TOC incomplete

Gunivortus · 06-20-2022, 06:18 AM

The format of each chapter title is set in H2.
Checked that also in PageEdit.
Creating a table of contents only shows the first chapter title.
How can I get a complete TOC?

Turtle91 · 06-20-2022, 08:56 AM

It works fine in my testing. Perhaps you can provide a little more information - what Sigil version - what OS - an example of the html code (<h2> tags) that isn't working - any applicable CSS. That would help us to help you much better.

DiapDealer · 06-20-2022, 09:00 AM

In addition:

EPUB2 or EPUB3? Is it NCX/NAV generation, or an HTML toc being generated from one of either of those? Where is it only showing the first chapter title? in Sigil? Or in a particular reading app/devices's navigation menu?

KevinH · 06-20-2022, 09:01 AM

Works for me as well Perhaps epub3 but ereader using ncx not nav and user did not update ncx from nav?

Gunivortus · 06-20-2022, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

It works fine in my testing. Perhaps you can provide a little more information - what Sigil version - what OS - an example of the html code (<h2> tags) that isn't working - any applicable CSS. That would help us to help you much better.

Wrote the text in LibreOffice, all parts are attributed to Styles.
Exported it to epub3.
Opened it in Sigil, version Sigil-1.9.10-Windows-x64, running under Windows 11.

This is the first chapter title in the html and it is found creating the TOC:

<h2 class="para7"><span class="span1">Omdat een voorwoord of inleiding nu eenmaal hoort ...</span></h2>

This is the second chapter title and it not found for the table of contents:

<h2 class="para7"><span class="span1">… </span><span class="span1">over het boek en zijn titel</span></h2>

It is the same with all next chapters....

The TOC.xhtml shows:

<body>
<div class="sgc-toc-title">Table of Contents</div>
<div class="sgc-toc-level-1">
<a href="section0001.xhtml">Eike van Repgow en zijn Saksenspiegel</a>
</div>
</body>

KevinH · 06-20-2022, 11:15 AM

Are those additional chapter files shown properly in BookBrowser? Are they properly listed in the opf spine?

Why doesn't your first toc entry match your text? Did you use Create HTML Table of Contents menu item? Please run the Well Formed check tool to verify your xhtml is not broken.

DiapDealer · 06-20-2022, 11:21 AM

I copied your code (verbatim) into two separate chapter files of a blank EPUB3, and both entries are created in both the NAV.xhtml (Generate Table of Contents) and the TOC.xhtml (Create HTML Table of Contents).

KevinH · 06-20-2022, 11:26 AM

Ah ... he did not create the Table of Contents (nav under epub3) first so the TOC tool had nothing to work with. He did the Create HTML Table of Contents first with out ever generating the nav in the first place.

Please try running the menu item Tools->Table of Contents -> Generate Table of Contents first.

That will provide you with a menu for you to select which headers it found and what you want to include into your Table of Contents..

That info used for the nav is them used to generate an HTML Table of Contents when it is asked for using the Tools->Table of Contents->Create HTML Table of Contents.

An HTML TOC is optional, but the nav is required to have a valid epub3.

Gunivortus · 06-20-2022, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I copied your code (verbatim) into two separate chapter files of a blank EPUB3, and both entries are created in the both the NAV.xhtml (Generate Table of Contents) and the TOC.xhtml (Create HTML Table of Contents).

Oh.... I only clicked the "Create HTML Table of contents".
Didn'r know I had to do first the Generate Table of contents.

Now it works.

Thank you all!

DiapDealer · 06-20-2022, 12:59 PM

You must have run it some point in order for it to pick up the first chapter, but... yes, as Kevin noted, the HTML ToC is created from the internal ToC (NAV with EPUB3, or NCX with EPUB2). So the NAV (or NCX with EPUB2) needs to have everything you want in it whenever Create HTML ToC is run.

Turtle91 · 06-20-2022, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

You must have run it some point in order for it to pick up the first chapter, but... yes, as Kevin noted, the HTML ToC is created from the internal ToC (NAV with EPUB3, or NCX with EPUB2). So the NAV (or NCX with EPUB2) needs to have everything you want in it whenever Create HTML ToC is run.

Just wondering if a 'fix' could be added to the bottom of the to-do list...

Code:

if createHTMLToC is empty:
    show warning and ask if they want to run CreateToC

???

KevinH · 06-20-2022, 02:20 PM

No, not having any toc of any sort (nav or ncx) is the issue. How could you create a HTML-version of a TOC without one? Perhaps, I will add a comment in the user guide about that a ToC must exist before running Create HTML Table of Contents.

