Searching within stylesheet.css?

fogice · 03-31-2025, 05:02 PM

Is there a way to search through the stylesheet for certain elements? For instance, I have a book where the author decided that everything needed lots of space between the lines. So I want to search stylesheet.css for 'line-height' and delete those lines. But the Calibre Editor says that "No matches were found".

Anyone know how to accomplish this?

Comfy.n · 03-31-2025, 05:18 PM

Tools -> Filter style

JSWolf · 03-31-2025, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by fogice

Is there a way to search through the stylesheet for certain elements? For instance, I have a book where the author decided that everything needed lots of space between the lines. So I want to search stylesheet.css for 'line-height' and delete those lines. But the Calibre Editor says that "No matches were found".

Anyone know how to accomplish this?

It may not be line height. It may bea margin settings. Looks at the average paragraph and see what the class is.

fogice · 03-31-2025, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Tools -> Filter style

Perfect, thanks!

fogice · 03-31-2025, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

It may not be line height. It may bea margin settings. Looks at the average paragraph and see what the class is.

I was looking at the stylesheet, and individually deleting the 15 different line-height classes worked, but that was the hard way.

rwmcafee · 03-31-2025, 05:57 PM

I just had a book that had a <p class> with a hidden space between each normal paragraph. Which then changed every few chapters.

So, you might have this problem too. You have to search for these code(s) and leave the replace with a blank.

Karellen · 03-31-2025, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by fogice

But the Calibre Editor says that "No matches were found".

For future reference, all you need to do is change the search mode to "All style files".
See image...

theducks · 03-31-2025, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by fogice

Is there a way to search through the stylesheet for certain elements? For instance, I have a book where the author decided that everything needed lots of space between the lines. So I want to search stylesheet.css for 'line-height' and delete those lines. But the Calibre Editor says that "No matches were found".

Anyone know how to accomplish this?

Quality Check Plugin: Search ePubs: <choice of where> <expression>,,,

fogice · 04-01-2025, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Karellen

For future reference, all you need to do is change the search mode to "All style files".
See image...

Another good option, thank you!

fogice · 04-01-2025, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Quality Check Plugin: Search ePubs: <choice of where> <expression>,,,

I keep trying to learn Regex, and it just doesn't stick. But this might help someone else.

theducks · 04-01-2025, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by fogice

I keep trying to learn Regex, and it just doesn't stick. But this might help someone else.

There are a couple of good tutorials here at MR.

Get yourself a REGEX cheat sheet.

The majority of my REGEX is basic level with a few intermediate

My Kobo hates letter spacing (OK I hate the results)
This is the simple REGEX I use to find book I have not fixed.

Code:

\s\s\sletter-spacing

The reason for the \s Any White space) is I comment out that line with the editor

Code:

\* letterspacing: the value; *\

, so it will not find again, but leave a note about the way it was.

capink · 04-04-2025, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by fogice

I was looking at the stylesheet, and individually deleting the 15 different line-height classes worked, but that was the hard way.

Calibre Editor > tools > transform styles

See the attached picture

Highroller · 04-04-2025, 06:18 PM

Sometimes the Calibre Editor doesn’t search the way you’d expect. You might try opening your stylesheet in a different text editor like Notepad++ or Sublime Text.

fogice · 04-08-2025, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by capink

Calibre Editor > tools > transform styles

See the attached picture

That's a pretty elegant method, thanks.

03-31-2025, 05:02 PM	#1
fogice Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 49504 Join Date: May 2014 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Searching within stylesheet.css? Is there a way to search through the stylesheet for certain elements? For instance, I have a book where the author decided that everything needed lots of space between the lines. So I want to search stylesheet.css for 'line-height' and delete those lines. But the Calibre Editor says that "No matches were found". Anyone know how to accomplish this?

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rwmcafee Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 2024 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Southern Idaho Device: Samsung Galaxy Tabs	I just had a book that had a <p class> with a hidden space between each normal paragraph. Which then changed every few chapters. So, you might have this problem too. You have to search for these code(s) and leave the replace with a blank.

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Highroller Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 338 Join Date: Nov 2004 Device: Ebookwise 1150, Jetbook Lite, Slick Er-701	Sometimes the Calibre Editor doesn’t search the way you’d expect. You might try opening your stylesheet in a different text editor like Notepad++ or Sublime Text.

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