Colspan not rendering properly in MOBI format

modctek · 01-21-2012, 06:26 PM

I am trying to do a little creative formatting for my book (built in SIGIL) with the following:

Code:

<table>
<tr><td colspan="2"><hr></td></tr>
<tr><td>stuff</td><td>more stuff</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><hr></td></tr>
<table>

This renders fine in EPUB format, but on converting to MOBI, both the Kindle App and Calibre's viewer renders the two colspan rows at the bottom of the table. Anyone else getting this behavior? Any suggestions how to get around it?

BeccaPrice · 01-21-2012, 08:29 PM

I don't think colspan is supported in Mobi - Mobi doesn't deal well with tables, just in general, and certainly not complex ones.

modctek · 01-21-2012, 08:47 PM

According to Amazon's publishing guide, it should be, but clearly it's not!

01-21-2012, 06:26 PM	#1
modctek Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Acer A100	Colspan not rendering properly in MOBI format I am trying to do a little creative formatting for my book (built in SIGIL) with the following: Code: <table> <tr><td colspan="2"><hr></td></tr> <tr><td>stuff</td><td>more stuff</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><hr></td></tr> <table> This renders fine in EPUB format, but on converting to MOBI, both the Kindle App and Calibre's viewer renders the two colspan rows at the bottom of the table. Anyone else getting this behavior? Any suggestions how to get around it?

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01-21-2012, 08:29 PM	#2
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	I don't think colspan is supported in Mobi - Mobi doesn't deal well with tables, just in general, and certainly not complex ones.

01-21-2012, 08:47 PM	#3
modctek Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Acer A100	According to Amazon's publishing guide, it should be, but clearly it's not!

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