Help needed with ToC editor

[Keybounce]

I attempted to use the ToC editor to add some new ToC entries inside an existing chapter.

I wound up with 28 different links all to the same place.

<navPoint id="num_12" playOrder="12">
<navLabel>
<text>sub-3</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="OEBPS/file0022.xhtml#toc_1"/>
</navPoint>
<navPoint id="num_13" playOrder="13">
<navLabel>
<text>sub-4</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="OEBPS/file0022.xhtml#toc_1"/>
</navPoint>
<navPoint id="num_14" playOrder="14">
<navLabel>
<text>sub-5</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="OEBPS/file0022.xhtml#toc_1"/>
</navPoint>

To make matters worse, #toc_1 is at the start of the file, not where any of the places I clicked and verified the ever increasing percentage of the way through number.

So, what's the proper way to use this?

What I did:
Point to the entry at the start of chapter 22
New entry inside this entry.
Search for "~~~"
Target that with the mouse.
Verify that I was at the "div" tag that contained the ~~~.
Verify that each one had a larger percentage of the way through.
Save each one (the first ~~~, the second ~~~, the third ~~~, etc).

Wind up with ... not what I expected.

[theducks]

You need unique (per file, at a minimum) Anchors at the mid points in a file to land on. (id="blah-blah")

[Keybounce]

Dang. I was expecting that it would insert anchors as needed for the ToC to reference.

[retiredbiker]

Originally Posted by Keybounce

Dang. I was expecting that it would insert anchors as needed for the ToC to reference.

It sounds like you did it right, and here is what I got when I just tried it:

Before inserting an entry: <p class="p_text_body">A bunch of stuff

After Inserting an entry: <p class="p_text_body" id="toc_3">A bunch of stuff

Did you give each entry a name before you hit OK?

EDIT: So I tried a few on your book and got this in the .ncx file:

<navLabel>
        <text>[BREATH] 001 - Enter, Part 1</text>
      </navLabel>
      <content src="chapter-1.html"/>
      <navPoint id="num_5" playOrder="5">
        <navLabel>
          <text>~1</text>
        </navLabel>
        <content src="chapter-1.html#toc_1"/>
      </navPoint>
      <navPoint id="num_6" playOrder="6">
        <navLabel>
          <text>~2</text>
        </navLabel>
        <content src="chapter-1.html#toc_2"/>
      </navPoint>
      <navPoint id="num_7" playOrder="7">
        <navLabel>
          <text>~3</text>
        </navLabel>
        <content src="chapter-1.html#toc_3"/>
      </navPoint>
    </navPoint>

The #toc_1, etc., were added automatically. I named the entries ~1, ~2, ~3. Here's how it looks in the Calibre viewer ToC panel:

[Keybounce]

So what happened that mine inserted the *same* anchor for every point, while yours inserted different anchors for every point?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Keybounce

So what happened that mine inserted the *same* anchor for every point, while yours inserted different anchors for every point?

Every file can use the same anchor name

file1#mid1.html
file2#mid1.html

It is the files name that is the uniqueness in this case.
Many of us avoid this simply because it is easier to spot missing items if they are sequences. Not because it is required