Re: [docbook-apps] FO problem: Setting start indent for special tables

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

I think the simplest way to accomplish what you want is to use the 
table.properties attribute-set with a conditional attribute.  The 
table.properties attribute-set is applied to the outer fo:block that 
contains a table and its title, so any title gets outdented as well (I'm 
assuming that's what you want).  This should work:

<xsl:attribute-set name="table.properties">
  <xsl:attribute name="start-indent">
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="@tabstyle = 'smallfont'">0pt</xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>inherit</xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>

If you don't want the title outdented with the table, then you can use the 
"table.table.properties" attribute-set, which is instead applied to the 
fo:table element inside the block.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schramm, Martin" <MSchramm@harmanbecker.com>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:52 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] FO problem: Setting start indent for special tables



Dear all,
I would like to ask you for some support with my FO customization:
I've got a problem to set oversize tables correctly into my page layout,
which indents the main text. These oversize tables usually have numerous
columns, extensive content and demand full page width. I do not want to
rotate these tables (e. g. with attribute "orient=land").

I have written an XSL customization, which indents the main text (Body
text: paras, mediaobjects etc.) 42.25mm to the right. The Headlines
(titles of sections etc.) are not indented.
So in my customization I have altered the body.start.indent parameter
like this:
  <xsl:param name="body.start.indent">42.25mm</xsl:param>

I want the some tables to start directly after the left margin of the
page (=not indented) and reduce the font size of the table's content.
For this, I have offered the following sample table to those authors,
who contains the attribute tabstyle="smallfont". The authors take this
sample table, copy it into their document and edit the content.

 <table tabstyle="smallfont">
        <title>Oversize table</title>
         <thead>
            <row>
              <entry> ...
              ...
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
             ...

Therefore I have altered the table.cell.block.properties parameter in my
customization like shown below.
Result: The font sizes are set correctly, the table is correctly set on
an extra page, BUT the table is still indented, though I want it to
start directly after the left margin of the page (=not indented) . For
this I had set the "fo:block start-indent" to a negative value, but it
does not work.
Could you give me a hint, how I can solve this problem?

Many thanks,
Martin

Customized table.cell.block.properties:

<xsl:template name="table.cell.block.properties">
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when
test="ancestor-or-self::table[1]/@tabstyle='smallfont' or

ancestor-or-self::informaltable[1]/@tabstyle='smallfont'">
        <fo:block start-indent="-42.25mm"
        break-before="page"
        break-after="page" >
        <xsl:if test="ancestor::thead">
    <xsl:attribute
name="font-size">8pt</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute
name="font-weight">bold</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="ancestor::tbody">
    <xsl:attribute
name="font-size">8pt</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
</fo:block>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:if test="ancestor::thead">
    <xsl:attribute name="font-size">10pt</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute
name="font-weight">bold</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="ancestor::tbody">
    <xsl:attribute name="font-size">10pt</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>



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