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RE: "and" vs "&" in artist names - simbun - 02-11-2026 10:37
(02-11-2026 07:06)till burkert Wrote: Not sure I misread the User Guide? Under the heading "Custom Artist index sorting" it says:
Set the tagValue property to:
Artist.value.sort={ArtistSort}, ...
Correct, Artist.value.sort applies only a custom sort.
Each index item has a tag, index and sort attribute, all of which are initialised with the incoming tag value.
Code:
Tag | Index | Sort
----------------|------------------|----------------
Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys
Aretha Franklin | Aretha Franklin | Aretha Franklin
Elton John | Elton John | Elton JohnThe .Index attribute is used for display and sorted by the .Sort attribute, resulting in:
ARTIST INDEX
---------------
Alicia Keys
Aretha Franklin
Elton John
If you change only the .Sort value (Artist.value.sort):
Code:
Tag | Index | Sort
----------------|------------------|----------------
Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | Keys, Alicia
Aretha Franklin | Aretha Franklin | Franklin, Aretha
Elton John | Elton John | John, EltonThe list of items (.Index) remains the same, only the order (.Sort) has changed.
ARTIST INDEX
---------------
Aretha Franklin
Elton John
Alicia Keys
If you also change the index value (Artist.value.sort.index):
Code:
Tag | Index | Sort
----------------|------------------|----------------
Alicia Keys | Keys, Alicia | Keys, Alicia
Aretha Franklin | Franklin, Aretha | Franklin, Aretha
Elton John | John, Elton | John, EltonWe've now changed the displayed item (.Index) and the order (.Sort).
ARTIST INDEX
---------------
Franklin, Aretha
John, Elton
Keys, Alicia
Hope that makes sense.