Re: Multi columns for a text
Xavier DAMAY wrote: I understood and succeeded with multi-column body region, but it didn't fit my needs. In fact I need multi column in block containers or tables, because i need two columns on the left and a third one completly independant in the right in a page and i need a two columns area and a third columns area in the same page. As far as i have understood the spec, you can't define an arbitrary area and have multi-column flowing text in it in XSLFO. Study it yourself, maybe i've overlooked something. Do you have simple examples or urls to manage multi columns in block-containers or tables ? If you mean text flowing automatically from column to column, there aren't any. Block containers can't have multiple columns for itself. The purpose of block containers is mainly changing block progression direction, for example having text flow from bottom to top in an otherwise top-to bottom text, although they are also often used simply to group blocks for positioning and similar tasks. In tables, you can have multiple columns, but you have to distribute the text across columns by yourself, it won't flow automatically, and there are no mechanisms to make balanced columns easily. You can try to produce balanced columns at the XSLT level. J.Pietschmann
Re: Multi columns for a text
Thank you very much for your response, I understood and succeeded with multi-column body region, but it didn't fit my needs. In fact I need multi column in block containers or tables, because i need two columns on the left and a third one completly independant in the right in a page and i need a two columns area and a third columns area in the same page. Do you have simple examples or urls to manage multi columns in block-containers or tables ? Thank you for your help Xavier J.Pietschmann wrote: Xavier DAMAY wrote: I want to generate dynamically a multicolumn area for a press-like Pdf. Does a solution exist ? I tried fo:block and i'm not confortable with tables. I will appriciate any help, You can create a multi-column body region by specifying the column-count property: http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/slice6.html#fo_region-body You can have only one multi-column-area. There is a possibility to put a span="all" for blocks which you want to have to span all columns (mainly intended for headlines). This would give you a layout as in a multi-column book. If you want to have a complex newspaper-like layout, with a grid with various possibly multi-column articles, you have to do it manually, either by using a blind table for the grid, or by using block-containers on absolute positions. J.Pietschmann
Re: Multi columns for a text
Xavier DAMAY wrote: I want to generate dynamically a multicolumn area for a press-like Pdf. Does a solution exist ? I tried fo:block and i'm not confortable with tables. I will appriciate any help, You can create a multi-column body region by specifying the column-count property: http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/slice6.html#fo_region-body You can have only one multi-column-area. There is a possibility to put a span="all" for blocks which you want to have to span all columns (mainly intended for headlines). This would give you a layout as in a multi-column book. If you want to have a complex newspaper-like layout, with a grid with various possibly multi-column articles, you have to do it manually, either by using a blind table for the grid, or by using block-containers on absolute positions. J.Pietschmann
