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List Views?

1GraceCollection
Sep 23, 2024, 6:08 pm

Is there a better way to view/edit lists? I would love to see a 'cover view' like I can in recommendations, in 'your books', or in the list of 9 random books from the library on one's profile page. I would especially have a much easier time editing (clicking/dragging the order) in this view, but I can't seem to find any way to change it. Thought I'd ask here in case I was missing something.

Additionally, is there any way to add tags or anything like that on a list? I've found the 'why you chose this book' but not many other ways to notate.

For the record, I'm asking here about a personal list that only I have ability to add to, so if there is some setting that needs to be changed or something like that, I'm willing to do it and it won't mess up any publically-curated lists.

2SandraArdnas
Sep 24, 2024, 5:24 am

>1 GraceCollection: No alternative views AFAIK. Tags as in literally something that will connect to your other tags and tag pages, no, but there's a comment field for each. Reordering AFAIK is possible only by the 4 sort options, of which ranking is the one you can actually edit/manipulate.

3GraceCollection
Sep 24, 2024, 7:13 pm

>2 SandraArdnas: Darn. For tags I didn't really need anything that connected it to elsewhere in LT, I just was really hoping for something I could use to sort and/or filter on that particular list, besides the four that are already there. Or at least if I could colour-code them or something, so I could visually filter without hitting any settings... grumble grumble. Thanks for answering!

4SandraArdnas
Sep 25, 2024, 5:46 am

>3 GraceCollection: I've never really played with it, but perhaps the numbering system can achieve some of what you want.

I also tried playing with html tags in the comment field, hoping you could color code there, but while it accepts basic tags like for bold, it doesn't work for changing text color or highlighting, at least not with my meager html skills, haha.

5GraceCollection
Sep 25, 2024, 4:27 pm

>4 SandraArdnas: I have click and dragged the order so it's a little easier, but still, not quite what I was hoping out of list functionality. Alas...

Yeah, that's part of CSS, which is coding on the website itself moreso than ways to edit user specified text. It was a good thought, though!