[GUI Plugin] User Category - Page 7

MarjaE · 09-23-2020, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Are you saying can't you can't use Tag Browser-Configure->Manage…->User Categories just once to create one User Category - e.g. 'dummy'.

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Then you can use the PI menu to Manage (create and remove) additional UCs, as well as adding and removing column values to UCs. Providing you don't remove all UCs, you won't need to use the Tag Browser again - hence my 'dummy' suggestion.

That said, I'd like to see the Tag Browser Configure options be made available in (or moved to) Preferences->Look and Feel->Tag Browser (tab). I can't be the only person who can't remember what's where

BR

I tried it, for "Favorite Authors." I couldn't find the category I'd created, and clicking in the tab browser to try to find it just gave me a migraine.

MarjaE · 09-25-2020, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Are you saying can't you can't use Tag Browser-Configure->Manage…->User Categories just once to create one User Category - e.g. 'dummy'.

Another try, and I don't know. I can open the tag browser, avoid clicking on items, open that menu, select user categories...

3rd time now.

"Category name" is unresponsive. I have to type in the field next to it and guess the right buttons.

"Category filter" works

"Item filter" triggers flashing, so I'll have to avoid it.

My coordination issues make it hard to scroll "Available Items." And the menu won't let me keyboard up or down it.

I tried selecting items and moving them, but that didn't work until I got a category name to stick.

MarjaE · 09-25-2020, 05:26 PM

Okay, I have it set up, but is there any way to show the resulting user category? with all the books by the authors in the category?

P.S. @Favorite Authors:true

Got mixed up because when I found instructions, I copied and didn't spot the spelling differences.

BetterRed · 09-25-2020, 07:06 PM

Blame the French

Glad we got there - to avoid the tag browser I use saved searches.

BR

MarjaE · 09-25-2020, 08:07 PM

Thank you. Now I'm trying to figure out how to create a search and virtual library for everything which is not in any of the other Authors categories... using @Favorite Authors:false doesn't work and using NOT @Favorite Authors:true doesn't either.

BetterRed · 09-25-2020, 08:25 PM

IMO @Favorite Books:false should be allowed, I suggest you post a message at Bugs : calibre

Meanwhile, you could mark the books in UC "Favorite Books", and then do a search for marked:false.

BR

ilovejedd · 09-25-2020, 09:43 PM

How are spaces treated in search? Maybe try @"Favorite Authors":true?

I avoid using any spaces in tags and user categories. For user categories, I use @Favorite.Authors and @Favorite.Books instead.

MarjaE · 09-25-2020, 10:35 PM

If I add quotes, I don't get any results.

ilovejedd · 09-26-2020, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarjaE

If I add quotes, I don't get any results.

Maybe try creating a user category without spaces?

ilovejedd · 09-26-2020, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarjaE

Thank you. Now I'm trying to figure out how to create a search and virtual library for everything which is not in any of the other Authors categories... using @Favorite Authors:false doesn't work and using NOT @Favorite Authors:true doesn't either.

Okay, I just tried creating a Favorite Authors user category. On a test library of 962 entries, @Favorite Authors:true returned 97/962 and @Favorite Authors:false returned 865/962 entries. Looks like spaces in User Category names works fine on my install of Calibre Portable 4.23 (32-bit).

Note, I'm just using the native implementation and haven't tried installing the plugin version. As far as I know, support for User Categories has been built-in to Calibre since at least 3.15 (last version of Calibre I used before that was 0.9.x, iirc

) and it's not something I bothered looking into until recently.

chaley · 09-26-2020, 07:08 AM

If the user category has subcategories then @category:true and @category:false find only the items in the first level. The subcategories are ignored. If you want the category and all of its children, use @category:.true and @category:.false. Just as in hierarchical columns, the '.' tells calibre to include the children.

BetterRed · 09-26-2020, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

Note, I'm just using the native implementation and haven't tried installing the plugin version. As far as I know, support for User Categories has been built-in to Calibre since at least 3.15 (last version of Calibre I used before that was 0.9.x, iirc

) and it's not something I bothered looking into until recently.

FWIW: all the plugin does is to remove the need to show the Tag Browser in order to access the Manage UCs option. And chaley added support for custom columns after Kiwidude retired, so… it only handles standard columns.

BR

MarjaE · 09-26-2020, 10:30 AM

No subcategories involved. I suspect Calibre just isn't updating something.

chaley · 09-28-2020, 05:28 AM

New release 1.5.5, fixing the problem @MarjaE reported. No other change in functionality.

jbacelar · 07-09-2022, 03:07 AM

An update to Calibre 6 beta would be very very nice.

09-25-2020, 05:26 PM	#93
MarjaE Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Okay, I have it set up, but is there any way to show the resulting user category? with all the books by the authors in the category? P.S. @Favorite Authors:true Got mixed up because when I found instructions, I copied and didn't spot the spelling differences. Last edited by MarjaE; 09-25-2020 at 06:40 PM.

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09-25-2020, 07:06 PM	#94
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,550 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Blame the French Glad we got there - to avoid the tag browser I use saved searches. BR

09-25-2020, 08:07 PM	#95
MarjaE Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Thank you. Now I'm trying to figure out how to create a search and virtual library for everything which is not in any of the other Authors categories... using @Favorite Authors:false doesn't work and using NOT @Favorite Authors:true doesn't either.

09-25-2020, 08:25 PM	#96
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,550 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	IMO @Favorite Books:false should be allowed, I suggest you post a message at Bugs : calibre Meanwhile, you could mark the books in UC "Favorite Books", and then do a search for marked:false. BR

09-25-2020, 09:43 PM	#97
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	How are spaces treated in search? Maybe try @"Favorite Authors":true? I avoid using any spaces in tags and user categories. For user categories, I use @Favorite.Authors and @Favorite.Books instead.

09-25-2020, 10:35 PM	#98
MarjaE Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	If I add quotes, I don't get any results.

09-26-2020, 07:08 AM	#101
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,733 Karma: 6690881 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	If the user category has subcategories then @category:true and @category:false find only the items in the first level. The subcategories are ignored. If you want the category and all of its children, use @category:.true and @category:.false. Just as in hierarchical columns, the '.' tells calibre to include the children.

09-26-2020, 10:30 AM	#103
MarjaE Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	No subcategories involved. I suspect Calibre just isn't updating something.

09-28-2020, 05:28 AM	#104
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,733 Karma: 6690881 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	New release 1.5.5, fixing the problem @MarjaE reported. No other change in functionality.

07-09-2022, 03:07 AM	#105
jbacelar Interested in the matter Posts: 421 Karma: 426094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Spain, south coast Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	An update to Calibre 6 beta would be very very nice.