Bizarre ADE bug with brackets

charleski · 08-11-2010, 08:21 PM

I managed to waste over an hour today on one of the most bizarre bugs I've yet seen in ADE.

If a paragraph is centered (using text-align: center), contains a br tag, and the first character after the break is a left bracket ( (, {, or [ ) or an em-dash, then the text on that line will be shifted right by about 1em. The only way to prevent this is to ensure that the first displayed character on that line is something other than a left bracket/em-dash (inserting a character wrapped in a display:none span won't work).

This happens on both the current 1.72 version of Desktop ADE and on my PRS-505. I've attached an example epub that displays perfectly in other epub-renderers but fails in ADE.

I'll file a bug report about this, but we all know that the chances of Adobe actually fixing this are minuscule, so it's just something people will need to be aware of and work around.

Valloric · 08-11-2010, 09:14 PM

Sadly, confirmed.

We should seriously compile a list of ADE quirks.

Jellby · 08-12-2010, 06:37 AM

I had noticed some weird alignments in centered lines, which I thought were due to text-indent, but could not fix it. Then I read somewhere (probably some thread here) that ADE had this problem with brackets in centered lines, which explained the issues I had seen. Now I just ignore and hope for the best (that either ADE will be fixed or readers will use a different rendering software in the future)

charleski · 08-12-2010, 08:09 AM

It only seems to happen after a br tag. E.g.
(gh)
will render properly, whereas with
(gh) (gh)
the second line will be shifted to the right.

Jellby · 08-12-2010, 08:23 AM

Yes, your description is much more detailed than the blurred image I had in my mind

08-12-2010, 08:09 AM	#4
charleski Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 1281258 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	It only seems to happen after a br tag. E.g. <p class="center">(gh)</p> will render properly, whereas with <p class="center">(gh)<br />(gh)</p> the second line will be shifted to the right.

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08-11-2010, 09:14 PM	#2
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Sadly, confirmed. We should seriously compile a list of ADE quirks.

08-12-2010, 06:37 AM	#3
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,536 Karma: 19000001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I had noticed some weird alignments in centered lines, which I thought were due to text-indent, but could not fix it. Then I read somewhere (probably some thread here) that ADE had this problem with brackets in centered lines, which explained the issues I had seen. Now I just ignore and hope for the best (that either ADE will be fixed or readers will use a different rendering software in the future)

08-12-2010, 08:23 AM	#5
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,536 Karma: 19000001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Yes, your description is much more detailed than the blurred image I had in my mind

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