Adding margin borders to the Calibre reader

peterbacon · 01-13-2018, 07:02 PM

It would be great to have the functionality to add either horizontal or vertical dark bars to the calibre reader window. Even though the kindle program has way less overall functionality, I really like how that feature functions in that app.

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BetterRed · 01-13-2018, 11:21 PM

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@peterbacon- please read the Guidelines, in particular the one regarding in-line image size (posting guideline #9). If you post images as attachments then they show as a thumb and the size restrictions don't apply.

I fixed it this time, next time... who knows

BR

kovidgoyal · 01-13-2018, 11:26 PM

This is actually much harder to implement than it might seem, because of the way the reader works internally. You could hack up the effect by using the viewer in windowed mode and placing the window over another app with a dark background. Or just use a dark color theme in the viewer (though of course this makes botht he margins and the main text area dark

deback · 01-14-2018, 04:55 PM

I resize the ADE window to be the size of a book and have a black desktop background on my laptop, which is what I use to read books. Then I can use Windows Explorer to store the files in an organized manner.

01-13-2018, 07:02 PM	#1
peterbacon Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: Boox Note2	Adding margin borders to the Calibre reader It would be great to have the functionality to add either horizontal or vertical dark bars to the calibre reader window. Even though the kindle program has way less overall functionality, I really like how that feature functions in that app. Last edited by BetterRed; 01-13-2018 at 11:12 PM.

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01-13-2018, 11:21 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,568 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Moderator Notice @peterbacon- please read the Guidelines, in particular the one regarding in-line image size (posting guideline #9). If you post images as attachments then they show as a thumb and the size restrictions don't apply. I fixed it this time, next time... who knows BR

01-13-2018, 11:26 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	This is actually much harder to implement than it might seem, because of the way the reader works internally. You could hack up the effect by using the viewer in windowed mode and placing the window over another app with a dark background. Or just use a dark color theme in the viewer (though of course this makes botht he margins and the main text area dark

01-14-2018, 04:55 PM	#4
deback Book E d i t o r Posts: 432 Karma: 288184 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Laptop	I resize the ADE window to be the size of a book and have a black desktop background on my laptop, which is what I use to read books. Then I can use Windows Explorer to store the files in an organized manner.

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