[xep-support] image maps?

[Camille Bégnis]

Hi,

I am confronted to the same problem: when presenting a software 
interface, or a process diagram, it is nice to be able to provide page 
numbers inside the image to the related section of the book.

I'm sure someone already had that need?

Camille.

Alexander Peshkov wrote:
> Hello Carlos,
> 
> There is nothing like image-maps in XSL-FO, that is you cannot define
> "hot" areas of arbitrary form. However what you can do is create
> overlapping rectangular areas using absolutely positioned
> fo:block-containers (every such area may be linked to a different
> thing). In the simple cases it may feasible to put actual image into
> background and just position linked (possibly transparent) objects
> atop of it.
> 
> Best regards,
> Alexander Peshkov                             mailto:peshkov at renderx.com
> RenderX
> 
> 
> CV> Hi,
> 
> CV> This is my first post to this list.
> 
> CV> I want to know if it's possible to implement something similar to HTML 
> CV> image maps for the PDF output. I'm using XEP 3.8.4.
> CV> In other words, I want to link from within an area in an image to 
> CV> another part of the same PDF document. My images are SVG that I'm 
> CV> producing with Batik, so if there's something needed from the SVG side I 
> CV> can add it. I just started to work with XSL:FO so I haven't figured out 
> CV> if something can be done with XSL:FO alone, like overlaping basic-links 
> CV> on the image using relative positioning, or something simpler I'm missing.
> 
> CV> Thanks,
> 
> CV> Carlos
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