Calibre full screen mode doesn't honor User CSS?

bivab · 06-16-2015, 03:46 PM

I'm having trouble changing the look and feel of Calibre's full screen mode. The User CSS can change the font size and color, but I can't seem to change the top/bottom margins, or text justification. Right now, the text is justified and I want it to be aligned left. Also, there are no margins at the top or bottom, creating a shadow at the top. I'd like to add a margin to the top and bottom.

Here's my User CSS:

Code:

@page { margin-top: 32px; margin-bottom: 32px }
body {
color: rgb(124,124,124);
background-color:rgb(20,20,20);
line-spacing:2.0;
margin-top:32px !important;
margin-bottom:32px !important;
text-align: left !important;
}

The @page, margin-top/bottom, and text-align lines don't seem to have any effect on calibre's full screen mode. Am I missing something?

Section8 · 06-16-2015, 04:59 PM

IIRC, the calibre ebook view has a "page mode" it probably has to be in before those css rules work.

kovidgoyal · 06-16-2015, 05:32 PM

There are dedicated settings for page margins in the viewer preferences, use those.

And CSS provides no reliable method to override settings. At a minimum you have to use !important and hope that the document you are vieweing does not use !important as well.

bivab · 06-16-2015, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Section8

IIRC, the calibre ebook view has a "page mode" it probably has to be in before those css rules work.

Thanks, I should have specified that I didn't want to use paged mode because it can't scroll.

Quote:

There are dedicated settings for page margins in the viewer preferences, use those.

And CSS provides no reliable method to override settings. At a minimum you have to use !important and hope that the document you are vieweing does not use !important as well.

The page margin settings in the preferences only apply to paged mode, unfortunately.

Thanks for your help.
I guess this means that there's no way to change the top/bottom margins in non-paged mode.

kovidgoyal · 06-16-2015, 06:04 PM

No, it's not paged, therefore, page margins dont apply.

06-16-2015, 03:46 PM	#1
bivab Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: calibre	Calibre full screen mode doesn't honor User CSS? I'm having trouble changing the look and feel of Calibre's full screen mode. The User CSS can change the font size and color, but I can't seem to change the top/bottom margins, or text justification. Right now, the text is justified and I want it to be aligned left. Also, there are no margins at the top or bottom, creating a shadow at the top. I'd like to add a margin to the top and bottom. Here's my User CSS: Code: @page { margin-top: 32px; margin-bottom: 32px } body { color: rgb(124,124,124); background-color:rgb(20,20,20); line-spacing:2.0; margin-top:32px !important; margin-bottom:32px !important; text-align: left !important; } The @page, margin-top/bottom, and text-align lines don't seem to have any effect on calibre's full screen mode. Am I missing something?

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06-16-2015, 04:59 PM	#2
Section8 Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 2092424 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Arlington, TX Device: Kindle PW4, Moon+ Reader on a cheap Android tablet	IIRC, the calibre ebook view has a "page mode" it probably has to be in before those css rules work.

06-16-2015, 05:32 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,881 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There are dedicated settings for page margins in the viewer preferences, use those. And CSS provides no reliable method to override settings. At a minimum you have to use !important and hope that the document you are vieweing does not use !important as well.

06-16-2015, 06:04 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,881 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, it's not paged, therefore, page margins dont apply.

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