Alphabetic Title Sort in Calibre

[wildchild1954]

I have my Title Sort set to "Strictly Alphabetic" but it still insists on putting words like The, A, An, and that sort of thing at the end of a title. In Metadata say the Title field reads as The Farm but in the Title Sort field it will always show up as Farm, The unless I manually correct it and then the field will always be shown as a red field.

How can I make the Title Sort field display titles correctly and in a green field?

[DNSB]

Preferences => Tweaks => Control sorting of titles and series in the library display

You will need to update the sort order after applying this tweak, see the end of the help text.

The help text is:

Control title and series sorting in the library view. If set to 'library_order', the title sort field will be used instead of the title. Unless you have manually edited the title sort field, leading articles such as The and A will be ignored. If set to 'strictly_alphabetic', the titles will be sorted as-is (sort by title instead of title sort). For example, with library_order, The Client will sort under 'C'. With strictly_alphabetic, the book will sort under 'T'. This flag affects calibre's library display. It has no effect on devices. In addition, titles for books added before changing the flag will retain their order until the title is edited. Editing a title and hitting Enter without changing anything is sufficient to change the sort. Or you can use the 'Update title sort' action in the Bulk metadata edit dialog to update it for many books at once.

[wildchild1954]

The Title Sort is set to "strictly alphabetic" and even if I click on the Update title sort box then click Apply all I get is a window that opens right back up with no check mark and a Title sort field in individual Metadata that still sorts in library order! I can reenter the title sort field but then it will outline that in red and I want it to outline in green to say the sort order is correct.

Both the Control sorting of titles and series in the library display and the Control formatting of title and series when used in templates are set to "strictly alphabetic".

[chaley]

Originally Posted by wildchild1954

The Title Sort is set to "strictly alphabetic"

If what you say is above is true then you didn't follow the example. You are missing the underscore in "strictly_alphabetic".

[luigi rovatti]

Sorry for the late reply, you must go to Preferences → Saving books to disk, then Save template. It'll look like:

{author_sort}/{title} - {authors}

Put it instead {author_sort}/{authors} - {title}

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by luigi rovatti

Sorry for the late reply, you must go to Preferences → Saving books to disk, then Save template. It'll look like:

{author_sort}/{title} - {authors}

Put it instead {author_sort}/{authors} - {title}

This has no effect on library display. That template is for books you save outside calibre.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by luigi rovatti

Sorry for the late reply, you must go to Preferences → Saving books to disk, then Save template. It'll look like:

{author_sort}/{title} - {authors}

Put it instead {author_sort}/{authors} - {title}

That is NOT for internal filing. That is for external disks (readers that do not have bookshelf management via USB)

The OP probably needs to recalculate the Title sorts.. These do not auto update existing books)
One way is to select the books: Tap 'E' for bulk metadata edit (MDE): tic the Update Title

(series should have followed the tweak if done correctly)sort box,