Need a little help with margins/padding

rosshalde · 12-13-2014, 09:58 PM

I am attaching an epub created in Sigil.
I am making an error someplace with my padding or margins.
The epub validates as does the CSS, so I believe the error is in my understanding the code correctly rather than typographical.

The epub looks correct on Kobo and iBook and in Book View in Sigil, but not on my Nook.

Essentially I have spaces between all paragraphs of all classes.
I think I have coded so that should not be the case, but apparently not the right way.
I have other files on my Nook also created in Sigil that don't have these extras spaces. I am looking for a bit of guidance pinpointing what needs to be changed to make Nook reflect that I don't want extra padding or margins between paragraphs.

theducks · 12-14-2014, 01:35 PM

Ross
I see nothing 'in general' wrong. Devices have quirks (probably 1 of the reasons there is a dedicated forums for most

brands )

Do note: The order of the CSS selectors is important. Last definition prevails.

Line 1 is P
Line 8 is P again <-- in this case, no change

rosshalde · 12-14-2014, 05:11 PM

theducks,
I found that others had used Calibre to do an epub to epub conversion with CSS expand checked and also remove spacing between paragraphs checked.
This worked, but I have not idea why. It tells me that something was wrong with my code, but I don't see it.

AngelaQs · 01-02-2015, 09:41 PM

older nooks don't like compacted margin calls, so for instance, you can't do this for your P tags:

margin: 0 2em 0 2 em;

or any kind of variation thereof. Instead you need to do this:

margin-top: 0;
margin-right: 2em;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 2em;

at least that's what I discovered after pulling my hair out earlier this week. When I exploded my code, it worked.

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12-14-2014, 01:35 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,801 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Ross I see nothing 'in general' wrong. Devices have quirks (probably 1 of the reasons there is a dedicated forums for most brands ) Do note: The order of the CSS selectors is important. Last definition prevails. Line 1 is P Line 8 is P again <-- in this case, no change

12-14-2014, 05:11 PM	#3
rosshalde Zealot Posts: 142 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: nook	theducks, I found that others had used Calibre to do an epub to epub conversion with CSS expand checked and also remove spacing between paragraphs checked. This worked, but I have not idea why. It tells me that something was wrong with my code, but I don't see it.

01-02-2015, 09:41 PM	#4
AngelaQs Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Kindle	older nooks don't like compacted margin calls, so for instance, you can't do this for your P tags: margin: 0 2em 0 2 em; or any kind of variation thereof. Instead you need to do this: margin-top: 0; margin-right: 2em; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 2em; at least that's what I discovered after pulling my hair out earlier this week. When I exploded my code, it worked.