Nested Span?

Turtle91 · 05-12-2013, 12:15 AM

I have seen this issue multiple times...usually after a Calibre conversion...and I'm wondering if there was some obscure property of a nested span tag that I'm not aware of...

I see something similar to:

Code:

<span><span class="calibre26">CONGRATULATIONS</span></span>

The only thing in the CSS is ".calibre26"...no styling for "span span" or even for just "span" for that matter. To me that means the outer span tags are completely superfluous... (yay, I got my SAT word in for the day!)

Is there some device/app out there that requires the double span thing, or is that just a Calibre quirk?

Toxaris · 05-12-2013, 02:40 AM

I believe old version of iBooks only did certain things after it was wrapped in a span. I hope they solved that by now.

Tex2002ans · 05-12-2013, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxaris

I believe old version of iBooks only did certain things after it was wrapped in a span.

Indeed, here is some more explanation:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=118576

http://www.pigsgourdsandwikis.com/20...ooks-bugs.html

Turtle91 · 05-12-2013, 04:25 AM

Well, that definitely answers my question...they are hacks to get ibooks to work. I feel better about not knowing about this issue...i avoid ibooks for more standards compliant readers/apps for my personal books.

For now, I'll just strip out the extraneous (ohhh 2 SAT words in one day/thread!!

) spans.

Thanks!

dgatwood · 05-20-2013, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxaris

I believe old version of iBooks only did certain things after it was wrapped in a span. I hope they solved that by now.

IIRC, the spans are not necessary if you add the magic com.apple.ibooks.display-options.xml file with specified-fonts set to true. Otherwise, iBooks assumes that the book probably has crufty, broken CSS, and it ignores large swaths of it, e.g. font changes on spans.

05-12-2013, 12:15 AM	#1
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,094 Karma: 18727053 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Nested Span? I have seen this issue multiple times...usually after a Calibre conversion...and I'm wondering if there was some obscure property of a nested span tag that I'm not aware of... I see something similar to: Code: <span><span class="calibre26">CONGRATULATIONS</span></span> The only thing in the CSS is ".calibre26"...no styling for "span span" or even for just "span" for that matter. To me that means the outer span tags are completely superfluous... (yay, I got my SAT word in for the day!) Is there some device/app out there that requires the double span thing, or is that just a Calibre quirk?

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05-12-2013, 02:40 AM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	I believe old version of iBooks only did certain things after it was wrapped in a span. I hope they solved that by now.

05-12-2013, 04:25 AM	#4
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,094 Karma: 18727053 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Well, that definitely answers my question...they are hacks to get ibooks to work. I feel better about not knowing about this issue...i avoid ibooks for more standards compliant readers/apps for my personal books. For now, I'll just strip out the extraneous (ohhh 2 SAT words in one day/thread!! ) spans. Thanks!

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