: #added_date is not a many-one or many-many field

[chaley]

Originally Posted by correoparaappzz

The error is saying that a composite (built from other columns) custom column ended up in the tag browser icon ruleset list. They can't be there. Did you change the type of an existing custom column to "Column built from other columns", probably by deleting then recreating the column? If so then to fix it you need to recreate the column '#added_date' but without reusing the lookup name.

I won't go into more detail until you tell us what you did.

[chaley]

Code to remove invalid columns from the tag browser icon rules is now in calibre source.