How to add Buttons or links to other pages in the book?

20Gt · 01-06-2015, 05:48 PM

Hi
I'm making a choose your own ending book where the reader makes choices through out the book. Depending on what they choose the book takes them through different adventures. how do I add links or anchors to different pages?

BetterRed · 01-06-2015, 05:56 PM

@20Gt a tool was added to the editor last week to help do just that ==>> see calibre - What's new, there's a link there to some doco, you'll need to have version 2.15 installed to make use of it

BR

eschwartz · 01-06-2015, 05:58 PM

Use an html link.

Code:

<a href="path/to/file.xhtml#optional-element-id">text of link</a>

And the editor will now autocomplete the filepaths! (Brand new feature in the latest release.)

Edit: Great minds think alike.

20Gt · 01-06-2015, 06:27 PM

is this the feature?
Edit Book: Add auto-completion for links.
um "After you type the # character, the editor will show you a list of all anchors in the target file" I don't get it.

i typed the# but nothing happened? how exactly does this work?

BetterRed · 01-06-2015, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 20Gt

is this the feature?
Edit Book: Add auto-completion for links.

Yep, you have to put the anchor into the target location (if you want somewhere other than top of file) - I'm not sure of the calibre book-editor has something that will help do that, Sigil has an Insert ID feature.

@eschwartz - it's easy to remember what was in last week's release, it's last month's, or year's releases that trouble me

BR

20Gt · 01-06-2015, 06:54 PM

ok i pasted this <a href="path/to/file.xhtml#optional-element-id">text of link</a>

now i see whgere the# is and it does work but is there a hot key or do i have to paste and edit every time?

eschwartz · 01-06-2015, 07:05 PM

The snippet I posted was an instructional example.

path/to/file.xhtml is a suggestion that you will want to put the path to the file you want to link to.

The completion popup will help you deal with those, just start typing any part of the filename.

01-06-2015, 05:48 PM	#1
20Gt Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Android	How to add Buttons or links to other pages in the book? Hi I'm making a choose your own ending book where the reader makes choices through out the book. Depending on what they choose the book takes them through different adventures. how do I add links or anchors to different pages?

01-06-2015, 05:58 PM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Use an html link. Code: <a href="path/to/file.xhtml#optional-element-id">text of link</a> And the editor will now autocomplete the filepaths! (Brand new feature in the latest release.) Edit: Great minds think alike. Last edited by eschwartz; 01-06-2015 at 06:01 PM. Reason: ninjaed

01-06-2015, 06:27 PM	#4
20Gt Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Android	This? is this the feature? Edit Book: Add auto-completion for links. um "After you type the # character, the editor will show you a list of all anchors in the target file" I don't get it. i typed the# but nothing happened? how exactly does this work? Last edited by 20Gt; 01-06-2015 at 06:51 PM.

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01-06-2015, 05:56 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,568 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@20Gt a tool was added to the editor last week to help do just that ==>> see calibre - What's new, there's a link there to some doco, you'll need to have version 2.15 installed to make use of it BR

01-06-2015, 06:54 PM	#6
20Gt Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Android	ok i pasted this <a href="path/to/file.xhtml#optional-element-id">text of link</a> now i see whgere the# is and it does work but is there a hot key or do i have to paste and edit every time?

01-06-2015, 07:05 PM	#7
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	The snippet I posted was an instructional example. path/to/file.xhtml is a suggestion that you will want to put the path to the file you want to link to. The completion popup will help you deal with those, just start typing any part of the filename.