Thanks Thomas. I tried that solution, but I'm still not seeing the alt attribute in the output. Below is what I added to my customization (I marked the change from the original stylesheet--it's just 3 additional lines).
<xsl:template match="d:imagedata"> <xsl:variable name="filename"> <xsl:call-template name="mediaobject.filename"> <xsl:with-param name="object" select=".."/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:variable> <xsl:choose> <!-- Handle MathML and SVG markup in imagedata --> <xsl:when test="mml:*" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML";> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:when> <xsl:when test="svg:*" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:when> <xsl:when test="@format='linespecific'"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="$use.extensions != '0' and $textinsert.extension != '0'"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="element-available('stext:insertfile')"> <stext:insertfile href="{$filename}" encoding="{$textdata.default.encoding}"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:when test="element-available('xtext:insertfile')"> <xtext:insertfile href="{$filename}"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:message terminate="yes"> <xsl:text>No insertfile extension available.</xsl:text> </xsl:message> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <a xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" href="{$filename}"/> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:variable name="longdesc.uri"> <xsl:call-template name="longdesc.uri"> <xsl:with-param name="mediaobject" select="ancestor::d:imageobject/parent::*"/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:variable> <xsl:variable name="phrases" select="ancestor::d:mediaobject/d:textobject[d:phrase] |ancestor::d:inlinemediaobject/d:textobject[d:phrase] |ancestor::d:mediaobjectco/d:textobject[d:phrase]"/> <xsl:call-template name="process.image"> <xsl:with-param name="alt"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="ancestor::d:mediaobject/d:alt"> <xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::d:mediaobject/d:alt"/> </xsl:when> <!-- Added when statement below --> <xsl:when test="ancestor::d:inlinemediaobject/d:alt"> <xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::d:inlinemediaobject/d:alt"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:apply-templates select="$phrases[not(@role) or @role!='tex'][1]"/> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:with-param> <xsl:with-param name="longdesc"> <xsl:call-template name="write.longdesc"> <xsl:with-param name="mediaobject" select="ancestor::d:imageobject/parent::*"/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:with-param> </xsl:call-template> <xsl:if test="$html.longdesc != 0 and $html.longdesc.link != 0 and ancestor::d:imageobject/parent::*/d:textobject[not(d:phrase)]"> <xsl:call-template name="longdesc.link"> <xsl:with-param name="longdesc.uri" select="$longdesc.uri"/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:if> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:template> --- David Goss, M.A. Technical Writer, Laboratory Division Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation 4033 Maple Road Amherst, NY 14226 (716) 834-0900 x7218 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Schraitle" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 12:20:08 PM Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Alt text not appearing in inlinemediaobject Hi David, Am Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2013, 11:52:20 schrieb David Goss: > I have the the following docbook 5 markup: > <para>Click the > <guibutton><inlinemediaobject><alt>Execute</alt><imageobject><imagedata > fileref="img/ldms/ldms_button_execute.png" > depth="1em"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject> button.</guibutton></para> > > It is outputting the following HTML : > <p>Click the <span class="guibutton"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img > src="img/ldms/ldms_button_execute.png" height="13"></span></span> > button.</p> > > I'm not sure why the alt text is not carrying over. Am I using the alt tag > incorrectly or is this a bug? I'm using webhelp docbook-xsl-ns-1.78.1 . Your DocBook markup is perfectly correct. But it seems, there is a deficiancy about the handling of inlinemediaobject in the DocBook stylesheets. I suspect the html/graphics.xsl file in the "imagedata" template (lines 1250 - 1331). In this template rule, the "process.image" template is called and the "alt" parameter is passed. However, it is not checked against an inlinemediaobject with a possible alt element. I would propose this change: <xsl:call-template name="process.image"> <xsl:with-param name="alt"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="ancestor::mediaobject/alt"> <xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::mediaobject/alt"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:when test="ancestor::inlinemediaobject/alt"> <xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::inlinemediaobject/alt"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:apply-templates select="$phrases[not(@role) or @role!='tex'][1]"/> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:with-param> <xsl:with-param name="longdesc"> <xsl:call-template name="write.longdesc"> <xsl:with-param name="mediaobject" select="ancestor::imageobject/parent::*"/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:with-param> </xsl:call-template> If you would like to give it a try, do the following: 1. Create a customization layer if you haven't done yet. If you don't know how, read one of the following URLs: http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomMethods.html#CustomizationLayer http://doccookbook.sf.net/html/en/dbc.common.dbcustomize.html 2. Copy the "imagedata" template from the original html/graphics.xsl template into your customization layer. 3. Search for the xsl:call-template line and apply the above "patch" (add the 2nd xsl:when test). 4. Transform your DocBook document and use your customization layer. > I did see this page in the XSL Guide: > http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/AltText.html > But it looks to be for Docbook4. You can use this also in DocBook 5 as long as it is valid. -- Gruß/Regards Thomas Schraitle --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
