ePub -> PDF Problem - Losing Hyperlinks

AndyG · 11-06-2023, 11:58 AM

Hi,

When I add the following custom CSS styling (to the "Look and Feel" section of the conversion dialog):

Code:

body {
  column-count: 2;
  column-gap: 1cm;
}

... the hyperlinks in the resulting PDF are stripped. Is this a bug possibly, or do I need to add something to my CSS code to preserve them?

Thanks in advance,
Andy

kovidgoyal · 11-06-2023, 09:10 PM

If its a bug its a bug in chromium which is what calibre uses for conversion to PDF so there's not much chance of it being fixed.

AndyG · 11-07-2023, 05:00 AM

Understood, thank you for the reply.

Comfy.n · 11-07-2023, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyG

Hi,

When I add the following custom CSS styling (to the "Look and Feel" section of the conversion dialog):

Code:

body {
  column-count: 2;
  column-gap: 1cm;
}

... the hyperlinks in the resulting PDF are stripped. Is this a bug possibly, or do I need to add something to my CSS code to preserve them?

Thanks in advance,
Andy

For what it's worth, I've tested that neat CSS on two books with hyperlinks, converting fom EPUB to PDF, and the links were preserved... (running Calibre version 6.99.2)

By the way, it would be so nice if we could store those custom CSS in different profiles, similarly to color schemes

AndyG · 11-10-2023, 02:32 AM

Thanks, I’ve since found that it is intermittent, although it very often (four out of five say) fails with two columns, and has never yet failed with one. Very odd. I’ve also found, more seriously, occasional missing pages (roughly a page missing at the end of a chapter, every 20 or 30 pages) when the two column style is applied, which makes it useless of course.

11-06-2023, 11:58 AM	#1
AndyG Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: 505, Kindle DX	ePub -> PDF Problem - Losing Hyperlinks Hi, When I add the following custom CSS styling (to the "Look and Feel" section of the conversion dialog): Code: body { column-count: 2; column-gap: 1cm; } ... the hyperlinks in the resulting PDF are stripped. Is this a bug possibly, or do I need to add something to my CSS code to preserve them? Thanks in advance, Andy

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11-06-2023, 09:10 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,963 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If its a bug its a bug in chromium which is what calibre uses for conversion to PDF so there's not much chance of it being fixed.

11-07-2023, 05:00 AM	#3
AndyG Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: 505, Kindle DX	Understood, thank you for the reply.

11-10-2023, 02:32 AM	#5
AndyG Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: 505, Kindle DX	Thanks, I’ve since found that it is intermittent, although it very often (four out of five say) fails with two columns, and has never yet failed with one. Very odd. I’ve also found, more seriously, occasional missing pages (roughly a page missing at the end of a chapter, every 20 or 30 pages) when the two column style is applied, which makes it useless of course.

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