Re: [xsl] position= and blocks (was And operator usage in XSL)

[Eliot Kimber <ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

john farrow wrote:

> Thats for the info Eliot.
>
> I have been looking at this and came up with this to place the two blocks
> over one another:
>
> <fo:block id="outer">
>    <fo:block-container absolute-position="absolute">
>       <fo:block>A</fo:block>
>    </fo:block-container>
>    <fo:block>B</fo:block>
> </fo:block>
>
> I think (please correct me if I am wrong) only one block-container is
> necessary, and it will be positioned relative to its containing area (with
> id="outer") so the two blocks will be over each other, and only the second
> fo:block is in the normal flow.

This only coincidently works in your test because the block "outer" 
happens to be the first block on the page.

Unfortunately, block-containers are positioned relative to the nearest 
containing reference area, which in this case is the pages region-body.

fo:block does not establish a reference area so there's no way for 
block-container to be positioned relative to it.

In your test, if you put a block before what is now the first block 
you'll see what I mean.

Cheers,

E.
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