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∟Block-Level Formatting Objects

∟What Are Block-Level Formatting Objects

This section describes block-level formatting objects, which generates block areas. XSL 1.1 supports two types of block-level formatting objects: 'block' and 'block-container'.

What Are Block-Level Formatting Objects? Block-level formatting objects are formatting objects that generate block areas.

Currently, XSL 1.1 only supports two types of block-level formatting objects:

• "block" formatting object - It can take a mix of content of text, inline-level formatting objects and block-level formatting objects to generate a block area with some attributes like size and reference-orientation determined by it's parent area.
• "block-container" formatting object - It takes a sequence of block-level formatting objects as content to generate a block area with some attributes like size and reference-orientation directly controlled.

You can think of "block-container" as a wrapper of "block" to gain control of size, reference-orientation and few other attributes.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of XSL-FO

 Apache™ FOP (Formatting Objects Processor)

 RenderX XEP as an XSL-FO Tool

 Introduction of Area Model

 XSL-FO Document Basics and Examples

 Page Layout Masters

►Block-Level Formatting Objects

►What Are Block-Level Formatting Objects

 What Is "block" Formatting Object?

 "block" Formatting Object Examples

 Margin Collapsed between Block Areas

 space-before/space-after vs. Margin

 Block Splitting for Page Break

 "block" with Mixed Content

 Controlling White Space Characters

 What Is "block-container" Formatting Object?

 Inline-Level Formatting Objects

 Including Graphics in XSL-FO document

 Table of Rows and Columns

 List, Item, Label, and Body

 Floating Blocks - "float" and "footnote"

 Hyperlinks, Table of Contents and Indexes

 Headers and Footers using "static-content"

 Font Attributes and Font Families

 Apache FOP Font Configurations

 RenderX XEP Font Configurations

 Converting HTML to PDF

 References

 Full Version in PDF/ePUB

What Are Block-Level Formatting Objects - Updated in 2024, by Herong Yang