Re: xpath selection problem

this is a standard grouping question, you don't need to use recursion
but you do need to use some auxiliary xslt definitions not just a single
xpath. (it could be a single xpath 2 expression). 
in xslt1 normally you'd use a key something like

<xsl:key name="n" match="node[@hidden=1]"
use="generate-id(preceding-sibling::node[@hidden=0][1])"/>

...

then from the current node, the following hidden=1 nodes can then be
selected with a single xpath

select="key('n',generate-id())


David

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