Re: [docbook-apps] Table head output in FO

[Pirjo Tinat <ptinat at yahoo dot com>]

Thank you for these templates and instructions, they worked very
well!

Pirjo :-) 

 --- Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote: 
> In version 1.66.1, two new empty templates were added to help
> format tables.
> The template named table.cell.properties is called just after each
> <fo:table-cell> to allow you to add attributes on the element.  And
> the
> template named table.cell.block.properties is called just after the
> <fo:block> inside the cell to put properties on the fo:block.  So
> you could
> use them like this:
> 
> <xsl:template name="table.cell.properties">
>   <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="ancestor::thead">
>       <xsl:attribute name="background-color">blue</xsl:attribute>
>     </xsl:when>
>   </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template name="table.cell.block.properties">
>   <!-- highlight text in table head -->
>   <xsl:if test="ancestor::thead">
>     <xsl:attribute name="font-weight">bold</xsl:attribute>
>   </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> These two templates also permit you to implement table styles.  The
> DocBook
> table element takes a "tabstyle" attribute, where you can designate
> a table
> style name.  These templates could then check the @tabstyle value
> on the
> table cell's ancestor table (or informaltable), and then base the
> properties
> it adds on that setting using a larger "choose" statement.
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pirjo Tinat" <ptinat@yahoo.com>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 2:57 AM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] Table head output in FO
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > How can I control the table head's output in pdf? I would like to
> > have all table/thead/rows with a background-color and all
> > table/thead/row/entries with bold.
> >
> > In HTML this is obvious, but how about pdf (I'm using XEP)?
> >
> > In DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide it says that "Currently the
> row
> > customization only works for HTML output". Does this mean that
> for
> > now there is no solution beyond PIs?
> >
> > I do not want to use processing instructions, because I may want
> to
> > change the layout later for all tables and I don't want to
> revisit
> > all tables (in addition to the problems our system has with PIs,
> as I
> > explained in a previous email).
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Pirjo :-)
> >
> > Pirjo Tinat
> > Documentation Specialist
> > Done Information Oy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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