CSS troubles in ADE

xmlgirl · 03-23-2012, 08:05 AM

Hi All, This is my first post here and my second day working with epub format.
My CSS and document look great in a web browser and I just download Sigil and it looks good there too, but when I open it in ADE none of my tex indents are there. It's an outline style document. I'm using -
text-indent: 5em;
I realize that not all of CSS is supported, but this is pretty basic.
Any insight you can offer would be great. Thanks!

Jellby · 03-23-2012, 08:08 AM

ADE tends to ignore the whole stylesheet if there is anything it doesn't like. Try validating the CSS and correct any error or warning.

xmlgirl · 03-23-2012, 11:38 AM

There were a lot of extra definitions in the stylesheet so I removed them and validated the rest. Sure enough, someone had thrown a x-medium font size in there that ADE did not like. Removed it and it works.

DiapDealer · 03-23-2012, 12:16 PM

Come to think of it... why did "medium" get the short end of the stick when there's so many levels of small and large? Shouldn't there be at least medium-large and medium-small?

theducks · 03-23-2012, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Come to think of it... why did "medium" get the short end of the stick when there's so many levels of small and large? Shouldn't there be at least medium-large and medium-small?

he said 'x-medium' 2 garbage characters

DaleDe · 03-26-2012, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Come to think of it... why did "medium" get the short end of the stick when there's so many levels of small and large? Shouldn't there be at least medium-large and medium-small?

Well if you did that medium would still get the short end of the stick as using it for an adjective is not the same. There are seven defined sizes and I guess they wanted the center 3 to be small, medium, and large. Then they just stuck on x-small, xx-small, x-large, and xx-large for extreme ends. No really good way to interpret x-medium anyway. Is it bigger or smaller?

Dale

DiapDealer · 03-26-2012, 12:48 PM

Nobody gets a joke anymore ('though I'll admit it might have been poorly executed)?

DaleDe · 03-26-2012, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Nobody gets a joke anymore?

Oh, I got it but expanded a bit on your comment and then answered as if you really wanted to know.

Dale

03-23-2012, 08:05 AM	#1
xmlgirl Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 496864 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Virginia Device: none	CSS troubles in ADE Hi All, This is my first post here and my second day working with epub format. My CSS and document look great in a web browser and I just download Sigil and it looks good there too, but when I open it in ADE none of my tex indents are there. It's an outline style document. I'm using - text-indent: 5em; I realize that not all of CSS is supported, but this is pretty basic. Any insight you can offer would be great. Thanks!

03-23-2012, 11:38 AM	#3
xmlgirl Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 496864 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Virginia Device: none	thanks! There were a lot of extra definitions in the stylesheet so I removed them and validated the rest. Sure enough, someone had thrown a x-medium font size in there that ADE did not like. Removed it and it works.

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03-23-2012, 08:08 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,548 Karma: 19500001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	ADE tends to ignore the whole stylesheet if there is anything it doesn't like. Try validating the CSS and correct any error or warning.

03-23-2012, 12:16 PM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,568 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Come to think of it... why did "medium" get the short end of the stick when there's so many levels of small and large? Shouldn't there be at least medium-large and medium-small?

03-26-2012, 12:48 PM	#7
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,568 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Nobody gets a joke anymore ('though I'll admit it might have been poorly executed)?