[xep-support] Problems with floats and fo:list-item

Hello All,

I found an answer in this list from David to Elliot on some float problems. I used this sample to test something out:
We have a lot of content in lists and we want to place some of those contents in a side float.
That works well as long as the content does not sit in the first line of the list-item
I've taken the sample and changed it a bit to show you what we get.

As you can see in the fo that I put below the first side float should start on the first line of the list-item.
If you look at the attached PDF it starts at the second line of the list item. What do I have to do to let the float start at the first line? Or is this impossible?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
   <fo:layout-master-set>
       <fo:simple-page-master master-name="default-page">
           <fo:region-body/>
       </fo:simple-page-master>
   </fo:layout-master-set>
   <fo:page-sequence master-reference="default-page">
       <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body" start-indent="25mm" end-indent="0pt">
            <fo:block>
         <fo:list-block space-before.optimum="1em" space-before.minimum="0.8em" space-before.maximum="1.2em" space-after.optimum="1em" space-after.minimum="0.8em" space-after.maximum="1.2em" provisional-label-separation="0.2em" provisional-distance-between-starts="1.0em" id="d0e51">
            <fo:list-item space-before.optimum="1em" space-before.minimum="0.8em" space-before.maximum="1.2em" id="d0e52">
               <fo:list-item-label end-indent="label-end()">
                  <fo:block>•</fo:block>
               </fo:list-item-label>
               <fo:list-item-body start-indent="body-start()">
        <fo:block>+<fo:float float="start">
        <fo:block-container background="red" width="21mm">
        <fo:block>
        * ******* **** ************ **** **.
        * ******* **** ************ **** **.
        * ******* **** ************ **** **.
        * ******* **** ************ **** **.
        </fo:block>
        </fo:block-container>
        </fo:float> ++++++++ ++ +++++++++++++ +.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        
        <fo:float float="start" clear="both">
        <fo:block-container background="blue" width="21mm">
        <fo:block>
        * ******* **** ************ **** **.
        * ******* **** ************ **** **.
        * ******* **** ************ **** **.
        * ******* **** ************ **** **.
        </fo:block>
        </fo:block-container>
        </fo:float>
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        + +++++++ ++++ ++++++++++++ ++++ ++.
        </fo:block>
               </fo:list-item-body>
            </fo:list-item>
            </fo:list-block>
            </fo:block>
       </fo:flow>
   </fo:page-sequence>

Kind regards,

Peter Kester

   
 
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Van: owner-xep-support@renderx.com [mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com] Namens David Tolpin
Verzonden: zaterdag 22 januari 2005 11:42
Aan: xep-support@renderx.com
Onderwerp: Re: [xep-support] On XSL FO and reporting of unexpected behavior

Hi Eliot,

in this and the previous message, you describe behavior that seems to
you not corresponding to your expectations; and you declare it buggy.
However,

1) you don't provide complete XSL FO source examples that demonstrate
the bugginess of the behavior
2) your explanations are contradictory, contain typos (what is the
second block following the first float in the text below) and do not
provide enough detail to guess.

In particular, in the attached example, the floats behave exactly as
expected.

Subscribers of XEP-support mailing list, both users of XEP and RenderX
engineers, are ready to answer each other's questions. But in asking a
question, things acceptable from a user of XEP and XSL FO, trying to
master a technology new for them, are not from you as the
representative of a member of W3C in XSL Working Group.

In the future, please provide short examples illustrating behavior that
puzzles you so that we can explain what is happening.

David Tolpin

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