Re: [xsl] Trying to Achieve inside/outside offset column layouts: any thoughts?

["W. Eliot Kimber" <ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pawson, David wrote:

>  
> Eliot, is the 'inside/outside offset-column layout' irrelevant here,
> or is that a part of the problem? I'm unsure how they relate.

It is the key to the problem:

To get a float into the margin you specify a negative margin on the 
float's contents. The properties for this are "margin-left" and 
"margin-right" and float="start" or float="end".

If the margin you want to place in is on the left on even pages and on 
the right on odd pages, then you would have to specify either 
margin-left/float="start" or margin-right/float="end" depending on 
whether the page you're on is an odd page or an even page.

At XSLT time you *cannot know* what the parity of the page is, therefore 
you have no way to select the correct properties.

Adding the values "inside" and "outside" to float get you at least part 
of the way.

RenderX has posted what appears to be a solution that works without the 
additional extensions I mentioned. I haven't yet had a chance to try it 
but I will.

Cheers,

E.
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