Kepub Title Bar Patching

[aluisscp]

Short and simple, is there any patch that removes the book title bar from kepubs? I don't mean ePub, but actually kepub, since this is my favourite format.

Thanks!

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by aluisscp

Short and simple, is there any patch that removes the book title bar from kepubs? I don't mean ePub, but actually kepub, since this is my favourite format.

No-one has found a way to remove the whole title bar (and only the title bar) from kepubs yet, the only way to do that is to load the book as an epub.

However you can remove just the title text from kepubs, leaving a blank title bar. Add the following option to the [ReadingSettings] section of the device's config file:

showPageHeader=false

There is also a full-screen reading mode that has no title or footer bar, but it doesn't work too well with kepubs yet, hopefully will be in a future firmware version. Add the following option to the [FeatureSettings] section of the device's config file and untick the new "Show header and footer" option that appears on the Reading settings page:

FullScreenReading=true

(The config file is ./kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf, if you edit from Windows it make sure to use a text editor that understands unix line breaks such as Notepad++)

[aluisscp]

GeoffR, your post was wonderfully helpful, but now I haave another issue, the actual reason I enjoy kepubs is because the page numbers ar according to the kobo screen, not the real book. With fullscreen mode on the footer completely disappears and I can't see the pages anymore. Is there any possible change to this hack to keep showing the page numbers in the bottom?

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by aluisscp

Is there any possible change to this hack to keep showing the page numbers in the bottom?

No, but if you bring up the menu bars and select the navigation menu <-->, it will show the chapter and page number. And if you leave that menu open and tap the book page to hide the menu bars (i.e. don't close the navigation menu by tapping the menu bar first), then it will still be open when you next bring up the menu bars. So you can see chapter and page number whenever you want with one tap, and resume reading with another tap.