Bonjour ! Indeed, the cache was the one preventing my tests to succeed. I've cleared it and now my CSS rule is being properly taken into account.
Thanks for the pointer to the doc! 2011/11/15 Hussein Shafie <[email protected]>: > On 11/15/2011 12:41 PM, Fabián Mandelbaum wrote: >> >> I'm writing a custom CSS for a client, and I'd like to set the default >> font, the equivalent of HTML's >> >> body { >> font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; >> font-size: 12px; >> } >> >> for the DocBook5 CSS to be used by XXE to render the document. >> >> I've tried with the following selectors, without success: >> >> section (the root element of the documents), *, *|* >> >> any ideas? Thanks in advance. >> > > I've tested this and it worked fine for me: > > --- > * { > font-family: "URW Chancery L", serif; > font-size: 20pt; > } > --- > > See attached screenshot. > > Therefore, may be the problem comes from the way you have declared your > custom CSS. > > And, as usual, you should not forget to clear or disable the quick start > cache while you are developing a custom configuration. See > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/advancedOptions.html#cacheOptions > > > -- Fabián Mandelbaum IS Engineer -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support

