Subject: Re: [xsl] Re: [FO] Margin when a block breaks over a page From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:56:41 -0400 |
Kamal Bhatt wrote: > Hi, > I want to ensure that when a block breaks on a new page, the top of the > content has a certain amount of spacing before it, how can I do this?
You can use the padding-before property: <fo:block padding-before.length="20pt" padding-before.conditionality="retain"> Block content... </fo:block>
Note that you will also get the space on the first page where the block appears;
You will also get the padding on *every* block, while the original poster asked only that the space be at the top of the page when a block breaks on a new page (I'm assuming because of the background image).
A second concern is that your suggestion would only work if the text has no background colour, otherwise, the background colour of the text is shown, not the background colour of the parent construct (in this case the image). I find in my classroom that novice users of XSL-FO use padding where they should be using spacing because they don't see white on white problems and get into bad habits.
if the block doesnbt have any border you can counteract that by setting a negative space-before. Contrary to space-before, padding-before, if it is set to "retain", applies to every page on which the block appears.
But maybe what you really want can be achieved in a different way, in which case a small illustration can help us understand your need.
I agree ... the original post frames the discussion around the background image of the body region, which is why I think my proposed solution being applied to the background image will have the least impact on the rest of the formatting in play.
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