Re: [oXygen-user] CSS for styling DITA as a table; how to add a table header?

2018-03-23 Thread Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu)
Hi Kris, Right. Well, there are ideas for future CSS specs to support adding artificial elements in the content using selectors like "::before": https://www.w3.org/TR/css-pseudo-4/#selectordef-before Web Browsers have an easier life implementing such things before they do not support editing

Re: [oXygen-user] CSS for styling DITA as a table; how to add a table header?

2018-03-23 Thread Kristen James Eberlein
Thanks, Radu. So, is the case that I ran into the limits of what one can be with CSS, which is a formatting rather than transformative language? If so, I apologize for posting here rather than on a general CSS forum -- But I knew that I'd get a quick response! As always, thanks for your help.

Re: [oXygen-user] CSS for styling DITA as a table; how to add a table header?

2018-03-23 Thread Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu)
Hi Kris, We do not have specific support to create an artificial table header (although I agree it's quite useful in such cases). I will add your vote on the opened issue and if we make some progress on it we'll let you know. In the meantime you can try to continue your idea with the before: s

[oXygen-user] CSS for styling DITA as a table; how to add a table header?

2018-03-22 Thread Kristen James Eberlein
I am developing CSS for the oXygen authoring environment. There are a number of DITA elements that are best displayed as a table, for example, the following rendering and source code: Source code: