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On a system detail page (/library/system/:id), bulk mode already lets admins apply tags to every selected book in one action.
Changing category for many books still requires opening Bulk Edit and setting Category on each book in the carousel — slow when reorganizing a large import (e.g. moving 20 PDFs from core to adventure).
Category can already be edited one-by-one in the bulk-edit carousel (BulkEditModal, book fields include category), and the single-book editor has a proper category combobox (#191). What’s missing is a true mass apply for category, analogous to bulk tags.
What would you like to see?
On the system detail bulk action bar (and ideally anywhere books are bulk-selected), add a way to set the same category on all selected books at once:
Preferred UX — next to “Add tags”, a category combobox + “Set category” button that PATCHes { category } on every selected book (reuse CATEGORY_ORDER / existing system categories / free-text + slugify, same as BookEditor).
Alternative / also useful — in BulkEditModal, an “Apply this category to all selected” control so a value entered once propagates to every draft before Save all.
After save, books should regroup under the new category section in the UI without a full page reload (same local-state patch pattern as applyBulkTags / applyBookEdits).
Optional note: this only updates the DB category field (current PATCH behavior). Moving files on disk to match remains Enhancement: Reorganize folder structure to match in-app categorization #53.
Have you found any workarounds?
Yes — Bulk Edit → set Category per book in the carousel, or edit books one by one. For large selections this is tedious.
What problem does this solve?
On a system detail page (
/library/system/:id), bulk mode already lets admins apply tags to every selected book in one action.Changing category for many books still requires opening Bulk Edit and setting Category on each book in the carousel — slow when reorganizing a large import (e.g. moving 20 PDFs from
coretoadventure).Category can already be edited one-by-one in the bulk-edit carousel (
BulkEditModal, book fields includecategory), and the single-book editor has a proper category combobox (#191). What’s missing is a true mass apply for category, analogous to bulk tags.What would you like to see?
On the system detail bulk action bar (and ideally anywhere books are bulk-selected), add a way to set the same category on all selected books at once:
{ category }on every selected book (reuseCATEGORY_ORDER/ existing system categories / free-text +slugify, same asBookEditor).BulkEditModal, an “Apply this category to all selected” control so a value entered once propagates to every draft before Save all.After save, books should regroup under the new category section in the UI without a full page reload (same local-state patch pattern as
applyBulkTags/applyBookEdits).Optional note: this only updates the DB
categoryfield (current PATCH behavior). Moving files on disk to match remains Enhancement: Reorganize folder structure to match in-app categorization #53.Have you found any workarounds?
Yes — Bulk Edit → set Category per book in the carousel, or edit books one by one. For large selections this is tedious.
Anything else?
Related but distinct:
Scope suggestion: books on
SystemDetailViewfirst; same pattern could later apply if needed elsewhere.