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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Alternate background-color in table columns.
Hi,Indeed, the template for table entry is a monster template. But it contains a hook that lets you apply formatting properties without needing to copy and modify that big template. The hook is a call to the template named 'table.cell.properties'. That template can be customized to insert properties such as background color. This section in my book describes it in more detail:
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/PrintTableStyles.html#table.cell.propertiesIf you copy that template to your customization layer, you can use the template param named "col", whose value will be set to 1 for the first column cells.
If you only want this for some tables, then you can add a tabstyle attribute to the table element, such as tabstyle="firstcolumn". Then you can use this in the 'table.cell.properties' template as follows:
<!-- add this variable declaration --> <xsl:variable name="tabstyle"> <xsl:call-template name="tabstyle"/> </xsl:variable> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="ancestor::tgroup"> <!-- add the following three lines --> <xsl:if test="$tabstyle = 'firstcolumn' and $col = 1"> <xsl:attribute name="background-color">#BBBBBB</xsl:attribute> </xsl:if> ... Let me know if you need more details. Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises bobs@sagehill.net On 2/25/2014 9:22 AM, Peter Desjardins wrote:
I see here (http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/BGtableColor.html) that you could apply a "dbfo bgcolor" processing instruction to each entry element in your XML source. That doesn't sound very pleasant though. I would start by trying to customize the XSLT that writes FO elements for tables. The way you do this depends on the specific DocBook elements you are using for tables. If you use d:entry elements, it looks like the <xsl:template match="d:entry|d:entrytbl" name="entry"> template in fo/tables.xsl might be a good place to experiment. It looks like a fairly intricate template and it already does some calculations based on columns. There are probably several ways to identify the first entry in each row. When you figure out a way to do that, try altering the bgcolor variable value. I hope that's a little helpful. Peter On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Rogério Rosa <rogerio.rosa@eixodigital.com> wrote:Hey, I am trying to generate a PDF. Rogério On Feb 25, 2014, at 3:59 PM, Peter Desjardins <peter.desjardins.us@gmail.com> wrote:What format is your output? HTML, PDF, something else? Peter On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Rogério Rosa <rogerio.rosa@eixodigital.com> wrote:Hello, I am trying to set a different background colour for the first column in a table, however I am not managing to do it. There is anyone that can help me ? Thanks in advance. Rogério --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org--------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org--------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org
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