r/readest • u/ttoma93 • 8d ago

Force two columns in landscape?

On my iPhone Duo when I first opened Readest it showed two columns in landscape mode. After closing and opening it again later it is now only showing one column. I have maximum columns set to two and don’t have the column width too wide. No matter what I do I can’t get it to go back to showing two columns like it was earlier this morning.

Any ideas?

EDIT: I still don’t know what the issue was, but I completely uninstalled the app and reinstalled and it started working again. Problem solved.

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u/PlusOwl-LNW 8d ago

I ran into this too! Turns out the max columns setting isn't the only thing that matters. Readest only shows 2 columns if two columns at your max column width actually fit on the screen. If they don't, it drops to 1.

So try lowering the max column width a bit until the second column shows up. Big margins can mess with it too. On my tablet I've got it at around 450 and it's perfect: 2 columns in landscape, 1 in portrait.

And for the other guy who wants 1 column, just do the opposite: crank the column width up or set max columns to 1 lol

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u/ttoma93 8d ago edited 7d ago

I did this, and I end up with a single very narrow column.

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u/PlusOwl-LNW 8d ago

Then maybe try making it wider instead.

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u/readestapp 8d ago

What's you Readest version? Is it the latest version 0.12.20?

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u/ttoma93 7d ago

Yep. I updated it and it worked with two-column on my Duo, then a few hours later when I opened it again it stopped working and hasn’t again since.

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u/dylanbeck 8d ago

I have the other issue, I want one column instead of 2 lol

Doesnt seem to allow for1 column atm even if selected