Re: alignment of a leader in XSL:FO

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Subject: Re: alignment of a leader in XSL:FO
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:36:07 -0400

At 2003-07-24 14:58 +0200, Bjoern Eilmes wrote:

In my XSL file I have defined a leader, this leader appears at the bottom of a line,

This is not conformant to the XSL-FO 1.0 specification. Inline constructs such as graphics and leaders sit on the text baseline, not at the bottom of a line.

but I like it to appear at the top of the line. I tried the attributes leader-alignment="middle" and "top" alignment-baseline="middle" and "top" but it does not work.

To align inline-level constructs, one uses alignment-adjust= ... I find I often have to use this for my graphics, otherwise they look superscripted. Many of my students are surprised to learn that graphics do not sit on the bottom of a text line when using non-ideographic scripts.

Has somebody an idea how I get this leader at the top of a line?

The example below works as I expect when I run it on Antenna House. The third leader is drawn at the top of line.

I hope this helps.

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

  <block>This is a test</block>
  <block text-align-last="justify">
    ABC<leader leader-pattern="rule"/>DEF
  </block>
  <block>This is a test</block>
  <block text-align-last="justify">
    ABC<leader leader-pattern="rule" alignment-adjust="after-edge"/>DEF
  </block>
  <block>This is a test</block>
  <block text-align-last="justify">
    ABC<leader leader-pattern="rule" alignment-adjust="before-edge"/>DEF
  </block>
  <block>This is a test</block>


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