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I have no problems now for tables spanning the print width, nor with
tables of any width in html. But I need to center
less-than-page-width tables in print.

I have used Bob Stayton's xsl fo chunk on p. 474 as a start to try to
get my narrow tables centered in print. Here is my current version:


<xsl:template name="table.layout">
<xsl:param name="table.content"/>
<fo:table width="100%" table-layout="fixed">

<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(1)"/>

<fo:table-column column-width="3in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(1)"/>
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt">
<fo:table-row>



<fo:table-cell><fo:block></fo:block></fo:table-cell>

<fo:table-cell>

<fo:table>
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt">
<fo:table-row><fo:table-cell><fo:block>
<xsl:copy-of select="$table.content"/>
</fo:block></fo:table-cell></fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>

</fo:table-cell>


<fo:table-cell><fo:block></fo:block></fo:table-cell>

</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</xsl:template>

That works for the one specific table when I hardwire the actual table
width. Is there any xsl:fo magic that can get the total original
table width at [1]? If not I suppose I can post process the fo to fix
it, but there must be a more elegant way.

Thanks,

-Tom

Thomas M. Browder, Jr.
Niceville, Florida
USA

Tom
Here is an adjusted version that triggers only when "align" is used on the table. This has some peculiarities when processed with FOP 1.0.

I would suggest that you use fixed column widths and not proportional in the XML tables because proportional is not quite right in FOP when used in a table in a table. But if you use fixed widths it should be fine (or at least in my setup it was).

Cheers,
Dean Nelson



<xsl:template name="table.layout">
<xsl:param name="table.content"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="self::table[@align]">
<fo:table width="100%" table-layout="fixed">
<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(1)"/>
<fo:table-column/>
<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(1)"/>
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt">
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell><fo:block></fo:block></fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:table>
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt">
<fo:table-row><fo:table-cell><fo:block>
<xsl:copy-of select="$table.content"/>
</fo:block></fo:table-cell></fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell><fo:block></fo:block></fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:copy-of select="$table.content"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>





In a message dated 11/11/10 06:40:35 Pacific Standard Time, tom.browder@gmail.com writes:
I have no problems now for tables spanning the print width, nor with
tables of any width in html. But I need to center
less-than-page-width tables in print.

I have used Bob Stayton's xsl fo chunk on p. 474 as a start to try to
get my narrow tables centered in print. Here is my current version:


<xsl:template name="table.layout">
<xsl:param name="table.content"/>
<fo:table width="100%" table-layout="fixed">

<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(1)"/>

<fo:table-column column-width="3in"/>
<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(1)"/>
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt">
<fo:table-row>



<fo:table-cell><fo:block></fo:block></fo:table-cell>

<fo:table-cell>

<fo:table>
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt">
<fo:table-row><fo:table-cell><fo:block>
<xsl:copy-of select="$table.content"/>
</fo:block></fo:table-cell></fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>

</fo:table-cell>


<fo:table-cell><fo:block></fo:block></fo:table-cell>

</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</xsl:template>

That works for the one specific table when I hardwire the actual table
width. Is there any xsl:fo magic that can get the total original
table width at [1]? If not I suppose I can post process the fo to fix
it, but there must be a more elegant way.

Thanks,

-Tom

Thomas M. Browder, Jr.
Niceville, Florida
USA

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On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 16:53, deannelson <deannelson@aol.com> wrote:
> Tom
> Here is an adjusted version that triggers only when "align" is used on the
> table. This has some peculiarities when processed with FOP 1.0.
>
> I would suggest that you use fixed column widths and not proportional in the
> XML tables because proportional is not quite right in FOP when used in a
> table in a table. But if you use fixed widths it should be fine (or at least
> in my setup it was).
...

I'll try it, Dean, Thanks!

-Tom

Thomas M. Browder, Jr.
Niceville, Florida
USA