Subject: Re: [xsl] Displaying Icon in Page Margin From: Eliot Kimber <ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:42:13 -0500 |
You could insert a preprocess step to add the ghost cells to the source table as part of base FO-generating XSLT--no need to do it with a separate XSLT. Where the table gets passed to the template that generates the FO table, just do: <xsl:variable name="hackedTable" as="element()"> <xsl:apply-templates mode="hackTable" select="."/> </xsl:variable> <xsl:apply-templates select="hackedTable"/> Or you could override the row-generation template and add the zero-size FO table cell there. But if you're using XEP, I think the "modify the XEP intermediate file" approach suggested by Kevin on the DITA User's list might be the easier and more reliable solution, unfortunately. It seems little like a bug in the FO spec that side floats apply to the nearest containing reference area and not to the containing flow's reference area (e.g., xsl-region-body). I can't think of a case where I'd want the side float anchored in a table to be relative to the table cell's reference area and not to the overall flow's reference area. Cheers, Eliot On 9/15/11 2:30 PM, "Brian Popp" <bpopp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I wasn't asking your authors to add the ghost column. I was suggesting that >> as you process your author's tables, *you* insert the ghost column on every >> row. That way it is predictable and maintainable. > > True. It still seems kinda messy, though, because I'd have to > preprocess each file through that XSL script (to add the column) > before it goes through the normal XSL translation to FO. That's not > unmanageable and I'm happy to have something to fall back on, but it > just seems like there has to be a better way. > > Another issue I found with using the negative margins is that I end up > having to write very complicated rules that mirror the styling > attributes of the affected elements. For example, to draw the icon > aligned to the left of a nested list, I have to know what level I'm at > and what the indent is for each level. Again, not undoable, but it's > overly complex and would be difficult to maintain. > > This is a very clever solution, though, and I do very much appreciate > the responses. I'm very impressed with this list and have learned a > lot in the short time I've been reading it. > > -bpopp > -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com
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