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Boolean value for user library fields

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tombert:
A boolean value would be fine. In the view there could be a checkbox only.

Alex B:
I have used "y" in the field value box when I have defined this kind of fields. When the field is empty its value is "zero".

However, this means you have to click the column field (or the AW > Tag field) to open it for editing and type this "yes character". A checkbox or other one-click system would be better.

A possibility to add user defined additional rating fields could be a solution to this. These have been requested several times.

User defined custom rating fields would be useful for e.g. album ratings or personal ratings (so each user could keep personal ratings in the same media library).

A "rating type" custom field could be used for a boolean value when only the value 1 is defined in the field options. It would then show only one star (or other graphic symbol) and the "clear rating" area.

If more values are defined the field would show as many stars as it has values. This would also make possible to define value series like: "10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100" (=> ten stars). This might be useful if library data is exported in XML format for other applications.

Alex B:
Actually, only a new display option would be needed: "Display type: Star Ratings". It would available whenever one or more predefined values exist (semicolon delimited if more than one).

You could define what ever values you like. The first value would be "one star", the second value "two stars" and so on.

The value strings could be used in searches and in Find and Replace. By changing the field display option you could make the value strings visible.

Alex B:
Here's a mockup:



This field would have four possible star rating values: no stars, one star, two stars and three stars.

The Display Type option would be grayed out when the Values box is empty.

Alex B:
The field would show up like this in a details view:

 

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