[xep-support] table header orphaned

[Alexander Peshkov]

Hello Jim,

Looks like my previous post was quite inadequate, sorry about that.
Here is the situation: by default, table header is kept together with the
next row so there is no need for explicit keeps on it. However because
of XEP limitation, placing keep-together.within-page on fo:table-cell
cancels the effects of of keep-with-next. To achieve the desired behavior
you should
move keep-together.within-column="always" onto the nested block of
fo:table-row.

Note also that the document in your original example is
over-constrained: space-before prevents two lines of your table
(including header) to be accommodated on the page, at the same time
they are forced to stay together by implicit keep-with-next of
table-header. To avoid such a situation you should move space-before
property onto any text block before the table.

We are working on the 'keeps problem', in the meantime you better move
your keep properties to content of the table cells (i.e. on nested
fo:block).

Best regards,
Alexander Peshkov                             mailto:peshkov at renderx.com
RenderX


JQ> Hello Alexander,
JQ> I have now tried putting that attribute on the table-cell in the row of
JQ> the header

JQ> <fo:table-cell keep-with-next.within-column="always"
JQ> keep-together.within-column="always" border="1pt solid">...

JQ> as suggested, and it does not help.  The table header is still being
JQ> orphaned.

JQ> Do I understand your suggestion correctly?


JQ> -----Original Message-----
JQ> From: owner-xep-support at renderx.com
JQ> [mailto:owner-xep-support at renderx.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Peshkov
JQ> Sent: 05 September 2003 11:31
JQ> To: relliquest at planet.nl
JQ> Subject: Re: [xep-support] table header orphaned

JQ> Hello,

JQ> If you want to prevent table header from being orphaned, you should
JQ> specify keep-with-next.within-column="always" on its content cell.

JQ> As for your test document - it's appearance caused by XEP limitation
JQ> regarding repeating of table headers.

JQ> Best regards,
JQ> Alexander Peshkov                             mailto:peshkov at renderx.com
JQ> RenderX

rpn>> Dear All,
rpn>> I have this problem that table header are being orphaned, left
JQ> alone on the previous page. Also on the next page, the table header is
JQ> not the top item.  
rpn>> I have read the xep conformance stating that all cells must have
JQ> keep-together.within.column="always", but that does not seem to help at
JQ> all.
rpn>> Any clues why this is the case.  Below I have a very small fo,
JQ> which creates really bad PDF. I am using xep354.

rpn>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
rpn>> <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
rpn>>  <fo:layout-master-set>
rpn>>   <fo:simple-page-master master-name="page" page-height="6.4cm">
rpn>>    <fo:region-body region-name="xsl-region-body" margin="0.7in"/>
rpn>>   </fo:simple-page-master>
rpn>>  </fo:layout-master-set>

rpn>>  <fo:page-sequence master-reference="page">
rpn>>   <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
rpn>>    <fo:table space-before="1.8cm"
JQ> space-before.conditionality="retain">
rpn>>     <fo:table-column column-number="1"/>
rpn>>     <fo:table-header>
rpn>>      <fo:table-row>
rpn>>       <fo:table-cell keep-together.within-column="always"
border="1pt solid">>
rpn>>        <fo:block font-weight="bold">Header Row</fo:block>
rpn>>       </fo:table-cell>
rpn>>      </fo:table-row>
rpn>>     </fo:table-header>
rpn>>     <fo:table-body>
rpn>>      <fo:table-row>
rpn>>       <fo:table-cell keep-together.within-column="always"
border="1pt solid">>
rpn>>        <fo:block>Body Row 1</fo:block>
rpn>>       </fo:table-cell>
rpn>>      </fo:table-row>
rpn>>      <fo:table-row>
rpn>>       <fo:table-cell keep-together.within-column="always"
border="1pt solid">>
rpn>>        <fo:block>Body Row 2</fo:block>
rpn>>       </fo:table-cell>
rpn>>      </fo:table-row>
rpn>>     </fo:table-body>
rpn>>    </fo:table>
rpn>>   </fo:flow>
rpn>>  </fo:page-sequence>
rpn>> </fo:root>


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