How do you turn off default text-indent <p> in Nook

DAntkowiak · 11-16-2011, 10:52 AM

I have been trying to turn off the default text-indent for the paragraphs in Nook.
This is my Css
p {
margin: 0;
text-align: left;
line-height: 1.5em;
text-indent: 0em;
}
Any ideas?

MickeyC · 11-16-2011, 01:10 PM

Hi DAntkowiak and welcome to MobileRead. If you don't get an answer here soon, try posting your question in our Nook section.

Dr. Drib · 11-16-2011, 07:28 PM

This member missed an opportunity to introduce himself to our community.

This thread has now been moved to the nook forum.

Don
(Moderator)

DAntkowiak · 11-17-2011, 09:53 AM

Sorry I'm a newbie. I am involved in testing epub and kindle files and happy to have your forum for support. Thanks for all the great information.
Donna

iammalone · 12-18-2011, 07:48 AM

Hi! I'm having the same issue. First lines will often come with an automatic text-indent, even if it's not defined in the stylesheet.

This issue was also discussed some time ago in passing here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=103533

For instance, on the Nook, for something that's supposed to be centred, it'll be off-center, slightly to the left. In ADE, Sigil, iPad, etc. it renders fine.

Is there any way around this? Even manually adding the following to book stylesheets doesn't seem to work:

Code:

p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, div, span { text-indent: 0em; }

Jim Lester · 12-19-2011, 07:25 PM

On the Nook Color, Tablet, and Simple Touch, at the bottom of the text options dialog there is a setting for "Publisher Defaults". If you turn this on then the only styling used will be the one in the ebub. If this is off (which is the default), then additional CSS will be inserted to change font, line spacing and margin as well as others.

iammalone · 12-23-2011, 12:21 PM

Thanks, Jim! That was very helpful!

DAntkowiak · 01-03-2012, 09:32 AM

Thank you Jim I will give that a try.

myrkr · 07-11-2013, 07:25 AM

I incidentally used a child selector to fix some inheritance issues for p tags that were not direct children of body. This seems to work for me on nook touch:

Code:

body > p{text-indent:0em;}

It seems that !important was ignored, but specificity was respected.

gbm · 07-11-2013, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DAntkowiak

I have been trying to turn off the default text-indent for the paragraphs in Nook.
This is my Css
p {
margin: 0;
text-align: left;
line-height: 1.5em;
text-indent: 0em;
}
Any ideas?

Use text-indent: 0; instead of text-indent: 0em;.

Here is a css stylesheet that works on my Nook, using the both the publisher defaults and the nook settings.

Spoiler:

Code:

.calibre {
    display: block;
    line-height: 1.2;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 3pt;
    margin-right: 3pt;
    margin-top: 0;
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-right: 0;
    text-align: justify
    }
.calibre1 {
    display: block;
    font-size: 1.5em;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 0.83em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0.83em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre10 {
    display: block;
    font-size: 1.17em;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre11 {
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre12 {
    font-size: smaller;.calibre {
    display: block;
    line-height: 1.2;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 3pt;
    margin-right: 3pt;
    margin-top: 0;
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-right: 0;
    text-align: justify
    }
.calibre1 {
    display: block;
    font-size: 1.5em;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 0.83em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0.83em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre10 {
    display: block;
    font-size: 1.17em;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre11 {
    display: block;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre12 {
    font-size: smaller;
    line-height: normal;
    vertical-align: super
    }
.calibre13 {
    text-decoration: underline
    }
.calibre14 {
    font-size: smaller;
    line-height: normal;
    vertical-align: sub
    }
.calibre15 {
    display: block;
    list-style-type: decimal;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre16 {
    display: list-item
    }
.calibre17 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 1em;
    margin-right: 1em;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: right;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre2 {
    font-weight: bold
    }
.calibre3 {
    display: block
    }
.calibre4 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 1em;
    margin-right: 1em;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre5 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre6 {
    display: block;
    font-size: 1.17em;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre7 {
    display: block;
    font-size: 2em;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 0.67em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0.67em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre8 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    text-indent: 2em
    }
.calibre9 {
    font-style: italic
    }
    line-height: normal;
    vertical-align: super
    }
.calibre13 {
    text-decoration: underline
    }
.calibre14 {
    font-size: smaller;
    line-height: normal;
    vertical-align: sub
    }
.calibre15 {
    display: block;
    list-style-type: decimal;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre16 {
    display: list-item
    }
.calibre17 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 1em;
    margin-right: 1em;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: right;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre2 {
    font-weight: bold
    }
.calibre3 {
    display: block
    }
.calibre4 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 1em;
    margin-right: 1em;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre5 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre6 {
    display: block;
    font-size: 1.17em;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre7 {
    display: block;
    font-size: 2em;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 0.67em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0.67em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre8 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    text-indent: 2em
    }
.calibre9 {
    font-style: italic
    }

bernie

11-16-2011, 10:52 AM	#1
DAntkowiak Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: nook, sony, kindle	How do you turn off default text-indent <p> in Nook I have been trying to turn off the default text-indent for the paragraphs in Nook. This is my Css p { margin: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0em; } Any ideas?

12-19-2011, 07:25 PM	#6
Jim Lester Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 14682 Join Date: May 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Device: Nook HD, Nook for Windows 8	On the Nook Color, Tablet, and Simple Touch, at the bottom of the text options dialog there is a setting for "Publisher Defaults". If you turn this on then the only styling used will be the one in the ebub. If this is off (which is the default), then additional CSS will be inserted to change font, line spacing and margin as well as others. Last edited by Jim Lester; 12-19-2011 at 07:30 PM.

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11-16-2011, 01:10 PM	#2
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi DAntkowiak and welcome to MobileRead. If you don't get an answer here soon, try posting your question in our Nook section.

11-16-2011, 07:28 PM	#3
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,320 Karma: 59447733 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	This member missed an opportunity to introduce himself to our community. This thread has now been moved to the nook forum. Don (Moderator)

11-17-2011, 09:53 AM	#4
DAntkowiak Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: nook, sony, kindle	Sorry I'm a newbie. I am involved in testing epub and kindle files and happy to have your forum for support. Thanks for all the great information. Donna

12-18-2011, 07:48 AM	#5
iammalone Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Nook Simple Touch	Hi! I'm having the same issue. First lines will often come with an automatic text-indent, even if it's not defined in the stylesheet. This issue was also discussed some time ago in passing here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=103533 For instance, on the Nook, for something that's supposed to be centred, it'll be off-center, slightly to the left. In ADE, Sigil, iPad, etc. it renders fine. Is there any way around this? Even manually adding the following to book stylesheets doesn't seem to work: Code: p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, div, span { text-indent: 0em; }

12-23-2011, 12:21 PM	#7
iammalone Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Nook Simple Touch	Thanks, Jim! That was very helpful!

01-03-2012, 09:32 AM	#8
DAntkowiak Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: nook, sony, kindle	Thank you Jim I will give that a try.

07-11-2013, 07:25 AM	#9
myrkr Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Nook Simple Touch	I incidentally used a child selector to fix some inheritance issues for p tags that were not direct children of body. This seems to work for me on nook touch: Code: body > p{text-indent:0em;} It seems that !important was ignored, but specificity was respected.

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