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davidfor · 10-02-2021, 02:01 AM

That does help, but, as much help was when I did some highlighting last night while reading and remembered a known bug.

Line 18 in that file is the second paragraph. When I read the book, this paragraph went over the page break. And there is a long standing bug in the firmware with annotations that include the last word in a paragraph that goes over page break. If you try to long-press on that word, it won't select or show the dictionary, it will turn the page or show the menu bars depending on where the word is on the screen. If you start selecting from earlier in the paragraph up until the end of the paragraph, the highlight menu will be shown and save, but not shown in the book. If you change the settings (font size, line spacing or margins) so that the paragraph is on one page, the highlight will be shown properly.

It is a little more complicated by exactly what is at the end of the paragraph. If there is only a single punctuation mark, you will see this problem. If there a multiple, usually a full-stop and a quote, the selection works properly.

This bug only affects epubs. And it is a long-standing bug. Kobo should know about it, but, I always recommend reporting them so that they know people are concerned about them.

10-02-2021, 02:01 AM	#7
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	That does help, but, as much help was when I did some highlighting last night while reading and remembered a known bug. Line 18 in that file is the second paragraph. When I read the book, this paragraph went over the page break. And there is a long standing bug in the firmware with annotations that include the last word in a paragraph that goes over page break. If you try to long-press on that word, it won't select or show the dictionary, it will turn the page or show the menu bars depending on where the word is on the screen. If you start selecting from earlier in the paragraph up until the end of the paragraph, the highlight menu will be shown and save, but not shown in the book. If you change the settings (font size, line spacing or margins) so that the paragraph is on one page, the highlight will be shown properly. It is a little more complicated by exactly what is at the end of the paragraph. If there is only a single punctuation mark, you will see this problem. If there a multiple, usually a full-stop and a quote, the selection works properly. This bug only affects epubs. And it is a long-standing bug. Kobo should know about it, but, I always recommend reporting them so that they know people are concerned about them.