Re: [xsl] Contents overflow in table cell ?

Subject: Re: [xsl] Contents overflow in table cell ?
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:11:23 -0500
At 2003-12-17 10:08 +0000, Jonny Pony wrote:
My problem is that I got entries that overflow the regions of the columns in the table and therefore overlap the other column.

That sounds like a bug in software not a problem with XSL-FO ... text in a table cell is in a block so is supposed to wrap and create new lines when it reaches the end-edge of the table cell. You don't mention any use of properties to prevent wrapping, so that would point to a problem in the implementation you've chosen to use.


The substring-function is not suitable, because it cannot really control the length of the contents (fonts and characters have a different width, so limiting the string to xx-characters makes no sense).

Correct, at transformation time there is no feedback on the length of formatted information.


Is there a way of cuttting of the text at the end of the cell?

Yes: force the text to a single line instead of the default wrapping at the end of a table cell, then place that text inside of a block container whose overflow property hides anything that goes beyond the container's edges. For example:


  <table-cell>
    <block>Example with a lot of
    text that is specified to wrap in
    order to illustrate behaviour</block>
  </table-cell>
  <table-cell>
    <block-container overflow="hidden">
      <block white-space="nowrap">Example with a lot of
      text that is specified not to wrap in order to
      illustrate clipping</block>
    </block-container>
  </table-cell>

Is there a way of cuttting of the text after xx-cm?

No.


Is there a better approach?

Find a processor that works properly?


I hope this helps.

....................... Ken

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