Re: [xsl] FO Table widths - table-layout fixed behaviour and use

[Tony Graham <Tony.Graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 22 2008 18:21:36 +0100, kstubs@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
...
> Hence, the folowing would be
> valid and would result in a 5 inch wide table:
>
> <fo:table table-layout="fixed">

You need to add an inline-progression-dimension or width property.

> Would this be correct?  So far, I have not had luck with table-layout
> fixed tables, all of my tables are just 100% width, and the column
> widths do not seem to match my fixed width values consistently (maybe
> not at all).  I have also tried the above by laying down table-column
> elements with a width.

If you don't specify a non-auto inline-progression-dimension value, the
initial value of 'auto' means that automatic table layout is happening
anyway [1].

'100%' is a useful value if you're using proportional-column-width(),
but since you know what length you want, you should use that.

Regards,


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[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#fo_table