Change book details background colour to Sepia NOT WORKING!

pinky62 · 09-21-2022, 02:23 AM

Hi recently my computer crashed and i had to download calibre again.

1) I prefer my background to not be stark and reset the background colour. I
went into Preferences, Book details, and changed "body, td {
background-color: #dfd4aa;" but still the background remains white". What
am I missing?

2) Is there a way to save all tweaks one sets to a document so that in case of a crash one just loads that file?
TIA

01100001 · 09-22-2022, 07:26 AM

When this happened to me, I had to go to C:\Program Files\Calibre2\app\resources\templates and make sure book_details.css wasn't set to Read-only in its Properties > Attributes.

I am not sure if this is the proper way to go about it though. It seems to change every time Calibre is updated.

chaley · 09-22-2022, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 01100001

I am not sure if this is the proper way to go about it though. It seems to change every time Calibre is updated.

It isn't. You should put the file in <your calibre configuration folder>/resources/templates. This way it won't get overwritten by a calibre upgrade. Note also that this copy overrides the one in the calibre installation folders, so if a copy exists changes to the one in the installation folder will be ignored.

You can find your calibre configuration folder using Preferences / Miscellaneous / Open calibre configuration folder.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinky62

Hi recently my computer crashed and i had to download calibre again.

1) I prefer my background to not be stark and reset the background colour. I
went into Preferences, Book details, and changed "body, td {
background-color: #dfd4aa;" but still the background remains white". What
am I missing?

Changing book details works for me. See the screen captures.

01100001 · 09-25-2022, 12:44 PM

Oh, boy am I glad I got involved in this topic. Thank you!

09-21-2022, 02:23 AM	#1
pinky62 Zealot Posts: 136 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: kindle paper white	Change book details background colour to Sepia NOT WORKING! Hi recently my computer crashed and i had to download calibre again. 1) I prefer my background to not be stark and reset the background colour. I went into Preferences, Book details, and changed "body, td { background-color: #dfd4aa;" but still the background remains white". What am I missing? 2) Is there a way to save all tweaks one sets to a document so that in case of a crash one just loads that file? TIA

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09-22-2022, 07:26 AM	#2
01100001 Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Microsoft Surface Pro 7, Apple iPad	When this happened to me, I had to go to C:\Program Files\Calibre2\app\resources\templates and make sure book_details.css wasn't set to Read-only in its Properties > Attributes. I am not sure if this is the proper way to go about it though. It seems to change every time Calibre is updated.

09-25-2022, 12:44 PM	#4
01100001 Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Microsoft Surface Pro 7, Apple iPad	Oh, boy am I glad I got involved in this topic. Thank you!

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