[Nabodita]

Let me start by saying that I'm only facing this issue on the iOS version of Aldiko Book Reader... the formatting works in the android version so this may be a bug.

I have a contents page where I have the chapter numbers (in roman numerals) and the name of each chapter. I want the numbers right-aligned and the chapter names left-aligned. See the first screenshot attached below.

In order to style the numbers differently from the names, the chapter names and the chapter numbers are placed in separate <span> tags within a containing <p> tag. I have one <p> tag for each entry in the html TOC.

In my XHTML:

<div id="contentsContainer">
    <p>
        <span class="rightAlign">I.</span>
        <span class="left-align">Down the rabbit-hole</span>
    </p>

    <p>
        <span class="rightAlign">II.</span>
        <span class="left-align">The pool of tears</span>
    </p>
</div>

In my CSS:

div#contentsContainer {
    width: 75%;
    margin: 1em 12%;
    text-align: center
}

/* Formatting unrelated to floating text */

div#contentsContainer p {
    font-family:"Some Font";
    font-size: 1em;
    margin-top: 0.8em;
    margin-bottom: 0.8em;
}

/* Format chapter numbers */
/* Give the <span> a width, float it left and right-align */

span.rightAlign {
    display: block
    width: 15%;
    float: left;
    text-align: right;
}

/* Format chapter names */

span.leftAlign {
    display: block;
    text-align: left;
    text-indent: 0.5em; /* Little space between number and name */
}

This CSS floats the <span> containing the chapter numbers to the left of the containing <div> and then places the <span> containing the chapter names up against it.

This code works for all the apps and e-readers which I've tested on except Aldiko Book Reader for iOS. In Aldiko, the floated text is simply missing. See the second screenshot.

Note: I've only added borders to make it easier to understand the layout of the page.

Can anyone spot if I've missed something? Or is it a bug which needs to be reported?

Thanks in advance
Nabodita