fo:block
Formats paragraphs, titles, headlines, figure and table captions, etc. The start edge (and end edge) of the block is displaced by the least amount necessary to insure that (a) the start edge (end edge) of the block does not intersect any of the start intrusions (end intrusions) that overlap that block and (b) the amount by which it is displaced is at least as much as the displacement of the parent area, provided the parent is a block-area which is not a reference-area. An intrusion is said to overlap a block if the there is a line parallel to the inline progression direction that intersects the allocation rectangles of both the block and the intrusion.
Element information
Namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format
Schema document: fo.xsd
Type: Anonymous
Properties: Global, Qualified
Content
- Any text (mixed) content, intermingled with:
- Choice [0..*]
- fo:blockFormats paragraphs, titles, headlines, figure and table captions, etc. The start edge (and end edge) of the block is displaced by the least amount necessary to insure that (a) the start edge (end edge) of the block does not intersect any of the start intrusions (end intrusions) that overlap that block and (b) the amount by which it is displaced is at least as much as the displacement of the parent area, provided the parent is a block-area which is not a reference-area. An intrusion is said to overlap a block if the there is a line parallel to the inline progression direction that intersects the allocation rectangles of both the block and the intrusion.
- fo:block-containerGenerates a block-level reference-area.
- fo:table-and-captionFormats a table together with its caption.
- fo:tableA table.
- fo:list-blockA list.
- fo:bidi-overrideOverrides the default Unicode-bidirectional-algorithm direction for different (or nested) inline scripts in mixed-language documents. If the element is inline-level or a block-level element that contains only inline-level elements, this creates an override. This means that inside the element, reordering is strictly in sequence according to the 'direction' property; the implicit part of the bidirectional algorithm is ignored. This corresponds to adding a LRO (U+202D; for 'direction: ltr') or RLO (U+202E; for 'direction: rtl') at the start of the element and a PDF (U+202C) at the end of the element.
- fo:characterA character that is mapped to a glyph for presentation.
- fo:external-graphicA graphic where the graphics data resides outside of the XML result tree in the fo namespace.
- fo:instream-foreign-objectAn inline graphic or other "generic" object where the object data resides as descendants of the fo:instream-foreign-object.
- fo:inlineFormats a portion of text with a background or enclosing it in a border.
- fo:inline-containerGenerates an inline reference-area.
- fo:leaderGenerates leaders consisting either of a rule or of a row of a repeating character or cyclically repeating pattern of characters that may be used for connecting two text formatting objects.
- fo:page-numberThe current page-number.
- fo:page-number-citationReferences the page-number for the page containing the first normal area returned by the cited formatting object.
- fo:page-number-citation-lastReferences the page-number for the last page containing the an area that is (a) returned by the cited formatting object and (b) has an area-class that is consistent with the specified page-citation-strategy.
- fo:scaling-value-citationObtains the scale-factor applied to the cited fo:external-graphic.
- fo:basic-linkThe start resource of a simple link.
- fo:multi-toggleUsed within an fo:multi-case to switch to another fo:multi-case.
- fo:index-page-citation-listGroups together the sets of cited page items generated by its fo:index-key-reference children. The ultimate effect of the fo:index-page-citation-list is to generate a formatted list of page numbers and ranges.
- fo:footnoteProduces a footnote citation and the corresponding footnote.
- fo:multi-switchWraps the specification of alternative sub-trees of formatting objects (each sub-tree being within an fo:multi-case), and controls the switching (activated via fo:multi-toggle) from one alternative to another.
- fo:multi-propertiesSwitches between two or more property sets that are associated with a given portion of content.
- fo:index-range-beginThe beginning of an "indexed range" associated with an index key. The index range is ended by a corresponding fo:index-range-end.
- fo:index-range-endThe end of an "indexed range" that is started by its matching fo:index-range-begin.
- fo:wrapperSpecifies inherited properties for a group of formatting objects. It has no additional formatting semantics.
- fo:retrieve-markerUsed in conjunction with fo:marker to produce running headers or footers.
- fo:retrieve-table-markerUsed in conjunction with fo:marker to produce table-headers and table-footers whose content can change over different pages, different regions or different columns.
- fo:change-bar-beginThe beginning of a "change region" that is ended by its matching fo:change-bar-end. The change region is decorated with a change bar down either the start or end edge of the column. The style of the change bar is determined by the value of various change bar related properties.
- fo:change-bar-endThe end of a "change region" that is started by its matching fo:change-bar-begin.
