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Jellby · 08-23-2021, 02:46 PM

Would there be any interest in implementing/using a "chapterbar" like I had in e.g. Gulliver's Travels?

The idea would be an additional progress bar above or below the main progress bar, that shows only the pages in the current chapter, but with visible page boundaries, like a row of little boxes, one per page. Ideally all pages would be the same size, so short chapter would have short bars, long chapters longer bars (hoping that there are not many 100+ page chapters). Then one could use different shades for previous pages, current page, and following pages, and let the user do the counting, I think it could be intuitive for everyone.

So if you're currently on page 7 out of 10 in the chapter, it could look something like:

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08-23-2021, 02:46 PM	#29
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,551 Karma: 19500001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Would there be any interest in implementing/using a "chapterbar" like I had in e.g. Gulliver's Travels? The idea would be an additional progress bar above or below the main progress bar, that shows only the pages in the current chapter, but with visible page boundaries, like a row of little boxes, one per page. Ideally all pages would be the same size, so short chapter would have short bars, long chapters longer bars (hoping that there are not many 100+ page chapters). Then one could use different shades for previous pages, current page, and following pages, and let the user do the counting, I think it could be intuitive for everyone. So if you're currently on page 7 out of 10 in the chapter, it could look something like: Code: [#\|#\|#\|#\|#\|#\|o\| \| \| ]