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Catalog and Sorting

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Catalog Window and Sorting Features Guide

Opening the Catalog Window

The catalog window displays all books (or works) registered in your reading logs, allowing you to sort by columns, reorder columns, and perform operations on multiple selections.

How to Open

  • From the Menu
    Click on Menu Bar [View]→[Catalog]
  • Keyboard Shortcut
    Press Alt+L to open it quickly

Paid Plan Feature

The catalog window is a paid plan exclusive feature. It is not available in the free version. This feature is extremely useful when managing large numbers of books or when you want to perform operations on multiple books at once.

Available Columns

In the catalog window, book information is displayed across multiple columns. Each column displays different information and can be clicked to sort.

Column Types

  • Selection Checkbox
    Used to select multiple books at once
  • Cover
    Thumbnail cover image (becomes "Poster" for movies, "Artwork" for music)
  • Title
    Book title
  • Author / Credits
    Book category shows the author name. Video and music categories use the column name "Credits" and list all registered credits with labels (e.g. Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda / Cast: Kei Tanaka, Takako Matsu). Even when only a screenplay or other credit is registered without a director, all available credits are shown.
  • Total Pages
    Total number of pages (becomes "Runtime" for movies, "Duration" for music)
  • Progress
    Progress bar with percentage (becomes "View Rate" for movies, "Play Rate" for music). Reading status icons (📚unread / 📖reading / ⏸️stalled / ✅completed) are integrated into the column
  • Target Date
    Reading completion target date
  • Priority
    Reading priority
  • Rating
    ★★★★★ star rating
  • Latest Reading Date
    Most recent date a record was added (becomes "Last Viewed" / "Last Played")
  • Memo Count
    Total memo lines across all records

Sorting Features

The catalog window offers two sorting methods: using dropdown menus and clicking column headers.

Sort Dropdown Menu

The two dropdowns to the right of the search bar let you intuitively configure sorting.

  • Selecting Sort Column
    Use the left dropdown to select the column to sort by:
    • 📚 Title - Sort by book title
    • ✍️ Author - Sort by author name
    • 📄 Pages - Sort by total page count
    • 📊 Progress - Sort by reading progress percentage
    • 📅 Last read - Sort by last reading date
    • 📝 Memo lines - Sort by memo line count
    • 🎯 Predicted - Sort by predicted completion date
  • Toggle Ascending/Descending
    Use the right dropdown to select "↑ Asc" (ascending) or "↓ Desc" (descending)
  • Sync with Main Page
    Changing the sort in the catalog window automatically reflects in the main page's sort dropdown and vice versa

Sorting by Column Headers

  • Click column name to sort
    Clicking any column header will sort by that column's values in ascending order
  • Click again to toggle ascending/descending
    Clicking the same column header again will switch to descending order. Clicking again will return to ascending order
  • Sort indicators (▲▼) are displayed
    The currently sorted column displays ▲ for ascending order and ▼ for descending order

Clear Sorting

  • Clear from Dropdown
    Select "No sort" from the left dropdown to clear sorting and return to the original order (registration order in the reading log)
  • Keyboard Shortcut
    Press Alt+K or click the menu bar [View]→[Clear Sort] to clear sorting

Reordering Columns with Drag & Drop

The display order of columns can be freely changed with drag & drop. Placing frequently used columns in visible positions improves work efficiency.

Column Reordering Steps

  • Drag the column header
    Click and hold the column header you want to move with your mouse
  • Drop at desired position
    While dragging the column, move it left or right, and release the mouse button at the desired position
  • Customized order is saved
    The changed column order is automatically saved and will be displayed in the same order the next time you open it

Resetting Column Widths and Order

After customizing column widths and order, you can use the "Reset" button to restore them to their initial state.

Reset Feature

  • Reset Button
    Click the "Reset" button in the upper right corner of the catalog window to restore column widths and order to their initial state
  • What Gets Reset
    Column widths and display order are all restored to their default values
  • Confirmation Dialog
    A confirmation message is displayed before the reset is executed. The reset will not be performed until you click "OK" to prevent accidental operations

When This Is Useful

  • When you accidentally made a column width extremely narrow
  • When you want to restore the original layout after making various column order changes
  • When you want to match display settings with others

Actions from the Catalog

From the catalog window, you can perform operations on multiple books at once or open individual book details.

Operation Methods

  • Multiple selection with checkboxes
    Click the checkboxes on the left end of each row to select multiple books. You can also select all by clicking the checkbox in the header
  • Operations after selection
    You can perform operations such as copy, cut, delete, and save to another file on selected books; operations can be performed using the operation buttons in the window
  • Double-click to open book details
    Double-clicking any row will display the detailed information for that book

Tips

  • Column order can be freely changed by dragging. Place frequently referenced columns like title and author on the left side for quicker access

Display for Movie/Music Files

Labels, columns, and layout in the catalog window automatically adapt to the types of entries in the reading log. Each entry is classified into one of three categories:

  • 📖 Books — regular books (credits do not include video/music roles)
  • 🎬 Movies & TV — credits include any of Director, Screenplay, Cast, or Channel
  • 🎵 Music — credits include any of Singer, Performer, Composer, Conductor, or Lyricist

Automatic split into three categories

When a reading log contains two or more media types, the list and gallery are automatically divided into three sections: 📖 Books / 🎬 Movies & TV / 🎵 Music. Each section uses column headers appropriate to its category (Author / Director / Artist, etc.). When only one type is present, the section heading is omitted and a single table is shown.

Labels that change per category

  • Window Icon
    (books) / (video) / (music)
  • Column Headers
    Cover → Poster / Artwork, Author → Credits (same for video and music; each row lists labels like "Director: / Cast: / Screenplay: / Singer: / Composer:"), Total Pages → Runtime / Duration, Progress → View Rate / Play Rate, Last Read → Last Viewed / Last Played
  • Sort Options
    Sort choices also change per category
  • Stats / Page Headers
    "Registered Books" → "Registered Works", "Read / Total Pages" → "Watched / Total Runtime", etc.
  • Reading Volume Graph / Calendar
    When all entries are video, terminology changes to "Viewing Time Graph" / "Viewing Calendar", etc.

Behavior in mixed libraries

Older versions switched to movie-oriented display only when all entries were video. The current version classifies each entry individually and splits the view into separate tables per category, so mixed reading logs naturally display appropriate information per entry.