From 95fcf6d3affb9d8057bfb248cf72b521232e13bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Haley <>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:10:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Enhancement #7920 (Tab for custom MetaData) -- added a tweak
 to switch to single-column mode

---
 resources/default_tweaks.py                 | 6 ++++++
 src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/resources/default_tweaks.py b/resources/default_tweaks.py
index 081112444a..cd746ccdaa 100644
--- a/resources/default_tweaks.py
+++ b/resources/default_tweaks.py
@@ -235,3 +235,9 @@ doubleclick_on_library_view = 'open_viewer'
 # Example: locale_for_sorting = 'fr' -- sort using French rules.
 # Example: locale_for_sorting = 'nb' -- sort using Norwegian rules.
 locale_for_sorting =  ''
+
+
+# Set whether to use one or two columns for custom metadata when editing
+# metadata  one book at a time. If True, then the fields are laid out using two
+# columns. If False, one column is used.
+metadata_single_use_2_cols_for_custom_fields = True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py
index 7c6da7c1f9..99fe2017dd 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py
@@ -616,8 +616,8 @@ class MetadataSingleDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataSingleDialog):
         w = self.central_widget.widget(1)
         layout = w.layout()
         self.custom_column_widgets, self.__cc_spacers = \
-                    populate_metadata_page(layout, self.db, self.id,
-                                           parent=w, bulk=False, two_column=True)
+            populate_metadata_page(layout, self.db, self.id, parent=w, bulk=False,
+                two_column=tweaks['metadata_single_use_2_cols_for_custom_fields'])
         self.__custom_col_layouts = [layout]
         ans = self.custom_column_widgets
         for i in range(len(ans)-1):