Re: fo:block affects layout on previous page (remove

On Thu, May 15 2008 12:27:26 +0100, per.toyra@xxxxxx wrote:
> I'm creating a three column layout with column separators in the
> gutter. This is achived with one background image on
> region-body`. This works as intended on all pages but creates problems
> on pages with page-wide objects (span=all) which do not cover the
> whole page.  In my case, I  have a lot of  page-wide tables with
> footnotes.
...
> In my world, a element shouldn't be able to affect the layout on a
> previous page, but I'm a newbie at this FO-stuff too... If someone got
> a better solution to the problem I'd be thrilled to hear about it!

It's hard to say what to expect without seeing a fragment at least of
your FO.  Is there a fo:block or some other element that contains both
the last table and the following fo:block?

Provided it satisfies the constraints in the XSL spec, how the formatter
implements the spec is up to its implementer.  If you find a bug in the
implementation, then you can take it up with the vendor.  If you find a
bug in the spec, then you can report it at xsl-editors@xxxxxxx  If
there's something you want to see in the next version of XSL, you can
check the requirements document at http://www.w3.org/TR/xslfo20-req/ and
provide feedback.

> What I really want is the column separators in the gutter to disappear
> between the table and footnote if there isn't any column-wide content
> in this area. Is this possible to achive?
>
> Btw, I'm using Antennahouse XSLFormatter 4.2.

Antenna House has extensions [1] for column rules that may do just what
you want.

Regards,


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[1] http://www.antennahouse.com/xslfo/axf4-extension.htm#column-rule