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Pjama · 10-24-2022, 12:27 PM

Recently purchased the Clara 2E - I absolutely love it. Back when I had a Libra, I could rotate to landscape mode, and if I made the font small enough in an epub, it would automatically change to a side by side page view that I loved.

Here is an old thread describing similar behavior: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=261624

I have added Landscape orientation to my Clara using NickelMenu - but this side by side view no longer appears on epubs. When I had the Libra, it would automatically appear at the two smallest settings. I am aware the two smallest settings are insanely small, by the way.

But I still want to be able to do this, if possible.

Here is my question - is it not possible, due to some kind of default setting in the firmware for the 6 inch readers? If so, is there a patch I can add to overwrite this setting?

Here is another question - does this action still happen automatically on the larger ereaders? - Libra, Forma, Sage, etc. Not naming them all

Or was this ability removed in one of the firmware updates?

Thanks for any info. I'm aware this is a niche interest. I'm also aware I could use KOReader to do this, but as I am using my Kobo pretty much exclusively for library books, that is not an option for me.

10-24-2022, 12:27 PM	#1
Pjama Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 2347200 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: TX Device: Scribe and Libra Colour	Does Kobo no longer display in two column layout? Recently purchased the Clara 2E - I absolutely love it. Back when I had a Libra, I could rotate to landscape mode, and if I made the font small enough in an epub, it would automatically change to a side by side page view that I loved. Here is an old thread describing similar behavior: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=261624 I have added Landscape orientation to my Clara using NickelMenu - but this side by side view no longer appears on epubs. When I had the Libra, it would automatically appear at the two smallest settings. I am aware the two smallest settings are insanely small, by the way. But I still want to be able to do this, if possible. Here is my question - is it not possible, due to some kind of default setting in the firmware for the 6 inch readers? If so, is there a patch I can add to overwrite this setting? Here is another question - does this action still happen automatically on the larger ereaders? - Libra, Forma, Sage, etc. Not naming them all Or was this ability removed in one of the firmware updates? Thanks for any info. I'm aware this is a niche interest. I'm also aware I could use KOReader to do this, but as I am using my Kobo pretty much exclusively for library books, that is not an option for me.