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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Custom HTML title page - how to align text
John Brown wrote: > Hello All, > > My title page has a <title>, <subtitle> and <date>. I wanted to align > all three elements on the centre. The title and subtitle were > straightforward, but I had some trouble with the date. > > I looked at the HTML and saw that the date was represented > as <div><span class="date">June 2008<br></span></div>. > > Apparently, text-align only applies to block elements,and <span> is > an inline element. Through trial-and-error, I eventually found that > the way to give the enclosing <div> an ID was to put > <date id="title_date"> in the titlepage-content in the title spec > file and regenerate the titlepage stylesheet. Then I could use: > > /* CSS begins */ > H1.title,H2.title,H3.title,H4.title,H5.title,H6.title > { > text-align: center; > } > Is this the "right" way to do it? Yes John. Get the output you want, with CSS classes if needed, then decorate with CSS. The only sensible way! regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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