AW: center table horizontally (space-start)

Thanks for the help so far.
The start-indent attribute works for a table without a border fine, but when
you use it for a table with a border only the content is indented and the
border is still at the same place. Does anybody know how to indent both?

Best Regards
Markus Schäffler



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Von: G. Ken Holman [mailto:gkholman@cranesoftwrights.com]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. Juli 2002 19:00
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Betreff: Re: center table horizontally (space-start)



At 2002-07-16 17:14 +0200, Harm Kok wrote:
>Table-and-caption does not work in fop (not supported).

Sorry ... I don't use FOP so I was unaware of the restriction.  I've tested 
and used this approach successfully on Antenna House.

>I also have encountered the same problems in FOP and did not find the 
>right solution yet.

My response was, I believe, the only elegant solution ... see the last 
paragraph of 7.15.10.

If you are dealing with a fixed width table, then there is another approach 
you could follow that is a bit cumbersome:

   <table border="solid" border-collapse="collapse" table-layout="fixed"
          start-indent="( 100% - 4cm ) div 2">
     <table-column column-width="2cm"/>
     <table-column column-width="2cm"/>
     <table-body start-indent="0pt">
       <table-row>
         <table-cell><block>a</block></table-cell>
         <table-cell><block>b</block></table-cell>
       </table-row>
     </table-body>
   </table>

... but you need to know the size of the table before-hand.  See how I take 
the difference between the entire width (100%) and the table width (4cm) 
and divide that difference by 2 to get how much belongs on the left.  The 
end-indent isn't needed because of the fixed table width.

Note that I had to "undo" the start-indent= at the table-body, otherwise 
inheritance would have applied that indent to every cell's content.

I hope this helps.

............... Ken


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