Subject: Re: FW: [xsl] adjust width of block to previous block From: Mathis Mörke <mathis.moerke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:11:14 +0200 |
> From: "Tony Graham" <tgraham@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 15. Juli 2011 19:28:41 MESZ > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [xsl] adjust width of block to previous block > Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Fri, July 15, 2011 5:58 pm, G. Ken Holman wrote: > > At 2011-07-15 17:50 +0100, Tony Graham wrote: > > On Fri, July 15, 2011 4:07 pm, Mathis Mvrke wrote: > > ... > > I don't know how to adjust the width of a next block to the previous > > block. I have an external graphic in a block and want the next block > > to have the same size as the block containing the external graphic. > > Put them both in a fo:block-container with 'inline-progression-dimension' > > set to the width of the graphic, which you are already using to set > > 'content-width' on the fo:external-graphic. > > But I saw that the input width attribute was > > optional and the comment at the top talked about > > the width being "dynamic" (which I interpreted as "not known"). > > Hence the 'trickier' option. > > If FOP supported 'table-layout="auto"', then you would have had another > > option by using a table to contain the graphic and caption. > > In my experience relying on "auto" hasn't been > > very helpful because different vendors interpret > > differently what to do with the width of > > columns. As I mentioned in my post regarding a > > side float, if the text of the caption of the > > graphic is rendered wider than the width of the > > graphic, then the table cell might simply stretch. > > The 'table-layout="auto"' option would, like the fo:block-container > option, require setting the width, this time of the fo:table, to something > narrow and relying on the formatter to work at keeping the width of the > formatted table to the minimum possible. You'd also put the graphic and > the caption in separate cells to maximise the chance that the formatter > won't make the table wider than the graphic. > > An implementation of the CSS2 automatic table layout algorithm [1] would > do what's wanted, but that's non-normative even for CSS2. > > Both ideas are in the realm of a "Hail Mary pass" [2] to the formatter > since there is both leeway over .optimum vs .maximum and non-normative > algorithms in the specs. > > Note also that the requirements for XSL FO 2.0 does include supporting > expressions containing information that's only available at formatting > time [3]. > > Regards, > > > Tony Graham tgraham@xxxxxxxxxx > Consultant http://www.mentea.net > Mentea 13 Kelly's Bay Beach, Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland At first, thank you for your immediatly repsonses. Nothing worked so far. I tried the length range and and setting the table-layout to 'auto' neither. Instead of using a table I simulate a table with fo:blocks. FOP Apache does not support table-and-caption. Other ideas?
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