I think it's safe to say that the typically used XSL-s (for HTML and
PDF output) use similar vertical margin (vertical spacing) around
listitem elements than around para elements. But the default CSS used
for editing in XXE doesn't have vertical margin around the listitem-s,
only around the itemziedlist/orderedlist. It should have, except if
the spacing attribute of the parent itemziedlist/orderedlist element
is "compact".
I have quickly fixed it for myself by modifying
$XXE_HOME/addon/config/docbook/css/docbook1.imp and docbook2.imp so
now itemziedlist/orderedlist doesn't have a margin, instead the
listitems-s have, except if the spacing attribute of its parent is
"compact", in which case there is no margin. Something like (but I
don't really know CSS):
itemizedlist {
display: block;
margin-left: 2ex;
}
listitem {
display: block;
margin-top: 1.33ex;
margin-bottom: 1.33ex;
}
itemizedlist[spacing=compact] > listitem {
display: block;
margin-top: 0ex;
margin-bottom: 0ex;
}
...
orderedlist {
display: block;
margin-left: 2ex;
border: thin solid #0000FF;
}
...
orderedlist[spacing=compact] > listitem {
display: block;
margin-top: 0ex;
margin-bottom: 0ex;
}
Now it certainly should be further improved, because if I put the
itemizedlist/ordered into a para (<para>Blah
blah<itemziedlist>...</itemizedlist></para>) instead of after it, and
in additional spacing="compact", then now will be no vertical space
between the paragraph and the first list item. I think there should
be. Apart from this problem, what I see after this CSS modification is
far closer to the typical output. And most importantly, now I see
where did I set spacing="compact" without checking the Attributes tab.
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Best regards,
Daniel Dekany
