How to put chapter title in two places in the index - Page 2

KevinH · 12-08-2020, 10:10 PM

What happens if you make the no:display versions some other header level that is typically unused in ToC like h5 or h6?

Or you can add the class "sigil_not_in_toc" to the header elements you do not want to be used to create the ToC. This is what the HeadingSelector does. If a class attribute already exists for that element concatenate a space and sigil_not_in_toc to that class value.

Banjo · 12-08-2020, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KevinH

What happens if you make the no:display versions some other header level that is typically unused in ToC like h5 or h6?

Or you can add the class "sigil_not_in_toc" to the header elements you do not want to be used to create the ToC. This is what the HeadingSelector does. If a class attribute already exists for that element concatenate a space and sigil_not_in_toc to that class value.

I did not know about that class. I will give that a try tomorrow so see what it does. It's too late tonight to jump back into it.

Doitsu · 12-09-2020, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Banjo

I spoke too soon. The additional anchor text is invisible in the body of the book, but it shows up in the TOC.

If you add a title attribute to heading tags, Sigil will use its value for the TOC. For example:

Code:

<h1 title="Heading text for TOC">Actual heading text</h1>

If you generate the TOC, it'll add "Heading text for TOC" to the TOC.

Banjo · 12-09-2020, 09:51 AM

I put KevinH's suggestion into my book, and it appears to be the cleanest solution so far.

I added an <h2> tag with the alternative text in it next to the <h1> chapter heading tag. I marked the <h2> text for inclusion in the index. I added the invisibility class, "display:none" to the sigil_index_marker class. When I create the index, the link shows up properly, and the <h2> text does not appear in the book.

When I create the TOC, the h2 tag shows up beneath the <h1> tag, so I mark it for deletion from the TOC.

That sequence appears to do what I was trying to do. It works in my two readers, FBReader and the Calibre reader. I have one Linux based reader, CoolReader3, that shows the <h2> text even with display set to "none", but that is a rather primitive reader that doesn't even remember where I left off reading. I might be one of a half dozen people on the planet that knows it exists, so that doesn't concern me very much.

I don't currently have any other readers to test it on. My concern would be the hidden text appearing in the display of the book.

Thanks to Doitsu for the suggestion on how to change the text in the TOC. I don't know if I will have a need for that, but it is good to know that the capability is there.

Thanks to all for the help.

theducks · 12-09-2020, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Banjo

I did not know about that class. I will give that a try tomorrow so see what it does. It's too late tonight to jump back into it.

That class entry is also added when you remove the tick in the TOC tool.
It does nothing if you do not generate the TOC using the tool.

I have a number of Sigil Specials as clips (faster than drilling down in other places)

12-08-2020, 10:10 PM	#16
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,807 Karma: 6000000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	What happens if you make the no:display versions some other header level that is typically unused in ToC like h5 or h6? Or you can add the class "sigil_not_in_toc" to the header elements you do not want to be used to create the ToC. This is what the HeadingSelector does. If a class attribute already exists for that element concatenate a space and sigil_not_in_toc to that class value. Last edited by KevinH; 12-08-2020 at 10:20 PM.

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12-09-2020, 09:51 AM	#19
Banjo Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 5276 Join Date: Feb 2013 Device: Asus Zen Pad	I put KevinH's suggestion into my book, and it appears to be the cleanest solution so far. I added an <h2> tag with the alternative text in it next to the <h1> chapter heading tag. I marked the <h2> text for inclusion in the index. I added the invisibility class, "display:none" to the sigil_index_marker class. When I create the index, the link shows up properly, and the <h2> text does not appear in the book. When I create the TOC, the h2 tag shows up beneath the <h1> tag, so I mark it for deletion from the TOC. That sequence appears to do what I was trying to do. It works in my two readers, FBReader and the Calibre reader. I have one Linux based reader, CoolReader3, that shows the <h2> text even with display set to "none", but that is a rather primitive reader that doesn't even remember where I left off reading. I might be one of a half dozen people on the planet that knows it exists, so that doesn't concern me very much. I don't currently have any other readers to test it on. My concern would be the hidden text appearing in the display of the book. Thanks to Doitsu for the suggestion on how to change the text in the TOC. I don't know if I will have a need for that, but it is good to know that the capability is there. Thanks to all for the help.

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