(Sorry if this isn't a Calibre question - it seemed to me that it might be, but it could be a general epub issue. I wasn't able to find relevant information online to decide. As I'm using Calibre to convert HMTL to epub I chose here. Please feel free to move it to the most appropriate section)
I'm working on a book which has many inline anchors and links. In HTML, the target displays at the top of the screen. So for example, if I click the link to anchor Anchor06, I will get a view with Anchor06 as the very first line at the top of the page. This makes it immediately clear what the relevant content is from the clicked link, and that's my desired behaviour.
Having used Calibre to convert to epub, I'm getting a different result. In all reading options I've tested (Calibre viewer, my Kobo and an in-browser epub reader) the view simply shifts so that the target anchor is somewhere on the page. Occasionally it doesn't even seem to be on the displayed page, but on the next page.
Somewhat confusingly, in the Edit Book part of Calibre, it follows the HTML behaviour.
I don't know whether this behaviour of the epubs is normal epub behaviour, or is because I've done something wrong, or is a result of the Calibre conversion. I've only managed to find one ebook in my collection with similar inline links, but this shows the same behaviour, so I suspect the former.
As the book I'm creating is a parallel text, it's important that it's very clear to the reader exactly which sections correspond, which is why I'm concerned about this. But I'd also like to know what's happening in general.
Can anyone give me more information on what's happening, and let me know how to address it if possible?
I haven't included the conversion information because I suspect it isn't a conversion issue at all; I can provide it if it seems useful.
I'm working on a book which has many inline anchors and links. In HTML, the target displays at the top of the screen. So for example, if I click the link to anchor Anchor06, I will get a view with Anchor06 as the very first line at the top of the page. This makes it immediately clear what the relevant content is from the clicked link, and that's my desired behaviour.
Having used Calibre to convert to epub, I'm getting a different result. In all reading options I've tested (Calibre viewer, my Kobo and an in-browser epub reader) the view simply shifts so that the target anchor is somewhere on the page. Occasionally it doesn't even seem to be on the displayed page, but on the next page.
Somewhat confusingly, in the Edit Book part of Calibre, it follows the HTML behaviour.
I don't know whether this behaviour of the epubs is normal epub behaviour, or is because I've done something wrong, or is a result of the Calibre conversion. I've only managed to find one ebook in my collection with similar inline links, but this shows the same behaviour, so I suspect the former.
As the book I'm creating is a parallel text, it's important that it's very clear to the reader exactly which sections correspond, which is why I'm concerned about this. But I'd also like to know what's happening in general.
Can anyone give me more information on what's happening, and let me know how to address it if possible?
I haven't included the conversion information because I suspect it isn't a conversion issue at all; I can provide it if it seems useful.
