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Re: [docbook-apps] table title horizontal alignment, center
Thank again!
That works, and I can see how the solution is aplicable to other
object titles.
I'm using <imagedata align ="center" . . . />, so Figure titles are
being centered automatically.
Steve Whitlatch
On Wednesday 17 March 2004 07:14 pm, Bob Stayton wrote:
> I think you will need to customize the template named
> formal.object.heading in fo/formal.xsl. Something like this:
>
> <xsl:template name="formal.object.heading">
> <xsl:param name="object" select="."/>
> <xsl:param name="placement" select="'before'"/>
>
> <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="formal.title.properties">
> <!-- ADD THE FOLLOWING THREE LINES -->
> <xsl:if test="self::table">
> <xsl:attribute name="text-align">center</xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:if>
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="$placement = 'before'">
> <xsl:attribute
>
> name="keep-with-next.within-column">always</xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:otherwise>
> <xsl:attribute
>
> name="keep-with-previous.within-column">always</xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="$object"
> mode="object.title.markup"> <xsl:with-param name="allow-anchors"
> select="1"/>
> </xsl:apply-templates>
> </fo:block>
> </xsl:template>
>
> It checks to see if the formal object is a table, and if so adds
> the text-align attribute. I presume you only wanted to do this with
> tables, not figures, examples, etc.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Whitlatch" <swhitlat@getnet.net>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:37 PM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] table title horizontal alignment, center
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am experimenting with techniques for horizontally aligning
> > table titles. I have some XSL code that center aligns the table
> > title text, but it fails to center align the prefix and
> > autonumber.
> >
> > Here is the code from my XSL customization layer:
> >
> > <xsl:template match="table" mode="insert.title.markup">
> > <xsl:param name="title"/>
> > <fo:block text-align="center"
> > <xsl:value-of select="$title"/>
> > </fo:block>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> >
> > Here is an ascii art depiction of what I get:
> >
> > * table row *
> > ******************************************
> > * last row of table *
> > ******************************************
> > Table 1
> > Table Title
> >
> > The text from <title>Table Title</title> is centered and moved
> > down vertically about one line. And the "Table 1" portion is
> > unaffected. I guess I should not be expecting anything else with
> > that code though. Seems obvious. I'd like to keep both parts
> > together and also prevent the entire displayed table title from
> > moving down.
> >
> > Looks like I need something like:
> > <xsl:value-of select="$title-plus-prefix-plus-autonumber"/>
> >
> > But it won't be that easy. Any suggestions?
> >
> > The answer to this question, and examples of applied solutions to
> > all other questions I've asked on this list will be made
> > available in a downloadable example DocBook XML document/project
> > from my homepage. I'm trying to remove the worst
> > errors/deficiencies before posting it.
> >
> > I've also got a round-trippable structured FrameMaker 7.0 version
> > of the same document I made for comparison. I'll post both
> > projects within a week or so.
> >
> > Thanks to Bob Stayton for all his patient help.
> >
> > Steve Whitlatch
> >
> >
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