Epoch Times problem formatting image caption

jma1 · 08-29-2023, 08:46 PM

Having difficulty applying format to the captions for images that are in-line within the article text. For the leading (featured) photo the tag post_caption can be reformatted to small font as in latest built-in recipe.

The in-line photos have captions which appear to use tag 'figcaption' within figure within a div. This example article has the html section shown in attached file. Adding figcaption to extra css does not change the font from the article text font.

Why does this not work? Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 08-29-2023, 11:49 PM

because figcaption is converted to div as various ereaders tend to have trouble with HTML5 tags like <figure>, <figcaption> etc. You should use preprocess_html to either add your style to the figcaption tags directly or to add a class to them that you can reference in extra_css

unkn0wn · 08-30-2023, 12:21 AM

i think i already did that in the default recipe, try it.

jma1 · 08-30-2023, 03:04 PM

OK now I see it, and was able to add to my version of recipe. Somehow the order of the commands within preprocess_html mattered but got it to work. Thanks.

08-29-2023, 08:46 PM	#1
jma1 Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: Kindle	Epoch Times problem formatting image caption Having difficulty applying format to the captions for images that are in-line within the article text. For the leading (featured) photo the tag post_caption can be reformatted to small font as in latest built-in recipe. The in-line photos have captions which appear to use tag 'figcaption' within figure within a div. This example article has the html section shown in attached file. Adding figcaption to extra css does not change the font from the article text font. Why does this not work? Thanks. Attached Thumbnails

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08-29-2023, 11:49 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,966 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	because figcaption is converted to div as various ereaders tend to have trouble with HTML5 tags like <figure>, <figcaption> etc. You should use preprocess_html to either add your style to the figcaption tags directly or to add a class to them that you can reference in extra_css

08-30-2023, 12:21 AM	#3
unkn0wn Evangelist Posts: 459 Karma: 82692 Join Date: May 2021 Device: kindle	i think i already did that in the default recipe, try it.

08-30-2023, 03:04 PM	#4
jma1 Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: Kindle	OK now I see it, and was able to add to my version of recipe. Somehow the order of the commands within preprocess_html mattered but got it to work. Thanks.

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