Hi Gregorio,
Border properties for each side can be
specified with three individual properties, or with a shortcut property that
combines them. For example, these three properties:
<xsl:attribute
name="border-right-width">0.5pt</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute
name="border-right-style">solid</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute
name="border-right-color">white</xsl:attribute>
are equivalent to this shortcut:
<xsl:attribute name="border-right">0.5pt solid
white</xsl:attribute>
with the three values specified in this order, as defined by the
standard. Your example only specified two property values, so it did not
work.
Another shortcut applies the properties to all sides if that is what you
want:
<xsl:attribute name="border">0.5pt solid
white</xsl:attribute>
The DocBook template named 'border' is in
fo/table.xsl and is just a convenience for generating the three separate
properties from the stylesheet parameters that set the default border
properties. If you want non-default border properties, then you cannot use
the template named "border". Also, in general a template will not accept
being passed a param for which it does not have a param declaration. The
"border" template only has a param declared for "side", so trying to pass the
color would not work as there is nothing to receive it in the
template.
In table processing, each cell generally takes care
of its own right-side and bottom-side borders only. The top border is
instead handled by the cell above or the table frame if it is the first cell in
a column. Likewise, the left border is handled by the cell to the left or the
table frame if it is the first cell in a row. That avoids conflicts
between neighboring cells, and follows the way CALS tables specify borders as
rowsep (bottom) and colsep (right).
The DocBook XSL template named
'table.cell.properties' is called for each cell in the table, with the context
node being the "entry" element of a CALS table or a "td" element of an
HTML-markup table. That template should be
copied from fo/table.xsl to your customization layer and modified there.
If you aren't familiar with "customization layer", see:
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomMethods.html#CustomizationLayer
There is also an example of customizing this
template:
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/PrintTableStyles.html#table.cell.properties
In your case, you want to set the column separator
to white, so something like the following could be added to your customization
of the template named 'table.cell.properties'. It first sets a variable to
count rows, and then decides the border attribute with an xsl:choose statement
to alternate white and black column borders.
<xsl:template name="table.cell.properties">
<xsl:param
name="bgcolor.pi" select="''"/>
<xsl:param name="rowsep.inherit"
select="1"/>
<xsl:param name="colsep.inherit"
select="1"/>
<xsl:param name="col" select="1"/>
<xsl:param name="valign.inherit" select="''"/>
<xsl:param
name="align.inherit" select="''"/>
<xsl:param
name="char.inherit" select="''"/>
<variable name="rownumber">
<xsl:number count="row" from="tbody"/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when
test="$rownumber mod 2">
<xsl:attribute
name="border-right">0.5pt solid white</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:attribute
name="border-right">0.5pt solid black</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
...
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
----- Original Message -----
From:
Gregorio Pevaco
To: ;
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] striped table
border colors
I realize it has been several
months since I broached this subject. As this was a back-burner issue I
have only recently revisited this. However, I have not been able to
generate the results I had hoped for yet.
I am trying to customize
the fo/table.xsl to address the cell.border.color as is the subject
here.
My first question is that
there seem to be two areas that refer to table.cell.properties, I am
assuming the one I want is the 2nd one following the <!-- Expand
this template to add properties to any fo:table-cell -->
comment.
OK, now from the comment, and
some dabbling, should I assume the right approach is to add that structure
to my custom layer... or do I want to modify the table.xsl straight
away?
The second and biggest problem
I am having is that I am not sure what the right 'call' to get the column
separators other than black.
My first attempt as
illustrated in my first letter:
<xsl:attribute
name="border-right">0.5pt white</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute
name="border-left">0.5pt white</xsl:attribute>
did
not work, but seems like it might be going down the right road.
I have tried something along these
lines:
<xsl:call-template
name="border">
<xsl:with-param name="table.cell.border.color"
select="'white'"/>
</xsl:call-template>
Not to throw more confusion at this with bad code,
than necessary. What would be the correct structure to get the the column
rules to turn white?
I wonder if you might be able to supply some
example of the code to do that?
I hope that is not too much to ask, but it would
really help as I have run into a wall here.
Thank you kindly!
/G.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Bob Stayton <>
To:
docbook-apps <>; Gregorio Pevaco
<>
Sent: Thu, Mar 1, 2012 1:55 am
Subject: Re:
[docbook-apps] striped table border colors
Hi Gregorio,
Borders within a table are set on table cells,
not on rows. I believe the reason for that must be cell spans, which can
put the bottom of a cell in one row in the next row or several
rows.
Customize the template 'table.cell.properties'
from fo/table.xsl to set the custom borders.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
----- Original Message -----
From:
Gregorio Pevaco
To:
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:05
PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] striped table
border colors
Hello:
I
have a particular style of table I am attempting to generate into PDF using
the fo stylesheets.
Specifically I am getting custom striped rows, but I also need to
generate white rowsep/colsep or cell borders. I am trying to do this in my
custom layer, and here is a piece of the xsl:
<xsl:template name="table.row.properties">
<xsl:variable name="tabstyle">
<xsl:call-template name="tabstyle"/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="rownum">
<xsl:number from="tgroup" count="row"/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$tabstyle = 'striped'">
<xsl:if test="$rownum mod 2 = 0">
<xsl:attribute
name="background-color">#939598</xsl:attribute>
<!--attributes to change border
colors?-->
<xsl:attribute name="border-right">0.5pt
white</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute
name="border-left">0.5pt white</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="$rownum mod 2 != 0">
<xsl:attribute
name="background-color">#bcbec0</xsl:attribute>
<!--?attributes to change border
colors?-->
</xsl:if>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
Obviously this is not working, the portions following <!--attributes to change border
colors?--> are simply variations of my attempts to get some sort of
change to the table.cell.properties,
however I could not find any sort of
combination to get the result I wish for, which would be white colored rules
between the cells of the table.
Is this even possible? Any
suggestions?
Thank you for taking the time to read my questions.
/Gregorio
