Re: [docbook-apps] Make better use of IDs in the HTML stylesheets?

[Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>]

Jean Jordaan wrote:

> Consider putting the id in a place that actually identifies the entire
> named section?

The problem is that some older HTML browsers do not suppot ID attributes 
and it is thus necessary to emit <a name="..."/>. You can't have ID 
attribute with the same value on different element.

But to accommodate your needs you can easily put ID into class 
attribute. Just add the following into your customization layer:

<xsl:template match="*" mode="class.value">
   <xsl:param name="class" select="local-name(.)"/>
   <!-- permit customization of class value only -->
   <!-- Use element name by default -->
   <xsl:value-of select="$class"/>
   <xsl:if test="@id | @xml:id">
     <xsl:text> _</xsl:text>
     <xsl:value-of select="@id | @xml:id"/>
   </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

Now, for

<appendix id="foo">

you will get

<div class="appendix _foo">

which you can easily access in CSS by

.appendix._foo

or by

._foo.appendix

HTH,

				Jirka

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