abbr tag problem

[henkwehe]

Possibly an old problem but I can not get out .
I use the tag < abbr title = " Get out , Satan ( Gr) "> Apage Satanas ! </ abbr> in a text.
Did the styles.ccs : abbr {border -bottom: 2px dotted black;} used .
In SIGIL is it visable.
The problem is that this is not shown in Adobe Reader ( 3 ) and the Linus FDReader (mint 17.1)

Does anyone have an idea ??
Henk

[Turtle91]

Other than your capital "A" in </Abbr> it appears that your syntax is correct according to W3Schools. For proper xhtml you need to use a lower case "a".

<abbr title="Get out, Satan (Gr)">Apage Satanas!</abbr>

css:
abbr {border-bottom: 2px dotted black}

I'm not sure, but it sounds like Adobe Reader/FDReader might not support the <abbr> tag?? I personally haven't used it before.

[henkwehe]

Originally Posted by Turtle91

Other than your capital "A" in </Abbr> it appears that your syntax is correct according to W3Schools. For proper xhtml you need to use a lower case "a".

<abbr title="Get out, Satan (Gr)">Apage Satanas!</abbr>

css:
abbr {border-bottom: 2px dotted black}

I'm not sure, but it sounds like Adobe Reader/FDReader might not support the <abbr> tag?? I personally haven't used it before.

I use in HTML the lower case correctly.

Henk

[theducks]

This is not really a Sigil issue, but a EPUB coding being ignored by devices issue.
It seems that Adobe strikes again. (This is not listed in the MR Adobe bug list https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/EPUB

[henkwehe]

MMM Thanks a lot, possible is there hope??

[DiapDealer]

If you're talking about the MouseOver balloon showing the details (contents of the title attribute) about the abbreviation, I don't think it's very realistic to expect that to work in anything but a browser/webkit situation. Certainly not in any RMSDK-based rendering system.

Wait ... what are you saying isn't visible? The dotted underline, or the mouseover text (or the main text)? I see the dotted underline and the main text in ADE 2.0.

[henkwehe]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

If you're talking about the MouseOver balloon showing the details (contents of the title attribute) about the abbreviation, I don't think it's very realistic to expect that to work in anything but a browser/webkit situation. Certainly not in any RMSDK-based rendering system.

Wait ... what are you saying isn't visible? The dotted underline, or the mouseover text (or the main text)? I see the dotted underline and the main text in ADE 2.0.

Only the bodytext is visible.

Henk

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by henkwehe

I use the tag < abbr title = " Get out , Satan ( Gr) "> Apage Satanas ! </ abbr> in a text.

As a rule of thumb, html/css elements for displaying hover text don't work with ePub2 readers/apps.

Originally Posted by henkwehe

The problem is that this is not shown in Adobe Reader ( 3 ) [...]

ADE 4 supports ePub3, but you'll need to convert your ePub2 to ePub3 with the ePub3 output plugin. (After ePub3 conversion your code will work as designed.)

Originally Posted by henkwehe

[...] and the Linus FDReader (mint 17.1)

FBReader is completely outdated. I'd recommend Azardi (freeware) or the Chromium Readium app for testing purposes. Both had no problems with the <abbr> tag (in ePub3 files).

[henkwehe]

Thank a lot for your professional help Doitsu.

Henk