Is there a way to add a code to the CSS to a bunch of books automatically/in batches?

[perisiana]

What the title says, I would like to add

a:link,
a:link * {
color: #000 !important;
text-decoration: none !important;
}

to all my books so to avoid the words with footnotes being highlighted since most of the times the normal settings are ignored and the word gets highlighted by default in some e-readers and reader apps.

Also if there's a better code tell me please.

It would be great if I could do it to many books at once.

Thanks!

[Jellby]

"color: inherit" instead of "color: #000", probably "text-decoration: inherit" too.

[Turtle91]

You might be able to use a grep program… but you’d need to make sure it can open a zip file (EPUB is actually a zipped file, just uses the .ePub extension) then find the appropriate .css file (sometimes there are several), make the change then save/close the epub.

Also, don’t use color:#000, it would make any links disappear if the user turned on night/dark mode… That’s one of the problems that breaks smashwords books…I’d use color:inherit instead.

Having said all that, there is definitely an argument to be made that you shouldn’t remove all indicators that something is a link…. How else will someone know that it is a link to tap on it???Since these are presumably only for your own personal use then it’s not a BIG point.

[Turtle91]

If you can program you could make a pretty straightforward - limited scope - brute force python program that could do that.

[perisiana]

Originally Posted by Turtle91

You might

Also, don’t use color:#000, it would make any links disappear if the user turned on night/dark mode… …I’d use color:inherit instead.

I'm editing the CSS like that cause I'm using WordDumb for Kobo and then I send the ebooks as kepubs. The WordDumb developer is amazing and already added the possibility to use color:inherit automatically, but sadly Kobo doesn't care at all. Even if I use inherit!important when I edit the CSS with the code I posted, Kobo makes the words with footnotes in gray by default, the only way to have them in black is to tell Kobo to use the black color.

Good point about the fact it makes impossible to read the words in dark mode tho, I didn't tough about that, ouch x)

Looks like I need to experiment with something else or give up and choose between the gray words or the inability to use the dark mode.

I'm about to buy a Clara color so maybe it will handle the footnotes differently than my Kobo touch, I'm planning to use Koreader as well since I can add stardicts and fictionaries but also I like Nickel very much so I hoped I could fix this somewhat.

[perisiana]

Originally Posted by Jellby

"color: inherit" instead of "color: #000", probably "text-decoration: inherit" too.

Thanks, I'll try the text-decoration:inherit since Kobo is ignoring the "none". Sadly Kobo also ignore color:inherit, that's why I need to use the black color code.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by perisiana

Thanks, I'll try the text-decoration:inherit since Kobo is ignoring the "none". Sadly Kobo also ignore color:inherit, that's why I need to use the black color code.

Are you doing this for ePub or KePub?

[perisiana]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Are you doing this for ePub or KePub?

I do it for epubs, the epubs are being converted on the go with the KoboTouchExtended plugin. Maybe converting them mess them up? I'll try to open a kepub with the edit books tool and see if the code is still there.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by perisiana

I do it for epubs, the epubs are being converted on the go with the KoboTouchExtended plugin. Maybe converting them mess them up? I'll try to open a kepub with the edit books tool and see if the code is still there.

There is an option in the KoboTouchExtended driver to modify the CSS. You'd have to read the tooltip to find out how to use it as I've never used it. Or you can ask about it in the KoboTouchExtended plugin thread.

[Sirtel]

You can bulk insert your code by using the Modify Epub plugin (append extra css).

[vitali32]

You can use freelib software with batch convertor that supports custom CSS implementation