Re: keep-together.within-page property

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Subject: Re: keep-together.within-page property
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:28:46 -0400

At 2003-07-24 04:52 -0400, Gamperl Markus wrote:

I have got an XSL:FO problem with tables.
...
<xsl:template match="tr">
   <fo:table-row keep-together.within-page="always">

Note that "always" does not mean "a very big number for keep strength".

     <xsl:apply-templates/>
   </fo:table-row>
</xsl:template>
And now to my problem - when a table row is to big for one page, i get an area overflow!

Yes, by rules of the specification.

But in this case the PDF-Formatter should break up the table-row because there is no other way!

False, by rules of the specification.

How can i solve this???

By using a number for keep strength and not the value "always". A numbered value for keep strength will break if there is no room for the construct, and it will be flowed after the previous construct as if the keep was not specified.

Note that in XSL-FO 1.0 there is no way to have an item that is too long for a page begin at the top of a page ... once the numeric value breaks, it is flowed as if there were no keep ... but "always" means just that "always" even if it doesn't fit, so if it doesn't fit, it must be an overflow.

I hope this helps.

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


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