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CLZ Comics Mobile (iOS)

v8.9: Easier access to Manage Pick Lists tool

Oct 25, 2023

If you have been active in our CLZ Comics group on Facebook, you are probably aware that many questions in the group can be answered with:

“Just use Manage Pick Lists”

Renaming Storage Boxes, Merging duplicate Series, fixing series sort problems, fixing typos in creator names, etc… it is all done in the Manage Pick Lists screen. An important and powerful screen, but… not so easy to find if you don’t know where to look or don’t even know what to look for.

With this update, we are trying to fix all that. We have made the screen much more accessible / discoverable AND we have made several improvements to the MPL screen itself.

Direct access to MPL from the main screen folder list

In every folder list in main screen (Series, Storage Boxes, Creators, Grades, etc…) there is now a new MPL icon at the top right, in the counter bar. Tapping the icon will take you straight to the Manage Pick Lists screen, of course with the applicable list already selected. For example, if you are in a Series list in the main screen, the button will take you to the Manage Series List directly.

Built-in MPL functionality when selecting a pick list entry

When editing a pick list field in the Edit screen, a Select screen pops up. E.g. when tapping the Storage Box field, a screen pops up showing you all existing Storage Box entries to select from.
We added a new “Manage …” button there that takes you straight to the Manage Pick Lists functionality for that list. So that you can fix a typo, merge duplicate entries, etc…

Improved Manage Pick Lists screen

While we were at it, we decide to implement two improvements for the Manage Pick Lists screen itself:

Now allows removing entries

The MPL screen now allows the removal of entries, using the “X” icons on the right. You can use it to remove unused entries (with a “0” use count).
But… you can now also remove entries that are still in use. If you do, it will automatically remove the entry from the affected comics. Of course, the comics themselves will not be removed.

Better Merge Mode

The Merge tool is now easier to find (big “Merge Mode” button top right) AND has been improved to make it clearer and easier to use. Just checkbox the entries you want to merge, tap the Merge button on the bottom right, then select the entry you want to merge TO, that is, the one you want to keep.


Recent changes

v9.9: Several improvements and fixes Sep 27, 2024 v9.8 Subscribe to CovrPrice as an In-App purchase, straight from the CLZ app Sep 19, 2024 v9.7.3 Further tweaks based on your feedback Sep 12, 2024 v9.7: Various improvements for Add Comics, Statistics and Main screen Sep 02, 2024 v9.6.2 New “search for…” suggestions when adding by Series or Issue Aug 08, 2024 v9.5: Improved barcode scanner, no more AUTO/EXT toggle! Jul 19, 2024 v9.4: Re-design of Pull List feature (and now called “NCBD”) Jul 03, 2024 v9.3: CLZ Comics is now free to use up to 250 comics Jun 04, 2024 v9.2: Improved “Updated Values” screen, after updating from CovrPrice May 16, 2024 v9.1 Use Edit Multiple to set Creators & Characters Mar 28, 2024 v9.0: Check Value / Collection Tabs / Issue Search and more! Nov 30, 2023 v8.10: Improvements for Search box and Hide Variants mode Nov 02, 2023 v8.9: Easier access to Manage Pick Lists tool Oct 25, 2023 v8.8: Pre-fill screen: Orange highlights and a Clear button Oct 16, 2023 v8.7.1: New in-app getting started tips Sep 14, 2023 v8.7.1: New in-app getting started tips Sep 13, 2023 v8.6: New Sync button on main screen Sep 06, 2023 v8.5: Modify the Creators and Character lists of your comic entries! Aug 21, 2023 v8.4: Use multiple folder levels May 21, 2023 v8.3: A new look for slabbed comics, plus 3 new slab-related fields Mar 06, 2023 v8.2: New report after Updating Key Info Jan 24, 2023 v8.1.4: New features for the Update Values report screen Nov 09, 2022 v8.1.3: New features for the Update Values report screen Nov 08, 2022 v8.1 Two improvements to the CovrPrice integration Oct 24, 2022 v8.0: Get comic values from CovrPrice! Oct 04, 2022

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