Help with TOC and Toc entries.

coneheadZombie · 01-25-2019, 02:30 AM

So guys im making an ebook of my an light novel called Overlord from scratch and im having a small problem with the TOC entries.

All the chapters are divided into parts like Part 1, Part 2 etc as shown below:
Here is a screenshot of the pdf.

Spoiler:

These Parts are supposed to show up below the Chapter title but once i add both Chapter title and Part 1,Part 2 to TOC, they show up on different pages on the ebook reader. Like this :

Spoiler:

So is there any way i can make both the titles and Parts appear on the same page and yet have them on TOC.

DiapDealer · 01-25-2019, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coneheadZombie

So is there any way i can make both the titles and Parts appear on the same page and yet have them on TOC.

The short answer is Yes. But only if they are both part of the same html file. If the Title is in one html file and the Part in another, then no. You can't do anything that would make a reading application or device "join" them.

As far as the ToC goes; you don't mention whether it's an html toc or the structural ncx type, but it shouldn't matter. As long as you give the Part heading an id, you can make the link in the ToC point to a "fragment":

Title

Code:

href="../Text/myhtmlfile.xhtml

and Part

Code:

href="../Text/myhtmlfile.xhtml#part1_id"

Also make sure there's no css being applied to either the Title or the Part (or their containing divs if they have any) that would trigger such a page break. Something like:

page-break-before="always" or page-break-after="always"

- will trigger a page-break even if both are part of the same html file.

coneheadZombie · 01-25-2019, 09:32 AM

Thanks for the reply.

Well , both the Chapter and Part are in the same .xhtml file.
The only css im using is span(drop cap) no page-break is being applied.
Im using .ncx toc.

This is what the Chapter2.xhtml file looks like right now :

Spoiler:

and the Toc.ncx is :

Spoiler:

So the problem might because of the dropcap span ?
but is there any way i can use css with these ?

DiapDealer · 01-25-2019, 10:45 AM

If there's no css specifying a page-break and everything is a part of the same html file, then the only explanation I have, is that it's an artifact of the particular app/device you're using to preview it. Have you tested it on anything else?

coneheadZombie · 01-27-2019, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

If there's no css specifying a page-break and everything is a part of the same html file, then the only explanation I have, is that it's an artifact of the particular app/device you're using to preview it. Have you tested it on anything else?

So i finally got some time to test it on other apps, it is as you said.
I didn't find this problem on any of the desktop readers.

Thanks for the help.

01-25-2019, 02:30 AM	#1
coneheadZombie Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Moon+Reader (Android)	Help with TOC and Toc entries. So guys im making an ebook of my an light novel called Overlord from scratch and im having a small problem with the TOC entries. All the chapters are divided into parts like Part 1, Part 2 etc as shown below: Here is a screenshot of the pdf. Spoiler: These Parts are supposed to show up below the Chapter title but once i add both Chapter title and Part 1,Part 2 to TOC, they show up on different pages on the ebook reader. Like this : Spoiler: and So is there any way i can make both the titles and Parts appear on the same page and yet have them on TOC.

01-25-2019, 09:32 AM	#3
coneheadZombie Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Moon+Reader (Android)	Thanks for the reply. Well , both the Chapter and Part are in the same .xhtml file. The only css im using is span(drop cap) no page-break is being applied. Im using .ncx toc. This is what the Chapter2.xhtml file looks like right now : Spoiler: Code: <body> <div id="header"> <h3> <span class="dc">O</span>VERLORD <span class="dc">V</span>OLUME <span class="dc">2</span> </h3> <hr id="bottomline"/> <h3>CHAPTER 2</h3> <h3>JOURNEY</h3> </div> <div> <h4 id="toc_1">Part 1</h4> some <p>'s </div </body> and the Toc.ncx is : Spoiler: Code: <navPoint id="num_10" playOrder="10"> <navLabel> <text>CHAPTER 2 - Journey</text> </navLabel> <content src="Chapter2.xhtml"/> <navPoint id="num_11" playOrder="11"> <navLabel> <text>Part 1</text> </navLabel> <content src="Chapter2.xhtml#toc_2"/> </navPoint> </navPoint> So the problem might because of the dropcap span ? but is there any way i can use css with these ?

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01-25-2019, 10:45 AM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,570 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	If there's no css specifying a page-break and everything is a part of the same html file, then the only explanation I have, is that it's an artifact of the particular app/device you're using to preview it. Have you tested it on anything else?

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