way to organize library

[HeroLeam 11]

hello, there are some tips for sorting folders and so on, usually if you put a “#” in front of the name the folder will be first, and if you want to leave it last you can use some special symbol like an emoji and the folder will be last, but in the creation of libraries on the emby server it doesn't behave that way.

Could you give me an idea of how to leave the library created last, regardless of its title?

[Lessaj 467]

Is this what you're referring to? Under App Settings -> Home Screen.

[Happy2Play 9780]

Yes specific examples would help but will guess possibly Sort title differences?

[HeroLeam 11]

24 minutes ago, Lessaj said:

Is this what you're referring to? Under App Settings -> Home Screen.

 

19 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Yes specific examples would help but will guess possibly Sort title differences?

No, no, that's up to the user, I'm talking about the server configuration, when creating libraries, in this part of the image, the libraries are in alphabetical order, so as I said it depends on what you put in front of the title, it orders it, in Windows if you put an "emoji" it is always at the last folder.

[Lessaj 467]

EDIT: Nevermind it is alphabetical, not sure about special characters.

Edited July 28, 2024 by Lessaj

[HeroLeam 11]

3 hours ago, Lessaj said:

EDIT: Nevermind it is alphabetical, not sure about special characters.

The only way is to put the letter Z at the beginning so it's last, but it's a bit strange to use this "shortcut" for that.

[user24 315]

55 minutes ago, HeroLeam said:

The only way is to put the letter Z at the beginning so it's last

Hi, Perhaps (as a workaround) you could add an increasing number at the start, each time you create a library? That way all the libraries would be in the order that you created them.  It works with either just a number, or a number within brackets, as per example below:

 

 

 

 

A downside of this approach is that it could look strange on your home page if the libraries are differently rearranged, as per example below:

Maybe #1, #2, etc. would also be an option? Or some other combination of symbols and numbers?

YYMMDD date codes could be another way? E.g. 240728

Best wishes for finding a solution that works for you, Cheers!

Edited July 29, 2024 by user24
added date codes suggestion

[HeroLeam 11]

20 minutes ago, user24 said:

Hi, Perhaps (as a workaround) you could add an increasing number at the start, each time you create a library? That way all the libraries would be in the order that you created them.  It works with either just a number, or a number within brackets, as per example below:

 

 

 

 

A downside of this approach is that it could look strange on your home page if the libraries are differently rearranged, as per example below:

Maybe #1, #2, etc. would also be an option? Or some other combination of symbols and numbers?

YYMMDD date codes could be another way? E.g. 240728

Best wishes for finding a solution that works for you, Cheers!

But that's not why, I wanted to leave just a few for the end, the rest would be in alphabetical order.

[user24 315]

Ok then, one more suggestion...

if you don't want to use "z" to force a few libraries to the end, then you could use an overall prefix emoji system to force all other libraries to the start, while still keeping your overall alphabetical order. 

Perhaps color-coded emoji squares or circles would work for a consistent view, without too much negative impact on the home screen?

 

I use something similar for Genres and Tags and it works quite well for custom sort ordering.

[user24 315]

... or pick one preferred color and change the shape...

Edited July 29, 2024 by user24

[HeroLeam 11]

47 minutes ago, user24 said:

Ok then, one more suggestion...

if you don't want to use "z" to force a few libraries to the end, then you could use an overall prefix emoji system to force all other libraries to the start, while still keeping your overall alphabetical order. 

Perhaps color-coded emoji squares or circles would work for a consistent view, without too much negative impact on the home screen?

 

I use something similar for Genres and Tags and it works quite well for custom sort ordering.

 

35 minutes ago, user24 said:

... or pick one preferred color and change the shape...

this is more interesting, thanks for the suggestion!

Edited July 29, 2024 by HeroLeam