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[Claude Lapalme]

I have a small issue in Standard view.

I created a custom view that groups certain Albums. They are all sorted using the "Grouping" field, which is now filled with a value on all tracks of my library. The view is a category view with Groupings on top and Albums below. I called it "Music" and it does exactly what I want except that the top bar of the viewing pane only shows the name in the "Grouping" field (which I want), but not the "Album Artist" which follows when using the provided "Album" view. I have attached a jpg of both views as well as the settings of my custom view. Is this fixable?

[Matt]

I think you could group by an expression:
[Grouping] - [Album]

Then the name will contain the album.

[Claude Lapalme]

I tried, it at least I believe I did, but the artist still didn't show up ... I may have misunderstood ...

[Matt]

I tried, it at least I believe I did, but the artist still didn't show up ... I may have misunderstood ...

If you're trying to see the artist group by [Grouping] - [Artist].

[6233638]

You need to change where it says "Abbey Road Files ▼" on the divider, to "Group By > Album"
The default  "Album" field is actually a special field that groups by, and displays, more than just the album name.
 
You can construct new fields that you can group these items by in Tools → Options → Library & Folders → Manage Library Fields

[Claude Lapalme]

Thanks Matt and 6233638
In the end, making a field named "Audio Grouping" with a calculated expression of [Grouping] by [Album Artist (auto)] placed on top of the Category order, followed by "Album" underneath got me the results I wanted.

Thanks again for the help