Author Topic: Filters using Column Browser  (Read 944 times)

jaume

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Hello, is there any way to set up the column browser in a way that when you click on a filter in one column, the content  on the other columns is filtered accordingly regardless of how the column values are arranged in the column browser?

For example, in my MB I have the column browser set up with the following values and order:

Album Artist - Year - Album - Artist - Genre

If I select a filter in Album Artist then the content displayed across the rest of the columns is reduced to show years, albums, artists and genres matching the Album Artist filter.

I would like to be able to select a filter in Genre and have the content being displayed in the other columns reduced to the album artists, years, albums, and artists matching that genre.

Is it possible to achieve this without moving the order of the columns i.e. moving genre to the firs column?

Thanks and regards.

hiccup

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The only way to achieve something like this that I can think of right now is:
(using your specific example)

Create a virtual tag named something like 'Genre [v]'.
For it's formula use: <Genre>

Setup the column browser using 'Genre' somewhere in the beginning, and this new 'Genre [v]' somewhere at the end.
Now you have a choice if you want to use genre at the beginning of filtering, or using it at the end.

It will look a bit odd to have two columns with the same function, but it will serve this purpose very well.

P.S.
The amount of available columns used to be a bit restricted to make this a viable option. (I think it was 5?)
It has been increased a while back to a maximum of 8 columns.
It could be you need to use 3.4 for this, I am not sure.
Last Edit: November 24, 2020, 09:14:52 PM by hiccup