Thread: Inline TOC makes a lot of ID= tags
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Old 05-01-2014, 08:24 PM   #1
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Inline TOC makes a lot of ID= tags
Code:
<ul class="level2">
        <li><a href="text/the_text.xhtml#u3dafb0a3-e4f3-4ce0-a10e-c333cb0e7178">Chapter 01 heading</a>

            <ul class="level3">
              <li><a href="text/the_text.xhtml#u718b5b2d-8977-4a91-bad9-40e70179b583">Topic 01.01 heading</a></li>
              <li><a href="text/the_text.xhtml#u55fec99b-4e1f-4364-9825-2573328a698c">Topic 01.02 heading</a></li>
              <li><a href="text/the_text.xhtml#u1056602a-62da-4b26-bcaa-7b939c5fbdaa">Topic 01.03 heading</a></li>
            </ul>
If I have a simple (hopefully clean) epub (test-toc2.epub) and generate an inline TOC (test-toc2-after.epub), it seems like the <li> lines all have an ID.

It doesn't seem to hurt anything and I RegEx them out, but

Q1 - Do they serve any purpose that I'm not aware of?
Q2 - Kovid -- would it be possible to avoid generating them ... please? I personally prefer a very clean epub since I'm old and get confused easily

Thanks
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