Show page number in the reading window

[johanstrandell-MTM]

The reader window should include the page number, or there should be an option to show the page number in addition to the progress indicator.

One common use case for Thorium Reader for MTM's users is academic reading, and referring to page numbers for citations is important for students and researchers. Epubs can contain visible page numbers, but that's not always the case.

The page number is available in a few places: Information -> Reading progression -> Current page, and Table of contents -> Go to page, and the page number might be available on hover in the progress indicator, depending on the publication's structure. These options are not that discoverable.

Page number is shown in the web version of Thorium, so the same logic could be used here:

For academic usage, getting the print page source is important, so this might overlap with #2726.

[johanstrandell-MTM]

This request is based on feedback from university libraries that support students that use Thorium to read their course literature.

[danielweck]

Hello, the screenshot image you posted probably does not show page numbers (aka authored print-sourced page breaks) I think it is showing positions which are evenly-spaced locations based on artificial chunks of a predefined unit (a specific number of bytes or characters, I cannot remember).
Are you referring to print-equivalent page breaks authored in e-pub reflowable publications?

[moastockstad]

Hi!

Jumping in here from one of these university libraries that Johan is referring to.

Exactly, what we're looking for is the print-equivalent page breaks. Usually e-books opened as pdf have the same page numbering as the print version, which means that students can use the page numbers when they write references in essays and exams. But for whoever is needing a more accessible reading experience and therefore is using the epub version, page numbers often mysteriously disappear, even though they exist somewhere in the book's code.

In Thorium, page numbers aren't visible, but if I open the exact same book in the app Easyreader (also used for reading epub books), page numbers show. And since more and more students are using Thorium, this is really important from a university perspective, since referencing is key in any academic work.

[Hopkins1]

Note: This has been discussed quite extensively in discussion #1799. The discussion was mostly for the sight impaired though some of the concerns overlap with this issue. I'm not sure if any changes implemented from that discussion.

[gautierchomel]

Page breaks are displayed in the TTS with the 'Caption / Clean view' option selected, as shown in the screenshot below. As these can appear anywhere, including in the middle of a word, they may disrupt the reading experience and cause misunderstandings.

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My best option at the moment is to author them to be displayed in the margins using CSS, as shown in that second screenshot.

.pagebreak {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    left: -0.1em;
    text-align: right;
    color: #707070;
}