Ahh, I get it. This is pretty cool, thank you.
Just a few kinks to work out.
I removed the [Series] pane entirely and changed the [Franchise] pane to an expression with the following:
ListBuild(1,\,[Franchise],[Series])&datatype=[list]
This results, as you probably know, in a folder structure-type deal:
V [Franchise]
[Series]
Three small issues:
1. Within my franchises is a work called
Chaos;Head (yes, literally spelled officially with the semicolon separating the two words). Unfortunately, this is causing two separate items to appear, with the following structures:
V
ChaosHeadV
HeadThis Folder
ChaosBoth lead to the same files. I actually just depopulated the [Series] field for all items in which [Franchise] and [Series] were identical, removing all of the redundant dropdowns, but that still leaves the two separate items:
ChaosHeadInteresting to note is that
Head is appearing at the very bottom of the list, defying all alphabetical reasoning.
Any language I can input into the expression in order to cause it to ignore semicolons, or, more preferably, to disregard the character contents of each field in general? This might actually become a problem later because this seems to be a naming trend with the company that created the work (
Chaos;Head,
Steins;Gate,
Robotics;Notes, and probably more to come...).
2. All items are sorting alphabetically, but are not ignoring articles (A, And, The, etc) at the beginnings of titles. How is this fixed?
This does not seem to be consistent, though. When "TV Series" is selected as the [Release Type], I see the [Franchises], "The Big O," "The Boondocks," and "The Enchained Spiritual Beast Ga-rei" at the bottom of the list, honouring the article, "The." However, when "ONA" is selected as the [Release Type], the one [Franchise] within has the following structure...
[Franchise]: Haruhi Suzumiya
[Series]: The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya
[Series]: Nyorōn! Churuya-san
...completely disregarding the article. ?
(For context, I have five [Release Types]: "Film," "OAV," "ONA," "Special," and "TV Series." I have the view set to filter in both directions, so selecting "Haruhi Suzumiya" will cause only "Film," "ONA," and "TV Series" to display. Just wanted to point it out so that it is not thought that the problem necessarily rests with the [Release Types] as I may inadvertently imply, but for all I know, it might just be that way.)
3. Is there a way to have the [Series] entries under each [Franchise] entry sorted by season or date without affecting [Franchise]? As in, [Franchise] remains alphabetical, but [Series] is sorted differently? It's a small quip, but I'll provide an example.
V [Franchise]:
Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two[Series]:
Ef: A Tale of Melodies[Series]:
Ef: A Tale of MemoriesEf: A Tale of Melodies, chronologically-speaking, depicts events that happen after
Ef: A Tale of Memories. Naturally, I'd like the former to appear second as a result, but it won't because the letter "L" comes before "M" in our alphabet.