[xep-support] Table captions

[Alexander Peshkov]

Hello Ruth,

As I said in my previous message you have to use nested tables. Take a
look at the following code-snippet:

<fo:table>
  <fo:table-header>
    <fo:table-row>
      <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:list-block provisional-label-separation="6pt" provisional-distance-between-starts="60pt">
          <fo:list-item>
            <fo:list-item-label end-indent="label-end()"><fo:block>Table 3-1</fo:block></fo:list-item-label>
            <fo:list-item-body start-indent="body-start()">
              <fo:block>Subclasses of IOAudioControl</fo:block>
            </fo:list-item-body>
          </fo:list-item>
        </fo:list-block>
      </fo:table-cell>
    </fo:table-row>
  </fo:table-header>
  <fo:table-body>
    <fo:table-row>
      <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:table>
          <fo:table-header>
            <fo:table-row>
              <fo:table-cell><fo:block>Subclass</fo:block></fo:table-cell>
              <fo:table-cell><fo:block>Description</fo:block></fo:table-cell>
            </fo:table-row>
          </fo:table-header>
          <fo:table-body>
            <fo:table-row>
              <fo:table-cell border-top="thin solid black"><fo:block>IOAudioLevelControl</fo:block></fo:table-cell>
              <fo:table-cell border-top="thin solid black"><fo:block>Implements an audio control based...</fo:block></fo:table-cell>
            </fo:table-row>
          </fo:table-body>
        </fo:table>
      </fo:table-cell>
    </fo:table-row>
  </fo:table-body>
</fo:table>

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


RA> Our tables usually have a header element  and a caption element so
RA> would I have a table within a table structure each with their own 
RA> header to accomplish this. Also our caption element is formated in fo: 
RA> list block  to get spacing between the table number and font change for 
RA> the table caption text.
RA> Something like this:

RA> We'd like the caption and the header to repeat at the top of a
RA> table when it breaks across several pages. Got any suggestions?
RA> Thanks

RA> On Apr 28, 2004, at 1:31 AM, Alexander Peshkov wrote:

RA>> Hello Ruth,
RA>>
RA>> Table caption is not a repeatable element in XSL-FO. In order to
RA>> emulate such repetition you have to use table headers. You can place
RA>> your actual table in the single body cell of the wrapper table which
RA>> has required caption text in the header. This header will be repeated
RA>> at the beginning of every page.
RA>>
RA>> Best regards,
RA>> Alexander Peshkov
RA>> mailto:peshkov at renderx.com
RA>> RenderX


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