table captions not displayed correctly

fdread · 04-03-2025, 06:53 AM

Hello,

I have several ePubs which are rendering "table captions" incorrectly by displaying the text vertically. The problem exists both on the ereader (Kobo) and in Calibre ePub viewer, so I guess it must be a code issue.
Please refer to the screenshots to visualize the problem.

Any suggestion where I could start my investigation to fix that issue?

Thanks in advance for your support.

fdread · 04-03-2025, 07:20 AM

Some more info about the styles... (after Calibre conversion)

PeterT · 04-03-2025, 10:33 AM

How many columns are in the table?
How wide are the columns?

I think what has happened is that there are too many columns so their width has been reduced forcing text to be wrapped.

Rather than displaying a screen shot of the CSS, it might be more useful to display the actual table definition (and ideally in a copy / paste from the ebook source and not as a screen shot).

Sent from my Pixel 7a using Tapatalk

fdread · 04-03-2025, 10:41 AM

Thanks. Here is what the full table looks like. The table itself is fine, only the "caption" has the issue

fdread · 04-03-2025, 11:44 AM

update:

I found that in the "less_space" class, there is a parameter "white-space: pre-wrap;". If I comment out that line, the formatting is correct.
Now trying to find out what that line means... but I actually have a solution :-)

04-03-2025, 06:53 AM	#1
fdread Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2025 Device: Kobo Libra Colour	table captions not displayed correctly Hello, I have several ePubs which are rendering "table captions" incorrectly by displaying the text vertically. The problem exists both on the ereader (Kobo) and in Calibre ePub viewer, so I guess it must be a code issue. Please refer to the screenshots to visualize the problem. Any suggestion where I could start my investigation to fix that issue? Thanks in advance for your support. Attached Thumbnails

04-03-2025, 07:20 AM	#2
fdread Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2025 Device: Kobo Libra Colour	more info... Some more info about the styles... (after Calibre conversion) Attached Thumbnails Last edited by fdread; 04-03-2025 at 07:21 AM. Reason: fixed attachments

04-03-2025, 10:33 AM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,698 Karma: 79983758 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	How many columns are in the table? How wide are the columns? I think what has happened is that there are too many columns so their width has been reduced forcing text to be wrapped. Rather than displaying a screen shot of the CSS, it might be more useful to display the actual table definition (and ideally in a copy / paste from the ebook source and not as a screen shot). Sent from my Pixel 7a using Tapatalk Last edited by PeterT; 04-03-2025 at 10:35 AM.

04-03-2025, 10:41 AM	#4
fdread Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2025 Device: Kobo Libra Colour	Thanks. Here is what the full table looks like. The table itself is fine, only the "caption" has the issue Attached Thumbnails

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04-03-2025, 11:44 AM	#5
fdread Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2025 Device: Kobo Libra Colour	update: I found that in the "less_space" class, there is a parameter "white-space: pre-wrap;". If I comment out that line, the formatting is correct. Now trying to find out what that line means... but I actually have a solution :-)

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