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twowheels · 10-06-2020, 08:51 PM

I just installed KOReader on my Clara and have been enjoying it very much -- WAY more than I expected to, and yet another reason just hit me.

Per-book CSS is a feature that I thought I'd never use, I'm just not that picky, but I've been reading a book that frequently switches streams without a chapter break or any real warning other than a small amount of extra space between the paragraphs. More than once I've had to go back and re-read a paragraph when I realized that the book had switched to a completely different thread and try to figure out what was going on.

Anyhow, I've been struggling with this for 3 or 4 days, but today I realized that since I've switched to KOReader I could take advantage of the built in CSS customizations. I noticed that the paragraphs that weren't indented had their own style (thanks to the HTML viewer for a given selection), so I was able to just add a very simple line:

p.paranoident { border-top:2px solid }

...and now I have a nice visual break between sections!

It's the little things like this that really add up! Yes, I could edit my original book file, but to be able to just do it on the fly, on the device, without having to re-copy the file was a game-changer!

10-06-2020, 08:51 PM	#1
twowheels Wizard Posts: 1,854 Karma: 13432974 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD, iPad Pro 10", iPhone 15 Pro, Boox Note Max	In praise of per book custom CSS I just installed KOReader on my Clara and have been enjoying it very much -- WAY more than I expected to, and yet another reason just hit me. Per-book CSS is a feature that I thought I'd never use, I'm just not that picky, but I've been reading a book that frequently switches streams without a chapter break or any real warning other than a small amount of extra space between the paragraphs. More than once I've had to go back and re-read a paragraph when I realized that the book had switched to a completely different thread and try to figure out what was going on. Anyhow, I've been struggling with this for 3 or 4 days, but today I realized that since I've switched to KOReader I could take advantage of the built in CSS customizations. I noticed that the paragraphs that weren't indented had their own style (thanks to the HTML viewer for a given selection), so I was able to just add a very simple line: p.paranoident { border-top:2px solid } ...and now I have a nice visual break between sections! It's the little things like this that really add up! Yes, I could edit my original book file, but to be able to just do it on the fly, on the device, without having to re-copy the file was a game-changer!