ToC - Page numbers to the right

[chaot]

In ToC titles should appear left side, page numbers right side. How to do?

HTML

<div id="textbox">
  <p class="alignleft">Title A</p>
  <p class="alignright">10</p>
</div>
<div id="textbox">
  <p class="alignleft">Title B</p>
  <p class="alignright">20</p>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>

CSS

.alignleft {
  float: left;
}
.alignright {
  float: right;
}

Works fine in calibre file preview - but not in my e-reader.

[theducks]

The viewer in Calibre tolerates a lot more than valid EPUB.

Complain to you e-reader creator. This is not a Calibre problem.

[PeterT]

I'm not sure why you even want to include page numbers in the first place...

[jhowell]

This sort of thing isn't really a calibre editor question and would be better asked in either the Workshop or ePub forum.

Looking at your code, I think that you need add a "clear: both" after each left/right pair for this to work properly.

I agree with others that what you are trying to do is odd.

ETA: A word processor is a better tool for book authoring in general. An ePub editor is better used for tweaking after conversion from an authoring format.

[chaot]

Originally Posted by PeterT

I'm not sure why you even want to include page numbers in the first place...

In a ToC we got normally titles or subtitles and page numbers. Even if page numbers in an EPUP isn't the most important, I use them for orientation.
Anyway, the names are only "placeholders".

The question is: How to get something to right and to left side - in the same line?

[chaot]

Originally Posted by jhowell

Looking at your code, I think that you need add a "clear: both" after each left/right pair for this to work properly.

I will try!

I agree with others that what you are trying to do is odd.

Would you please explain, what you mean with that!

[PeterT]

Why not just make the Titles / Subtltles / entries in the TOC clickable?

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by chaot

Would you please explain, what you mean with that!

Just that it is a convention in most e-books to have the table of contents be a formatted list of chapter names, each linked to the proper place in the book without page numbers. Page numbers have very limited usefulness in e-books.

[JSWolf]

The problem with your putting page numbers is that they could be wrong. Changes in the font, line-height, and/or font size could cause your page number to be wrong. Incorrect page numbers just look silly and you look foolish for putting them there. Unless you know for sure that everyone reading your eBook will be using a program that supports ADE page number, putting in page numbers is a very bad idea.

[chaot]

To all!
Maybe we misunderstood ourselves here.

There is that quasi-automatically configured and clickable ToC from calibre.
In addition I will install here even several Indexes (List of contents). For the sake of clarity.

Calibre ToC had in Tolino before 55, now 15 pages, each with 8 entries. (55 pages with all headings, 15 only h1, h3 & h3). Also reduced 15 pages are a lot, which makes the overview difficult. Therefore several list of contents, clickable without page numbers. You convinced me!

Originally Posted by jhowell

Looking at your code, I think that you need add a "clear: both" after each left/right pair for this to work properly.

Sometimes things get mixed. Fact is that I've got some code (obviously not the above one) before in the calibre File Preview displayed correctly. Above code has an additional error: the identical id = "textbox".

HTML

<h3>Index</h3>

<div id="textbox1">
<p class="alignleft">Subtitle A</p>
<p class="alignright">10</p>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
<div id="textbox2">
<p class="alignleft">Subtitle B</p>
<p class="alignright">20</p>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>

CSS as above.

Now it works also in Tolino, but with 2 empty lines between each entry. Unacceptable!

ETA: A word processor is a better tool for book authoring in general. An ePub editor is better used for tweaking after conversion from an authoring format.

I use gedit and LibreOffice. Better choice!? (Linux fan)

[theducks]

IMHO gedit is the Notepad of Linux. a TEXT editor, useful for simple code (view) touchup

OO/LO is a word processor. Used properly (within the constraints e-books allow), it is more of the 'Authorial' (WYSIWYG) tool

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by chaot

Precisely

Originally Posted by theducks

OO/LO is a word processor. Used properly . . . it is more of the 'Authorial' (WYSIWYG) tool

@chaot - if you use Libre Office as a Word Processor (rather than a typewriter)**, save it as DOCX, and import into the calibre editor or into Sigil via its DOCX Input plugin, you should be able to dramatically reduce the amount of work you'll need to do in an ePub editor.

** Conversion from DOCX to ePub (via whatever means) works best if you do the formatting via your Word Processor's Styles & Templates features.

BR

[chaot]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@chaot - if you use Libre Office as a Word Processor (rather than a typewriter)**, save it as DOCX, and import into the calibre editor or into Sigil via its DOCX Input plugin, you should be able to dramatically reduce the amount of work you'll need to do in an ePub editor.

** Conversion from DOCX to ePub (via whatever means) works best if you do the formatting via your Word Processor's Styles & Templates features.

Thanks! I'll try that out. Currently I am doing ¿slightly? different, LibreOffice via .odt files. Anyway, I will report about (in some time later).

[faltradl]

Originally Posted by chaot

In a ToC we got normally titles or subtitles and page numbers. Even if page numbers in an EPUP isn't the most important, I use them for orientation.
Anyway, the names are only "placeholders".

The question is: How to get something to right and to left side - in the same line?

The big problem is in ebooks pagenumbers aren't fix. It depends on the size of the display and the chosen font size. So the pagenumbers can't be part of the ToC.

It's part of the readersoftware to show the pagenumbers in the ToC. I don't know why most readersoftware do not show pagenumbers.

I use CoolReader, which ist showing pagenumbers in the ToC. The real pagenumbers. It is calculating them dynamic. Perhaps when opening the ebook, oder when calling the ToC.

[chaot]

The calibre configured Table of contents shows via Edit Book no page numbers, but in the corresponding content list on my device. No matter, page numbers seem to be a small mystery, I have been trying for quite some time to come to the trick.

the ebook, oder when calling the ToC.

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