[xep-support] Vertical alignment of inlinemediaobject

[Peter Keung]

Thanks!  I never thought I'd call a line of text with an inline image  
beautiful, but it is!


On 21-Feb-08, at 7:35 PM, G. Ken Holman wrote:

> At 2008-02-21 17:11 -0800, Peter Keung wrote:
>> I've tried all sorts of combinations of alignment-baseline,  
>> alignment-adjust, baseline-shift, relative-align, vertical-align,  
>> display-align, etc.
>
> Then I guess you didn't try the correct one!  :{)}
>
>> What I want for inline image alignment is this, which seems to be  
>> the default in FOP 0.24:
>>
>>  +-+  Blahhhh, Blahhh, Blahhh, Blahhh, Blahhh,
>>   |  |
>>  + +
>
> That is an incorrect default ... the default is that the base of  
> the image sits on top of the text baseline.
>
>> In XEP, I get this:
>>
>>  +-+
>>   | |
>>  +-+  Blahhhh, Blahhh, Blahhh, Blahhh, Blahhh,
>
> Yep!
>
>> Basically, I want the image to output from the top down, aligned  
>> with the top of the text with XEP. Is this possible?
>
> Absolutely it is:  in XSL-FO the alignment-adjust= specifies which  
> point of the object is to be used for alignment, while the  
> alignment-baseline= specifies the point of the line to which the  
> object is aligned.
>
> So you want to align the before-edge of your image with the before- 
> edge of the line.  Seems to work fine in XEP.
>
> I hope the example below helps.  Just plug in the name of your  
> image in place of "star.gif".
>
> . . . . . . . . . . Ken
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?><!--align2.fo-->
> <root xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"
>       font-family="Times" font-size="20pt">
>
>   <layout-master-set>
>     <simple-page-master master-name="frame"
>                         page-height="297mm" page-width="210mm"
>                         margin-top="15mm" margin-bottom="15mm"
>                         margin-left="15mm" margin-right="15mm">
>       <region-body region-name="frame-body"/>
>     </simple-page-master>
>   </layout-master-set>
>
>   <page-sequence master-reference="frame">
>     <flow flow-name="frame-body" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/ 
> Format">
>       <block>
>         This is a test of image alignment; "Xy" is used
>         to show the location of the top, baseline, and
>         bottom of the character box.</block>
>       <block>
>         Default: image sits on baseline
>         Xy<external-graphic src='url("star.gif")'/>yX
>       </block>
>       <block>
>         Aligning the base to the bottom of the line:
>         Xy<external-graphic src='url("star.gif")'
>                             alignment-baseline="after-edge"/>yX
>       </block>
>       <block>
>         Aligning the top to the top of the line:
>         Xy<external-graphic src='url("star.gif")'
>                             alignment-adjust="before-edge"
>                             alignment-baseline="before-edge"/>yX
>       </block>
>       <block>End of test</block>
>     </flow>
>   </page-sequence>
> </root>
>
>
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