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 · Today, 03:15 AM

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

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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: 142 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: none	Just found out Calibre can do exact what I said. With some minor difference though.

Today, 03:15 AM	#19
icearch Zealot Posts: 142 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: none	@KevinH So do Sigil devs want to look into this?

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