Add a "Create Book" button to the shelves. #1028

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-04T23:27:06+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:27:06 +03:00

Originally created by @Nebucatnetzer on GitHub (Feb 5, 2019).

Describe the feature you'd like
A button which would allow to create a new book in the current bookshelf.

Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users
It would make it easier to create a book which would belong to a shelf right from the start.
At the moment I have to:

Create a book.
Go to the bookshelf.
Edit the bookshelf.
Move the book into the shelf.
Open the book.
Create content.

With the button I could:

Go to the shelf.
Create the book.
Create content.

Additional context
Books and chapters already work this way. Therefore it would be quite logical if the highest element in the structure would work the same way.

Originally created by @Nebucatnetzer on GitHub (Feb 5, 2019). **Describe the feature you'd like** A button which would allow to create a new book in the current bookshelf. **Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users** It would make it easier to create a book which would belong to a shelf right from the start. At the moment I have to: 1. Create a book. 2. Go to the bookshelf. 3. Edit the bookshelf. 4. Move the book into the shelf. 5. Open the book. 6. Create content. With the button I could: 1. Go to the shelf. 2. Create the book. 3. Create content. **Additional context** Books and chapters already work this way. Therefore it would be quite logical if the highest element in the structure would work the same way.

OVERLORD added the 🛠️ Enhancement 🏭 Back-End 💆 UX labels 2026-02-04 23:27:06 +03:00

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-04 23:27:10 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:27:13 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Feb 6, 2019):

Thanks for the suggestion.

This was mentioned in #1171 but is good to have this issue open as it is a separate requirement to that issue. Might possibly look at implementing this as part of #1153.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Feb 6, 2019): Thanks for the suggestion. This was mentioned in #1171 but is good to have this issue open as it is a separate requirement to that issue. Might possibly look at implementing this as part of #1153.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:27:16 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2019):

Thanks to @cw1998, This feature is now in master and will be in the next release. Therefore I'll close this request.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2019): Thanks to @cw1998, This feature is now in master and will be in the next release. Therefore I'll close this request.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 23:27:22 +03:00

@Nebucatnetzer commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2019):

Nice, thank you @cw1998!

@Nebucatnetzer commented on GitHub (Apr 15, 2019): Nice, thank you @cw1998!

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Reference: starred/BookStack#1028