Album Sorting and grouping
Introduction to Album Sorting and Grouping
The Album Sorting and Grouping dialog contains controls for customizing the Album Browser. You can define sorting and grouping criteria as well as modifying which fields and in which order they should appear in the Album Browser.
Album Sorting and Grouping help sections
Sorting & Grouping page
The Sorting & Grouping page contains three drop down lists to define the sorting criteria for the Album Browser and one drop down list to define an optional grouping.
Select the desired fields to sort on in the first three drop down lists and choose between Ascending or Descending order.
Select an optional field to group on from the Group By drop down list. Grouping can be used to reduce the amount of albums shown at once in the Album Browser. Instead of showing all albums at once, they can be grouped together using one of the available fields in the Group By drop down list.
Visual Fields page
The Visual Fields page contains a number of drop down lists where you select which fields to show in the Album Browser. Depending on what thumbnail size you have selected to use in the Album Browser different number of fields are available. These fields are grouped together to display which fields that will be shown using a specific thumbnail size.
The Active Field page
The Active Field is the field that the Album Browser will search on when you type text directly into the Left Sidebar of the Album Browser. Typing the first characters of an artist for example can make the Album Browser scroll down to that artist immediately, if you have set Artist as the Active Field. Most often, the Active Field should be the first field used in the Visual Fields page.Note:
- You can save a predefined Album Sorting and Grouping template to easily switch to later by clicking the Save button.
- Click the Load button to load a previously saved Album Sorting and Grouping template.
- Album Sorting and Grouping templates are available for to switching to directly from the context menu in the Left Sidebar of the Album Browser.