RE: [xep-support] space-before attribute

From: Chen, Cindy (C)(STP) (Cindy.Chen@guidant.com)
Date: Tue Apr 13 2004 - 11:12:11 PDT

  • Next message: G. Ken Holman: "RE: [xep-support] space-before attribute"

    Thanks Ken. It really helps. Just one more question. According to the spec, should "space-after" on the block in my example be discarded as well?

    Thanks,
    Cindy

    -----Original Message-----
    From: G. Ken Holman [mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 11:22 AM
    To: xep-support@renderx.com
    Subject: Re: [xep-support] space-before attribute

    At 2004-04-13 11:02 -0500, Chen, Cindy (C)(STP) wrote:
    >I just experienced a weird behaviour when I tried to define a space-before
    >attribute for a block which is placed inside a table cell.

    Note that a table cell generates a reference area and the default for space
    before and after at the beginning and end of a reference area is to discard
    the space.

    >My code is attached. Basiclly I defined a block inside the table cell with
    >"space-before" set as 10pt.

    But it is being discarded as required in the spec.

    > From generated PDF, I wasn't able to see the spaces between the table
    > border and the text( it looks like space-after worked fine). But if I
    > changed the table cell on line 21 to:
    > <fo:table-cell border-style="solid">
    >I was able to see the spaces.

    That seems strange ... I would not have expected that.

    >Am I missing anything?

    You are missing: space-before.conditionality="retain"

    By adding this property's compound value setting, the processor will not
    discard the associated space-before. I added it to your example, as well
    as space-after.conditionality="retain", and the text ended up centred in
    the bordered table.

    I hope this helps.

    ....................... Ken 

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