Feature request - have tags set background colour of row

KPHarg · 12-26-2009, 07:31 PM

I am finding when I use the meta data lookup the tags are populated with allot of good stuff. However I would like to see the ability to effect the front default listing of books by the tags they contain.

For example if I set a 'Fiction' tag I could set that to change the background colour of the row. Then at a glance the all those tagged as such would stand out.

Other thoughts would be to assign icons to a tag so the tags column would be able to show more than one tag in a useful manner.

kovidgoyal · 12-26-2009, 08:40 PM

Feature requests should be made as tickets, forum posts tend to get lost.

KPHarg · 12-27-2009, 01:01 AM

Done. #4306

I thought creating some discussion here first might flesh out the idea more.

kovidgoyal · 12-27-2009, 01:42 AM

Sure discuss, away, I just need the ticket so that when I'm reviewing the enxt set of changes to make to the GUI, I remember this idea.

Personally, I think having a lot of colors would make the list a bit of an eyesore. I prefe to just select thetags I'm interested in the Tag browser

itimpi · 12-27-2009, 05:33 AM

Also use if you used colors how would you handle the (common) case of multiple tags set on a book?

KPHarg · 01-01-2010, 01:44 AM

I agree many tags is common. That is the problem. If the book has 37 tags but I would like to know at a glance the fiction vs non-fiction I could set the one colour to trigger on the fiction tag, another colour on the non-fiction tag. Perhaps the trigger could be made of a set of tags.

12-26-2009, 07:31 PM	#1
KPHarg Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle 2, iPad (iBooks)	Feature request - have tags set background colour of row I am finding when I use the meta data lookup the tags are populated with allot of good stuff. However I would like to see the ability to effect the front default listing of books by the tags they contain. For example if I set a 'Fiction' tag I could set that to change the background colour of the row. Then at a glance the all those tagged as such would stand out. Other thoughts would be to assign icons to a tag so the tags column would be able to show more than one tag in a useful manner.

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12-26-2009, 08:40 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,542 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Feature requests should be made as tickets, forum posts tend to get lost.

12-27-2009, 01:01 AM	#3
KPHarg Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle 2, iPad (iBooks)	Done. #4306 I thought creating some discussion here first might flesh out the idea more.

12-27-2009, 01:42 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,542 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Sure discuss, away, I just need the ticket so that when I'm reviewing the enxt set of changes to make to the GUI, I remember this idea. Personally, I think having a lot of colors would make the list a bit of an eyesore. I prefe to just select thetags I'm interested in the Tag browser

12-27-2009, 05:33 AM	#5
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Also use if you used colors how would you handle the (common) case of multiple tags set on a book?

01-01-2010, 01:44 AM	#6
KPHarg Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle 2, iPad (iBooks)	I agree many tags is common. That is the problem. If the book has 37 tags but I would like to know at a glance the fiction vs non-fiction I could set the one colour to trigger on the fiction tag, another colour on the non-fiction tag. Perhaps the trigger could be made of a set of tags.

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