button to today date

[reup]

hello all

this is just a suggestion/request as I cannot find the function anywhere

I sort my PTR (pile to read) base on the date added to calibre
sometime, while looking for something, I find more than one book so I decide to push to the top of the pile a few of them
to do so, I just have to change the date to "Today"
however there is not an easy way to do so, and when some books are as old as a few month, it takes a while to move them to the top

I believe I could select them, do a group "Edit metadata" remove the date then add today's date, it is not the most convenient, so I hope this suggestion will find its way to "the dev "

[theducks]

I really suggest you NOT repurpose such a basic column {date} like that.

There is the Reading list Plugin for those who wish to manage their habit

Custom Columns can be made for almost any data type

FWIW = is the keystroke for a Date type (in edit mode) for Today

[Sirtel]

I use tags and custom columns for my TBR piles. Changing the date is about the most inconvenient way I can think of how to manage a TBR list.

[ownedbycats]

Action Chains' single-field edit lets you use a preset 'today' on datetime columns. You can map a chain to a keyboard shortcut.

Reading List plugin with a custom series column will be easier though, this will let you reorder the books.

[reup]

thanks all for your replies
I should have mentioned that I use calibre-web to access my library over the web
I sync one way the folder using lsyncd to an external web server on which I run apache and calibre-web
and calibre-web does not understand custom columns so date it it

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by reup

thanks all for your replies
I should have mentioned that I use calibre-web to access my library over the web
I sync one way the folder using lsyncd to an external web server on which I run apache and calibre-web
and calibre-web does not understand custom columns so date it it

FYI - in Metadata edit or F2 edit in the book list, pressing '=' will set a datetime column to Now and pressing '-' will set to Undefined.

BR

[reup]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

FYI - in Metadata edit or F2 edit in the book list, pressing '=' will set a datetime column to Now and pressing '-' will set to Undefined.

BR

and we have a winner ! seriously, thanks all and thanks BetterRed
this is exactly what I needed, in the main view of calibre, clicking on the date will make the field editable, then using the = will change the date to today's date !!

this software is so well designed, and this forum so helpful !!!

thanks again all, I mark this as resolved

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by reup

this software is so well designed, and this forum so helpful !!!

It's amusing to see this when we've just had a member leave MobileRead in a snit over how poorly designed he felt calibre was compared to Alfa book manager and his inability to handle the discussion.

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[reup]

everyone is own choice
as long as people stay respectful, specially of the ones that develop and the ones that offer help, none with any obligation to do so