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Old 10-29-2018, 09:42 AM   #57
jackie_w
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Originally Posted by GeoffR View Post
So is it really true that Kobo have removed the old full-screen mode and replaced it with something that doesn't work as well?

Or is it still possible to get the old full-screen mode (where every pixel of the screen was usable in ePubs) if you have fullScreenReading=true under [Reading] in the config file?

I'm still on 4.8.11073, and I think I'll be staying there if there is no longer a proper full screen reading mode.

Edit: The old full-screen mode had these features, are they still possible with this firmware?
1. Top/bottom margin sizes were adjustable via the margins slider in KePubs (and, with a patch, in ePubs)
2. True full screen (every pixel usable for book content) possible in ePubs (and, with a patch, in KePubs)
I don't usually use fullscreen myself but I did some tests using 4.11.11911 on my ClaraHD with your previously-shared 'Margin Test' epub using the page with the "max-size empty box".

Header: The minimum I could achieve was 3.5mm for both epub/kepub if I set Show Title to OFF in Reading settings. I'm not sure that any of the current patches can reduce this. See here for my notes.

Footer: By default, with Reading settings Show Footer OFF, minimum footer is 4mm for epub/kepub. This can be reduced to 1.5mm by enabling the standard patch 'Disable reading footer' and setting Show Footer to ON. Thanks to MGlitch for that discovery.

Left/Right margins: Minimum is still zero for epub and for kepub (if standard patch 'Custom kepub default margins' is enabled)


By default the Margin slider only changes left/right margins, in both epub/kepub.

If your standard patch 'ePub fixed/adjustable top/bottom margins' is enabled then all 4 margins are adjusted in epub. However, as it stands, the top/bottom margins are bigger than the left/right margins. I suspect these adjustable top/bottom values are being added to the existing minimum top/bottom values. As I don't normally use this particular patch I don't know whether tweaking the patch can equalise them better. If you want a specific test doing, feel free to ask.
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