Re: [xsl] xsl list item writes over the label?

[josh higgins <doopsterus@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks!  However, I think that I am using the wrong
sturcture b/c I am wanting the items to be right
justified.  So I might need to use a table instead. 
What do you think?  Where is this Ken's Book?  Where
can I get a copy of it?

I am new to xsl and I am going to have to become very
familar with it so a book would be a good investment.


Thanks!
Josh

--- Eliot Kimber <ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> josh higgins wrote:
> > I am trying to use a list and the list-item is
> writing
> > over the list-label.  Any ideas?
> 
> (I assume that in your real data the elements are
> not actually empty but 
> nest.)
> 
> You have to set the end-indent of the list item
> label and the 
> start-indent of the list item block so that they
> don't overlap. It took 
> me forever to finally figure out this aspect of FO
> (thanks to Ken's FO 
> book).
> 
> The trick is that you set the provisional label
> length and label-to-body 
> gap on the list block and then use the "label-end()"
> and "body-start()" 
> functions to calculate the necessary indents:
> 
>   <fo:list-block provisional-label-separation="4mm"
>       provisional-distance-between-starts="20mm">
>     <fo:list-item>
>      <fo:list-item-label end-indent="label-end()">
>        ...
>      </fo:list-item-label>
>      <fo:list-item-body start-indent="body-start()">
>         ...
>      </fo:list-item-body>
>    </fo:list-block>
> 
> 
> This creates a 20mm label "column" and reserves 4mm
> gutter out of that 20mm.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Eliot
> 
> -- 
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> 
> 


		
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