There is no bug here. XXE works as expected.
The behavior you describe is caused by this CSS rule
(found in <XXE_install_dir>/addon/config/docbook/css/docbook2.imp):
---
listitem > *:first-child {
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
---
You need to comment it out (which will make listitems pretty ugly!).
Here's what happens:
[1] You add a para to a listitem.
[2] Because of the above rule, the view of the *whole* listitem is
totally rebuilt. (Without the above rule, we just create a view for the
newly added para.)
[3] Because you have specified "collapsed: yes;" on listitem, the new
view of the listitem is created in collapsed state.
This didn't happen in old versions (pre 3.2, see
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/changes.html) because at that time
":first-child" was not dynamically interpreted. It was just interpreted
once, at CSS style sheet load time (or after a Ctrl-L=Redraw).
Robert Ganowski wrote:
>
> I'd like to ask about dealing with collapsible elements. I'm writing DocBook
> documents and in addition to the common DocBook configuration I decided to
> have ordered- and itemizedlists collapsible and by default collapsed.
> --- CSS begin---
> itemizedlist listitem {
> collapsible: yes;
> not-collapsible-head: 1;
> collapsed: yes;
> }
>
> itemizedlist > listitem {
> margin-left: 6.5ex;
> }
>
> itemizedlist > listitem:before,
> itemizedlist listitem itemizedlist > listitem:before {
> content: collapser() " " disc;
> padding-top: .6ex;
> }
> --- CSS end ---
>
> I works. But there is one annoying thing. When I press Enter to add next para
> inside the listitem, the para is inserted in a good place and the cursor is
> placed in it, as it would be desired. And I can start writing. Unfortunately
> the listitem is getting collapsed, so before writing I do have to expand it.
> I'd like to look at text I'm writing :-).
>
> The problem appeared in xxe 3.2.0 and is still in the newest release (3.5.1).
> In version 3.1.0 and before, using the same configuration, the thing was
> different. When I pressed Enter to add new para inside listitem, the listitem
> was collapsed at the first time. When I expanded it, addition of next para
> inside this listitem with the Enter key kept listitem expanded.
>
> The best solution would be that one which would not require expanding at all.
> So I would like to have:
> 1. list elements collapsed at the file load, - I do have
> 2. possibility of adding new paras inside list elements with Enter key ? I do
> have
> 3. possibility of entering text in the newly added para looking at it right
> after the addition ? I don't have.
>
> I looked inside original configuration of DocBook included with xxe versions
> 3.1.0 and 3.5.1, and I think that the functionality of using Enter key for
> addition of new para is in the definition of docb.joinOrDeleteChar command
> (common.incl file). The definitions remained the same between versions.
>
> Please give any hint, how could I manage the problem.
