Can you move multiple TOC entries at once? - Page 2

Turtle91 · 05-25-2026, 09:06 AM

FWIW:
I agree with KevinH that you should be making the changes in the book for semantic/accessibility reasons. I rarely make changes directly to the ToC file when it is strictly a visual change and I’m too lazy to add the title="" to the <h> tag as I should. For example when the <h> tag has:

Thirteen - A Chapter Title That is Too Long

I might change it in the ToC to:

13. A Chapter Title That is Too Long

The better fix, especially if you plan additional future edits, would be to add the title="" in the tag and let the auto ToC do its job:

<h3 title="13. A Chapter Title That is Too Long">Thirteen - A Chapter Title That is Too Long</h3>

icearch · 05-25-2026, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turtle91

FWIW:
I agree with KevinH that you should be making the changes in the book for semantic/accessibility reasons.

It is indeed a better way and good deed to do, sir, but I just don't have the time and effort to do this when I just want to read some random things. I keep high standards on my own project, but it's just not doable for me to be the ultimate hero to correct everything one the Internet, sorry.

icearch · 05-25-2026, 09:35 AM

Just found out Calibre can do exact what I said. With some minor difference though.

icearch · Yesterday, 03:15 AM

@KevinH
So do Sigil devs want to look into this?

KevinH · Yesterday, 08:02 AM

Not now, as we are close to making a new release and are just waiting for language translators to have a chance to update their final translations.

But to be clear, I can not see it as something most users would need or want.

Plus making the changes in the xhtml source using regex and then regenerating the TOC from the headers is generally the right thing for producing epubs for Accessibility and semantics.

So I am not personally in favour of adding that feature.

That said, once we reopen a new Sigil thread on new feature suggestions after this next release, feel free to add it there and see if others feel as you so. If more people think that feature has merit, the we will consider it.

icearch · Yesterday, 09:24 AM

sure, I will submmit it then

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05-25-2026, 09:06 AM	#16
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,486 Karma: 21099999 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	FWIW: I agree with KevinH that you should be making the changes in the book for semantic/accessibility reasons. I rarely make changes directly to the ToC file when it is strictly a visual change and I’m too lazy to add the title="" to the <h> tag as I should. For example when the <h> tag has: Thirteen - A Chapter Title That is Too Long I might change it in the ToC to: 13. A Chapter Title That is Too Long The better fix, especially if you plan additional future edits, would be to add the title="" in the tag and let the auto ToC do its job: <h3 title="13. A Chapter Title That is Too Long">Thirteen - A Chapter Title That is Too Long</h3>

05-25-2026, 09:35 AM	#18
icearch Zealot Posts: 144 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: none	Just found out Calibre can do exact what I said. With some minor difference though.

Yesterday, 03:15 AM	#19
icearch Zealot Posts: 144 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: none	@KevinH So do Sigil devs want to look into this?

Yesterday, 08:02 AM	#20
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 9,676 Karma: 6774048 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Not now, as we are close to making a new release and are just waiting for language translators to have a chance to update their final translations. But to be clear, I can not see it as something most users would need or want. Plus making the changes in the xhtml source using regex and then regenerating the TOC from the headers is generally the right thing for producing epubs for Accessibility and semantics. So I am not personally in favour of adding that feature. That said, once we reopen a new Sigil thread on new feature suggestions after this next release, feel free to add it there and see if others feel as you so. If more people think that feature has merit, the we will consider it.

Yesterday, 09:24 AM	#21
icearch Zealot Posts: 144 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: none	sure, I will submmit it then

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