Re: XSL FO: scaling graphics

["Sebastian Rahtz" <sebastian.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nikolai Grigoriev writes:
 > > c) I want the graphic to occupy 80% of the width of the enclosing box:
 > >
 > >   <fo:external-graphic src="foo"  content-width="90%"/>
 > 
 > NO. A quote from the draft [7.12.3 "content-width"]: "If the value is a
 > percentage, the value of this property is the percentage applied to the
 > intrinsic width". You get 90% of the original width, not of the surrounding
 > block's. 

oh DANG. back to the drawing board.

 > After a thorough search, I still cannot find any evident way of
 > achieving what you are asking for. Probably, there should be something like
 > content-width="0.8 * from-parent('width')", 

sigh. I really dont want to have to play a game like that

surely "set the graphic so that it scales up or down to fit the page
width" is a very common requirement?

Sebastian


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