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clairvoyant · 02-04-2024, 06:03 AM

I'm reading programming books on my Kobo Libra H2O and having issues with the highlighting. Whenever I highlight a sentence with a programming/code syntax, my highlight disappears when I click somewhere else on the page.

At first, I only noticed it on code blocks and thought it was related to <pre> blocks, although I'm not sure if ebooks contain those. Then I stumbled upon this sentence that had the same issue:

"However, while id and type should be familiar from native HTML, htmlFor might be new to you."

I can't tell if these keywords just have a different font or if they are using some other hidden markup. I played around with the reading font on the device and got it to show the whole sentence in the same font. It inhibits the reading experience a bit since I can't distinguish the keywords but solves the highlighting issue I had with that specific sentence.

Unfortunately, the code blocks still have the same issue.

Is there any workaround to this?

02-04-2024, 06:03 AM	#1
clairvoyant Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2021 Device: Kobo Libra H2O	Can't highlight text that contains code syntax I'm reading programming books on my Kobo Libra H2O and having issues with the highlighting. Whenever I highlight a sentence with a programming/code syntax, my highlight disappears when I click somewhere else on the page. At first, I only noticed it on code blocks and thought it was related to <pre> blocks, although I'm not sure if ebooks contain those. Then I stumbled upon this sentence that had the same issue: "However, while id and type should be familiar from native HTML, htmlFor might be new to you." I can't tell if these keywords just have a different font or if they are using some other hidden markup. I played around with the reading font on the device and got it to show the whole sentence in the same font. It inhibits the reading experience a bit since I can't distinguish the keywords but solves the highlighting issue I had with that specific sentence. Unfortunately, the code blocks still have the same issue. Is there any workaround to this?