<div dir="ltr">I've recently been asked to make a sidebar containing basic section/UL elements (DITA-OT) in my PDF output. The sidebar will float on the left side of the page, and the rest of the document will position to the right of the sidebar. Everything works as expected except:<div><br></div><div>1. The float breaks (no space for an element) when the sidebar is too big to fit in the current page and must wrap to the next page, and</div><div>2. I'd like to clear the space directly below the sidebar such that he paragraphs to the right of the sidebar do not wrap below the sidebar box.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the template I've been experimenting with:</div><div><br></div><div><div>     <xsl:template match="*[contains(@class,' topic/section ')][@outputclass='sidebar']"></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">    </span><fo:float float="start" ></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">          </span><fo:block-container width="12pc" padding-top="18px" ></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                    </span></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                           </span><fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="__sidebar" ></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                                     </span><xsl:call-template name="commonattributes"/></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                               </span>   </div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                                      </span><xsl:apply-templates/></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                               </span></fo:block></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                          </span></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">           </span></fo:block-container></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">        </span></fo:float></div><div>    </xsl:template></div></div><div><br></div><div>Here are the attributes:</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">        </span><xsl:attribute-set name="__sidebar"></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                       </span><xsl:attribute name="width">5pc</xsl:attribute></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                      </span><xsl:attribute name="padding-right">20px</xsl:attribute></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                     </span><xsl:attribute name="margin-right">20px</xsl:attribute></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                      </span><xsl:attribute name="padding-bottom">8px</xsl:attribute></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                     </span><xsl:attribute name="margin-bottom">8px</xsl:attribute></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                      </span><xsl:attribute name="position">absolute</xsl:attribute></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                      </span><xsl:attribute name="border-right-style">dotted</xsl:attribute></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                      </span><xsl:attribute name="border-right-width">1pt</xsl:attribute></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                 </span><xsl:attribute name="border-right-color">black</xsl:attribute></div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre">                       </span><xsl:attribute name="font-size">8pt</xsl:attribute></div><div>    </xsl:attribute-set></div></div><div><br></div><div>Is this possible? Thanks in advance.</div></div>