Library Entries List screen
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The entries in the open library are displayed as a list.
The Library Entries List screen has the following parts:
The Entries List
Library entries are listed in the default or specified sort order, grouped if/as specified, and filtered if/as specified.
Besides the list, there is an Exit arrow in the upper-left corner, a Search button (magnifying glass icon) at the top, a 3-dot Action menu in the upper-right corner, and a right-side pullout menu.
- Touching the Exit arrow
- Exits the screen, generally back to a Libraries List screen.
- Touching the Search icon
- Allows entry of a Search key into a text box. Upon pressing OK, a Search within the Library is conducted and a list of matching entries displayed. In the entry list header box, the number of matching entries is shown.
- Touching the 3-dot Action menu icon
- Opens the Action menu.
- Touching an entry
- Opens the Entry View card for the entry
Entry display
Each entry is displayed in the list as follows:
Thumbnail (if any) |
Edit tools (if any) |
Concatenated Name field values Description |
Status values |
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- Thumbnail
- If an Image field within the library has been assigned the Role of Thumbnail, the value of that field will be displayed as an Image, reduced in size.
- Edit tools
- Any field eligible for editing within a list will have an edit tool displayed. For a Boolean (checkbox) field, a checkbox will show the current value, and pressing the checkbox will toggle the value of the field. The other eligible field types have composite values, in which case, a button will be displayed, which, when pressed, will pop up a list of values that may be edited.
- Concatenated Name field values
- The value of the Name field is displayed. If there are multiple Name fields, their concatenation, with spaces separator(s) is displayed. The space for display of Name values is one line.
- Description
- The value of the Description field is displayed. If there are multiple Description fields, their concatenation, with spaces separator(s) is displayed. The space for display of Description values is two lines.
- Status values
- Any Status fields are displayed, one per line, at the right edge of the entry display.
"Slicing & Dicing" Entries
- View
- Set the view of the Entries List to List or Table
- List
- Set the view to List View. Entries are displayed as list items, with values only of fields with specific roles displayed.
- Table
- Set the view to Table Vie. Entries are displayed as rows in a table, with (generally) all field values displayed.
- Cloud
- If the library is currently not in the Memento Cloud, the Library will immediately be synced to the Cloud. If the library is in the cloud, the Cloud Library Status card is displayed.
- Sort
- x
- Group
- x
- Filters
- x
- History
- x
- Favorites
- x
- Recycle bin
- x
- Charts
- x
- Files
- x
[More]
The Action Menu
Touching the 3-dot icon in the upper-right corner of the screen opens the Action Menu, allowing the user to perform one of the following actions:
- Edit the Library
- Opens the Library Edit screen
- Import and export...
- Opens a submenu, as follows:
- Import from CSV
- Opens a file finder card with a CSV filter
- Export to CSV
- Opens a directory finder card
- Upload to Cloud
- Link To Google Sheets
- Protection
- Send All
- Create Shortcut
- Opens a submenu, as follows:
- Open library
- Creates a device home screen shortcut to enter Memento in the current Library Entries List screen
- Create an Entry
- Creates a device home screen shortcut to enter Memento in the Entry Edit card to add a new entry
- Settings
- Help
- Opens a submenu, as follows:
- Help contents
- Initiates the Memento Wiki in the default Web browser
- Forum
- Initiates the Memento Group in the default Web browser
- FAQ
- Initiates the FAQ page of the Memento Wiki in the default Web browser
- About
- Displays an About card, with platform, version, and license information
The Group/Main Menu
Touching the 3-line menu in the upper-left corner of the screen opens the Group/Main Menu, which allows selection of the Group to be displayed.
Below the list of groups, the following menu items are displayed:
- Favorites
- Show an Entries list of entries marked as Favorites across all libraries
- History
- Show an Entries list of entries across all libraries updated in History
- Recycle Bin
- Show a Libraries list of the Recycle Bin
Below that, the following menu items are displayed:
- Catalog templates
- Show a Templates list of catalogued library templates
- Cloud storage
- Show a Cloud Libraries list (not a normal Libraries list) that are synchronized with Memento Cloud Storage
- Sync with Google
- Initiates the synchronization process with Google Drive. This starts immediately and may continue for a while, depending on how many libraries and entries are to be synchronized.
Below that, the following menu items are displayed:
- Settings
- Show and allow update of Memento settings
- Help
- Open the Help menu, containing the following menu options:
- Help Contents
- Initiate the Internet browser at the Memento Database Wiki Web site
- Forum
- Initiate the Internet browser at the Memento Database Forum Web site
- FAQ
- Show this FAQ in the Internet browser
- Translate
- Shows the Memento language translation page in an Internet browser
- User Voice
- Initiates Memento User Voice (feature requests) in an Internet browser
- Desktop version
- In an Internet browser, shows the page at www.mementodatabase.com for the Desktop version of Memento
- What's New?
- Displays a list of features implemented in the last several Memento releases, with brief hints as to how to use them
- About
- Show the About screen, containing version number and license type