Or perhaps change menu entry and or Tooltip to:

Create HTML file from current Table of Contents

DiapDealer · 06-20-2022, 03:42 PM

Also note that if this is something that continuously trips someone up, one can always create an Automated List that generates the internal TOC, and then creates the HTML toc from it. It can be an automation of its own, or be part of an exiting automation run.

Doitsu · 06-20-2022, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

Just wondering if a 'fix' could be added to the bottom of the to-do list...

Code:

if createHTMLToC is empty:
    show warning and ask if they want to run CreateToC

???

I like the idea.

theducks · 06-20-2022, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Also note that if this is something that continuously trips someone up, one can always create an Automated List that generates the internal TOC, and then creates the HTML toc from it. It can be an automation of its own, or be part of an exiting automation run.

Why not add a tick box to the NCX TOC tool to auto gen (after it completes) the HTML one, since that order is needed?

06-20-2022, 06:18 AM	#1
Gunivortus Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2019 Device: Onyx Boox Note 3	TOC incomplete The format of each chapter title is set in H2. Checked that also in PageEdit. Creating a table of contents only shows the first chapter title. How can I get a complete TOC?

06-20-2022, 09:01 AM	#4
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,714 Karma: 5444398 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Works for me as well Perhaps epub3 but ereader using ncx not nav and user did not update ncx from nav? Last edited by KevinH; 06-20-2022 at 11:12 AM.

06-20-2022, 11:15 AM	#6
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,714 Karma: 5444398 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Are those additional chapter files shown properly in BookBrowser? Are they properly listed in the opf spine? Why doesn't your first toc entry match your text? Did you use Create HTML Table of Contents menu item? Please run the Well Formed check tool to verify your xhtml is not broken. Last edited by KevinH; 06-20-2022 at 11:21 AM.

06-20-2022, 11:21 AM	#7
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,588 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I copied your code (verbatim) into two separate chapter files of a blank EPUB3, and both entries are created in both the NAV.xhtml (Generate Table of Contents) and the TOC.xhtml (Create HTML Table of Contents). Last edited by DiapDealer; 06-20-2022 at 12:33 PM.

06-20-2022, 11:26 AM	#8
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,714 Karma: 5444398 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Ah ... he did not create the Table of Contents (nav under epub3) first so the TOC tool had nothing to work with. He did the Create HTML Table of Contents first with out ever generating the nav in the first place. Please try running the menu item Tools->Table of Contents -> Generate Table of Contents first. That will provide you with a menu for you to select which headers it found and what you want to include into your Table of Contents.. That info used for the nav is them used to generate an HTML Table of Contents when it is asked for using the Tools->Table of Contents->Create HTML Table of Contents. An HTML TOC is optional, but the nav is required to have a valid epub3. Last edited by KevinH; 06-20-2022 at 11:38 AM.

06-20-2022, 08:56 AM	#2
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 18727091 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	It works fine in my testing. Perhaps you can provide a little more information - what Sigil version - what OS - an example of the html code (<h2> tags) that isn't working - any applicable CSS. That would help us to help you much better.

06-20-2022, 09:00 AM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,588 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	In addition: EPUB2 or EPUB3? Is it NCX/NAV generation, or an HTML toc being generated from one of either of those? Where is it only showing the first chapter title? in Sigil? Or in a particular reading app/devices's navigation menu?

06-20-2022, 12:59 PM	#10
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,588 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	You must have run it some point in order for it to pick up the first chapter, but... yes, as Kevin noted, the HTML ToC is created from the internal ToC (NAV with EPUB3, or NCX with EPUB2). So the NAV (or NCX with EPUB2) needs to have everything you want in it whenever Create HTML ToC is run. Last edited by DiapDealer; 06-20-2022 at 01:02 PM.

06-20-2022, 02:20 PM	#12
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,714 Karma: 5444398 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	No, not having any toc of any sort (nav or ncx) is the issue. How could you create a HTML-version of a TOC without one? Perhaps, I will add a comment in the user guide about that a ToC must exist before running Create HTML Table of Contents. Or perhaps change menu entry and or Tooltip to: Create HTML file from current Table of Contents Last edited by KevinH; 06-20-2022 at 03:05 PM.

06-20-2022, 03:42 PM	#13
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,588 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Also note that if this is something that continuously trips someone up, one can always create an Automated List that generates the internal TOC, and then creates the HTML toc from it. It can be an automation of its own, or be part of an exiting automation run.

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