Cloud Reader default indents (override?)

[Gramlin]

Hi, I could use a quick hand.

Cloud Reader displays text-indents by default. A client is unhappy. The book I've formatted for him uses indents in specific places. I've used css classes for those.

Help: I need to override Cloud Reader's default paragraph first-line indents.

If I define <p> as zero-indent and a special class for indented text, might that work? e.g.

p { 
text-indent: 0px;
}

p.indented {
text-indent: 10px;
}

EDIT: Or perhaps put the override into body {}?

[JSWolf]

p is best defined as what you most use. Thus, p would have an indent. You create the class that has an indent of 0 and use that when you don't want an indent. Also, use em such as 1.2em and not px. px can cause problems changing settings.

[Gramlin]

Thanks for reply. Do you know a good way to test documents in the Kindle Cloud Reader, without having to publish the book first?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Gramlin

Thanks for reply. Do you know a good way to test documents in the Kindle Cloud Reader, without having to publish the book first?

Sorry, I don't.

[Gramlin]

Thanks again (and sorry for duplicating this thread elsewhere).

Cloud reader has frustrated me as I can't really sandbox anything, and it appears to be using a different default. I want no indent to be standard.

In a couple of other books a formatted previously, I let <p> remain undefined and it was not a problem on all my devices and every app I tried.

The book I am working on today requires there to be no indents, except in a few specific places. I did have <p> undefined and <p class="indent"> for the few odd occasions I needed it.

This was working a treat until someone tried it on Cloud Reader.

[jhowell]

The display of paragraphs indented by default is also the normal behavior of Kindle devices that use the older MOBI format, so it isn't only the Cloud Reader that will display your book like this.

You can use Kindle Previewer 2.94 with the device type set for E-ink/Kindle DX to see how your book will display on older Kindle devices.

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You should probably ask a moderator to move this thread to the Kindle Formats forum. That is where issues like this are discussed.

[Gramlin]

Thanks Jhowell. I thought I recalled the previewer being rather more useful once. I must have updated to version 3 at some point. I don't do this sort of formatting often enough, really.

[Gramlin]

This is solved now.

Defining CSS for <p> with zero text-indent stopped Cloud Reader indenting. Well, of course.

Readers should be aware it did nothing to help with 'Look Inside' but I expect you already know about that.

Thanks for comments, the old Previewer in DX e-ink mode did basically reflect the behaviour of the Cloud Reader in this aspect.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Gramlin

This is solved now.

Defining CSS for <p> with zero text-indent stopped Cloud Reader indenting. Well, of course.

Readers should be aware it did nothing to help with 'Look Inside' but I expect you already know about that.

Thanks for comments, the old Previewer in DX e-ink mode did basically reflect the behaviour of the Cloud Reader in this aspect.

Are you saying you are selling eBooks with no indents and paragraph spaces? No indents are harder to read when you reading long text such as a book.

[NullNix]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Are you saying you are selling eBooks with no indents and paragraph spaces? No indents are harder to read when you reading long text such as a book.

Quite. This is best described as a minor typographic abomination.