HTML document greyed out

FAMOsa · 07-04-2025, 09:44 PM

I am loading my first document into Sigil.

When I tried to open a file, it was greyed out and wouldn't open.

So then I "add file" and that worked, but my view is full of code. That's okay I can handle lots of code, but I wonder why I couldn't open a html file and if adding it instead messed up the format somehow.

I have some screen shots here. https://monacurtis.com/images

DiapDealer · 07-05-2025, 08:26 AM

Sigil can only 'open/save' .epub files. It's an epub editor. That's why those others are greyed out. If you're looking to get an odt file into an epub, you'll want to look at one of the several available import plugins available for importing odt/docx.

'Adding' html files is definitely the way to get new files into an existing (or new) epub.

As to your View being "full of code". That's how it's supposed to be. Book View and inherent WYSIWYG editing is no longer a part of Sigil. Sigil itself allows you to edit the xhtml/xml of an epub and view how it looks with the Preview window. If you require wysiwyg editing capabilities, then you'll need to set up PageEdit as the external xhtml editor.

You really should read through the Sigil user guides. Many of these things are explained there:
https://sigil-ebook.com/sigil/guide/

FAMOsa · 07-05-2025, 01:24 PM

Okay, thank you. I have been reading the Sigil user guide.

07-04-2025, 09:44 PM	#1
FAMOsa Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2017 Device: none	HTML document greyed out I am loading my first document into Sigil. When I tried to open a file, it was greyed out and wouldn't open. So then I "add file" and that worked, but my view is full of code. That's okay I can handle lots of code, but I wonder why I couldn't open a html file and if adding it instead messed up the format somehow. I have some screen shots here. https://monacurtis.com/images

07-05-2025, 08:26 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,570 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Sigil can only 'open/save' .epub files. It's an epub editor. That's why those others are greyed out. If you're looking to get an odt file into an epub, you'll want to look at one of the several available import plugins available for importing odt/docx. 'Adding' html files is definitely the way to get new files into an existing (or new) epub. As to your View being "full of code". That's how it's supposed to be. Book View and inherent WYSIWYG editing is no longer a part of Sigil. Sigil itself allows you to edit the xhtml/xml of an epub and view how it looks with the Preview window. If you require wysiwyg editing capabilities, then you'll need to set up PageEdit as the external xhtml editor. You really should read through the Sigil user guides. Many of these things are explained there: https://sigil-ebook.com/sigil/guide/ Last edited by DiapDealer; 07-05-2025 at 09:12 AM.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Opening Ebooks from within HTML document	kerravonsen	PocketBook	2	01-25-2014 09:03 PM
Loading an HTML document	RossK	Calibre	12	07-15-2012 11:45 AM
page breaks in html document	michaelsmith1983	Conversion	1	03-06-2012 10:32 PM
Make chapters for a document/HTML	iodine9176	ePub	12	02-23-2010 02:24 PM

07-05-2025, 01:24 PM	#3
FAMOsa Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2017 Device: none	Okay, thank you. I have been reading the Sigil user guide.

Advert