Center only last line in a heading

degn · 02-26-2019, 04:26 PM

Hi! How can I produce forced centering of only the last line of a heading? (see example) Thank you in advance for your help! degn (using Calibre)

Tex2002ans · 02-27-2019, 04:51 AM

In CSS3 there's text-align-last:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/...ext-align-last

but its support in actual ereaders is probably nonexistent.

Also see: https://css-tricks.com/almanac/prope...xt-align-last/

patrik · 02-27-2019, 03:32 PM

If you are ok with the last line always being the same, you could do something really simple like:

<p>bla bla bla blajlkd jflkdj fkljds fökjdkf jölkdj fkljds lkföjkdsl jflkdsj fkjds kföjdsk fj</p>

<p style="text-align:center; margin-top:-1em;>Centered last line</p>

degn · 02-28-2019, 03:25 AM

Hi Tex2002ans, you are right - this function is not supported.
patrik - simple trick yes, but does not solve my problem. But thanks anyway.

Hitch · 03-02-2019, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by degn

Hi Tex2002ans, you are right - this function is not supported.
patrik - simple trick yes, but does not solve my problem. But thanks anyway.

Waaallll, welcome to eBook-making, where the sort of niceties that exist in print--dealing with clean rags, etc., is just a dream. :-)

I don't know of any way to achieve that automatically, and yes, we've tried.

Hitch

GrannyGrump · 03-04-2019, 12:31 AM

if that paragraph is somewhat isolated, such as in a footnote or comment, it would possibly look ok if you center the entire paragraph.

I personally don't care for entire paragraphs to be centered, and find them hard to read, but for something with only a few lines as in your sample, it might fly.

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02-27-2019, 04:51 AM	#2
Tex2002ans Wizard Posts: 2,297 Karma: 12126329 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Forma, Nook	In CSS3 there's text-align-last: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/...ext-align-last but its support in actual ereaders is probably nonexistent. Also see: https://css-tricks.com/almanac/prope...xt-align-last/

02-27-2019, 03:32 PM	#3
patrik Guru Posts: 657 Karma: 4568205 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Forma	If you are ok with the last line always being the same, you could do something really simple like: <p>bla bla bla blajlkd jflkdj fkljds fökjdkf jölkdj fkljds lkföjkdsl jflkdsj fkjds kföjdsk fj</p> <p style="text-align:center; margin-top:-1em;>Centered last line</p>

02-28-2019, 03:25 AM	#4
degn Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2018 Device: iBooks on iPad Pro	Hi Tex2002ans, you are right - this function is not supported. patrik - simple trick yes, but does not solve my problem. But thanks anyway.

03-04-2019, 12:31 AM	#6
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,200 Karma: 34977896 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	if that paragraph is somewhat isolated, such as in a footnote or comment, it would possibly look ok if you center the entire paragraph. I personally don't care for entire paragraphs to be centered, and find them hard to read, but for something with only a few lines as in your sample, it might fly.