Fwd: Re: text-align-last?

For any others seeking a solution, Nikolai from Renderx forwarded this.
An aweful lot of hoops to jump through to achieve what is
really a fairly common problem. Even without the overflow problem,
the lack of ability to centre the middle unit is a weakness.

Regards DaveP



>To achieve what you want, some modifications to your code are necessary.
>
>Version 1.
>
><fo:block text-align-last="justify">
>     <fo:inline>start</fo:inline>
>     <fo:inline>center</fo:inline>
>     <fo:inline>end</fo:inline>
></fo:block>
>
>I have put spaces (well, newlines) between the inlines. Those should be
>expanded
>during justification. However, I presume this won't be enough with XEP - it
>tends
>to increase letter-spacing, too. Moreover, spaces between inlines will be
>expanded
>to the same extent as spaces inside your inlines.
>
>Version 2.
>
><fo:block text-align-last="justify">
>     <fo:inline letter-spacing="0pt" word-spacing="0pt">start</fo:inline>
>     <fo:inline letter-spacing="0pt" word-spacing="0pt">center</fo:inline>
>     <fo:inline letter-spacing="0pt" word-spacing="0pt">end</fo:inline>
></fo:block>
>
>I have explicitly set both letter spacing and word spacing to 0 inside the
>inlines.
>In this way, I guarantee that only spaces between inlines are expanded
>(because
>inlines with explicitly specified letter-spacing and word-spacing are not
>subject
>to justification - sic!). However, this does not center the middle inline -
>the two
>spaces between inlines will be equal in size, but "right" and "left" may be
>of
>different length, so "center" is hardly in the exact middle.
>
>Version 3.
>
><fo:block text-align-last="justify">
>     <fo:inline>start</fo:inline>
>     <fo:leader leader-pattern="space" leader-length.minimum="0pt"/>
>     <fo:inline>center</fo:inline>
>     <fo:leader leader-pattern="space" leader-length.minimum="0pt"/>
>     <fo:inline>end</fo:inline>
></fo:block>
>
>Same result as in Version 2. Instead of fixing spaces inside inlines,
>I have added space-filled leaders that always expand before spaces
>during justification. (Leader-length.maximum="100%" by default,
>so there's no need to specify it. However, remember that leader-length
>is inheritable...)
>
>Version 4 (abusive).
>
>Let's use a weird property of lists: if indents are not specified on
>fo:list-item-label/fo:list-item-body, the label and body areas overlap.
>So -
>
><fo:list-block>
>   <fo:list-item>
>     <fo:list-item-label>
>       <fo:block id="A" text-align="left">Left</fo:block>
>     </fo:list-item-label>
>     <fo:list-item-body>
>       <fo:list-block>
>         <fo:list-item>
>           <fo:list-item-label>
>             <fo:block id="B" text-align="center">Center</fo:block>
>           </fo:list-item-label>
>           <fo:list-item-body>
>             <fo:block id="C" text-align="right">Right</fo:block>
>           </fo:list-item-body>
>         </fo:list-item>
>       </fo:list-block>
>     </fo:list-item-body>
>   </fo:list-item>
></fo:list-block>
>
>Blocks A, B, and C all overlap. So, you can place your contents
>independently
>on all the three, and align them as you like. Here, the middle part is
>actually centered.
>There are two drawbacks, however:
>
>- if your lines are too long, they will overwrite each other - no wrapping
>is possible;
>- the whole thing is blamed as error by the XSL spec ;-) (label and body
>should not overlap).
>
>Version 5.
>
>You could achieve the same effect by playing with absolutely positioned
>block-containers,
>putting them in the same rectangle. If you are drawing a header or a footer,
>this might be the
>best solution:
>
><fo:block-container absolute-position="absolute"
>           left="1in" right="1in" bottom="1in" height="2in">
>   <fo:block text-align="left">Left</fo:block>
></fo:block-container>
>
><fo:block-container absolute-position="absolute"
>           left="1in" right="1in" bottom="1in" height="2in">
>   <fo:block text-align="center">Center</fo:block>
></fo:block-container>
>
><fo:block-container absolute-position="absolute"
>           left="1in" right="1in" bottom="1in" height="2in">
>   <fo:block text-align="right">Right</fo:block>
></fo:block-container>
>
>Regards,
>Nikolai

Received on Saturday, 18 August 2001 03:06:02 UTC