Comments on: CSS columns for ebook text http://blog.threepress.org/2010/03/08/css-columns-for-ebook-text/ Threepress creates software for publishers, educators and authors. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:10:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bowerbird http://blog.threepress.org/2010/03/08/css-columns-for-ebook-text/comment-page-1/#comment-2457 bowerbird Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:17:38 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=1239#comment-2457 joseph said: > Monocle i didn't hear about your debut, joseph. glad to see your effort! -bowerbird joseph said:
> Monocle

i didn’t hear about your debut, joseph. glad to see your effort!

-bowerbird

]]> By: Liza Daly http://blog.threepress.org/2010/03/08/css-columns-for-ebook-text/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 Liza Daly Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:06:08 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=1239#comment-2351 It does seem to work in the iPad though! (Rather, the same CSS3 columns bug applies, but the getBoundingClientRect() method works as it does on Safari 4.) It does seem to work in the iPad though!

(Rather, the same CSS3 columns bug applies, but the getBoundingClientRect() method works as it does on Safari 4.)

]]> By: Joseph http://blog.threepress.org/2010/03/08/css-columns-for-ebook-text/comment-page-1/#comment-2345 Joseph Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:22:40 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=1239#comment-2345 Yeah that's right. The WebKit in 3.1 is from Feb 09, and the implementation landed in WebKit trunk a couple weeks later. I expect it to be in 3.2/4.0 though. For now it's not something you can rely on — in Monocle I use it only for optimisations. Sadly it doesn't look like the multi-column module is a part of Microsoft's plans for IE9, so the columnar technique isn't going to be a cross-platform solution any time soon. Yeah that’s right. The WebKit in 3.1 is from Feb 09, and the implementation landed in WebKit trunk a couple weeks later. I expect it to be in 3.2/4.0 though. For now it’s not something you can rely on — in Monocle I use it only for optimisations.

Sadly it doesn’t look like the multi-column module is a part of Microsoft’s plans for IE9, so the columnar technique isn’t going to be a cross-platform solution any time soon.

]]> By: Liza Daly http://blog.threepress.org/2010/03/08/css-columns-for-ebook-text/comment-page-1/#comment-2312 Liza Daly Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:32:56 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=1239#comment-2312 Apparently getBoundingClientRect doesn't work on the iPhone anyway (I remember experimenting with it ages ago; this may have been why I gave up on it.) c.f. http://twitter.com/johnboxall/status/10291708368 Apparently getBoundingClientRect doesn’t work on the iPhone anyway (I remember experimenting with it ages ago; this may have been why I gave up on it.) c.f. http://twitter.com/johnboxall/status/10291708368

]]> By: Liza Daly http://blog.threepress.org/2010/03/08/css-columns-for-ebook-text/comment-page-1/#comment-2310 Liza Daly Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:49:01 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=1239#comment-2310 Oh no, I was experimenting with getBoundingClientRect based on finding it in your code (we only care about WebKit on the mobile devices). So far it was meeting my needs (paired with document.elementFromPoint), but I hadn't experimented a ton. element.scrollIntoView is an interesting idea too -- thanks! (When I had a columns implementation it was basically the same as yours.) Oh no, I was experimenting with getBoundingClientRect based on finding it in your code (we only care about WebKit on the mobile devices). So far it was meeting my needs (paired with document.elementFromPoint), but I hadn’t experimented a ton.

element.scrollIntoView is an interesting idea too — thanks! (When I had a columns implementation it was basically the same as yours.)

]]> By: Joseph http://blog.threepress.org/2010/03/08/css-columns-for-ebook-text/comment-page-1/#comment-2308 Joseph Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:41:55 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=1239#comment-2308 I agree — finding the real location of columned elements has been something of a frustration for Monocle too. GetClientRects is promising, but was still erroneous in the last testing I did (a few weeks ago). My solution is probably peculiar to Monocle's column-width/scroll setup, but I found that using element.scrollIntoView then checking scrollLeft gave me at least a useful x coordinate. It's a hack I'd love to dig out, though. Great news that it works in the latest nightly. I agree — finding the real location of columned elements has been something of a frustration for Monocle too. GetClientRects is promising, but was still erroneous in the last testing I did (a few weeks ago).

My solution is probably peculiar to Monocle’s column-width/scroll setup, but I found that using element.scrollIntoView then checking scrollLeft gave me at least a useful x coordinate.

It’s a hack I’d love to dig out, though. Great news that it works in the latest nightly.

]]> By: Liza Daly http://blog.threepress.org/2010/03/08/css-columns-for-ebook-text/comment-page-1/#comment-2302 Liza Daly Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:55:39 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=1239#comment-2302 Thanks for confirming! Thanks for confirming!

]]> By: Marc Hansen http://blog.threepress.org/2010/03/08/css-columns-for-ebook-text/comment-page-1/#comment-2301 Marc Hansen Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:46:37 +0000 http://blog.threepress.org/?p=1239#comment-2301 It works in the latest nightly build of WebKit. It works in the latest nightly build of WebKit.

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