Introduction of Area Model

XSL-FO Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Introduction of Area Model

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on XSL-FO area model. Topics include introduction of area model, area geometrical properties, inline stacking, block stacking, etc.

What Is XSL Area Model

What Is an Area

Inline Stacking and Block Stacking

Takeaways:

An area is a rectangular area with formatting properties on the presentation medium that represents a unit of formatted information.
An area has 4 geometrical layers: Content, Padding, Border and Spacing.
Inline Stacking is a process of stacking formatted information areas inline-wise to form a new area like a line.
Block Stacking is a process of stacking formatted information areas block-wise to form a new area like a page.