- fo:floatServes two purposes. It can be used so that during the normal placement of content, some related content is formatted into a separate area at beginning of the page (or of some following page) where it is available to be read without immediately intruding on the reader. Alternatively, it can be used when an area is intended to float to one side, with normal content flowing alongside.
from group fo:block-onlyfrom group fo:inline-onlyfrom group fo:either-block-or-inline
Attributes
| Name | Occ | Type | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| source-document | [0..1] | Anonymous | A pointer back to the original XML document(s) used to create this formatting object tree, in accordance with the Dublin Core definition of "Source" ("A Reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived." See: http://purl.org/DC/documents/rec-dces-19990702.htm .) The value is not validated by and has no inherent standardized semantics for any XSL processor. | from group fo:source-document |
| role | [0..1] | Anonymous | A hint for alternate renderers (aural readers, etc.) as to the role of the XML element or elements that were used to construct this formatting object, if one could be identified during XSLT tree construction. This information can be used to prepare alternate renderings when the normal rendering of a formatting object is not appropriate or satisfactory; for example, the role information can be used to provide better aural renderings of visually formatted material. This property is not inherited, but all subsidiary nodes of this formatting object that do not bear a role property should utilize the same alternate presentation properties. (It is not inherited because knowledge of the start and end of the formatting object subtree generated by the element may be needed by the renderer.) | from group fo:role |
| azimuth | [0..1] | Anonymous | CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:azimuth |
| cue-after | [0..1] | fo:cue | Sound to be played before the element to delimit it. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:cue-after |
| cue-before | [0..1] | fo:cue | Sound to be played after the element to delimit it. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:cue-before |
| cue | [0..1] | Anonymous | A shorthand for setting 'cue-before' and 'cue-after'. If two values are given, the first value is 'cue-before' and the second is 'cue-after'. If only one value is given, it applies to both properties. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:cue |
| elevation | [0..1] | Anonymous | CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:elevation |
| pause-after | [0..1] | fo:pause | A pause to be observed before speaking an element's content. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:pause-after |
| pause-before | [0..1] | fo:pause | A pause to be observed after speaking an element's content. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:pause-before |
| pause | [0..1] | Anonymous | A shorthand for setting 'pause-before' and 'pause-after'. If two values are given, the first value is 'pause-before' and the second is 'pause-after'. If only one value is given, it applies to both properties. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:pause |
| pitch | [0..1] | Anonymous | The average pitch (a frequency) of the speaking voice. The average pitch of a voice depends on the voice family. For example, the average pitch for a standard male voice is around 120Hz, but for a female voice, it's around 210Hz. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:pitch |
| pitch-range | [0..1] | fo:number-or-inherit | Variation in average pitch. The perceived pitch of a human voice is determined by the fundamental frequency and typically has a value of 120Hz for a male voice and 210Hz for a female voice. Human languages are spoken with varying inflection and pitch; these variations convey additional meaning and emphasis. Thus, a highly animated voice, i.e., one that is heavily inflected, displays a high pitch range. This property specifies the range over which these variations occur, i.e., how much the fundamental frequency may deviate from the average pitch. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:pitch-range |
| play-during | [0..1] | Anonymous | Similar to the 'cue-before' and 'cue-after' properties, this property specifies a sound to be played as a background while an element's content is spoken. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:play-during |
| richness | [0..1] | fo:number-or-inherit | The richness, or brightness, of the speaking voice. A rich voice will "carry" in a large room, a smooth voice will not. (The term "smooth" refers to how the wave form looks when drawn.). A value between '0' and '100'. The higher the value, the more the voice will carry. A lower value will produce a soft, mellifluous voice. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:richness |
| speak | [0..1] | Anonymous | Whether text will be rendered aurally and if so, in what manner. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:speak |
| speak-header | [0..1] | Anonymous | Whether table headers are spoken before every cell, or only before a cell when that cell is associated with a different header than the previous cell. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:speak-header |
| speak-numeral | [0..1] | Anonymous | How numerals are spoken. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:speak-numeral |
| speak-punctuation | [0..1] | Anonymous | How punctuation is spoken. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:speak-punctuation |
| speech-rate | [0..1] | Anonymous | The speaking rate. Note that both absolute and relative keyword values are allowed (compare with 'font-size'). CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:speech-rate |
| stress | [0..1] | fo:number-or-inherit | The height of "local peaks" in the intonation contour of a voice. For example, English is a stressed language, and different parts of a sentence are assigned primary, secondary, or tertiary stress. The value of 'stress' controls the amount of inflection that results from these stress markers. This property is a companion to the 'pitch-range' property and is provided to allow developers to exploit higher-end auditory displays. A value, between '0' and '100'. The meaning of values depends on the language being spoken. For example, a level of '50' for a standard, English-speaking male voice (average pitch = 122Hz), speaking with normal intonation and emphasis would have a different meaning than '50' for an Italian voice. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:stress |
| voice-family | [0..1] | Anonymous | A comma-separated, prioritized list of voice family names. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:voice-family |
| volume | [0..1] | Anonymous | The median volume of the waveform. In other words, a highly inflected voice at a volume of 50 might peak well above that. The overall values are likely to be human adjustable for comfort, for example with a physical volume control (which would increase both the 0 and 100 values proportionately); what this property does is adjust the dynamic range. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:volume |
| background-attachment | [0..1] | Anonymous | If a background image is specified, this property specifies whether it is fixed with regard to the viewport ('fixed') or scrolls along with the containing block ('scroll'). CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:background-attachment |
| background-color | [0..1] | fo:background-color | The background color of an element, either a <color> value or the keyword transparent, to make the underlying colors shine through. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:background-color |
| background-image | [0..1] | fo:background-image | The background image of an element. When setting a "background-image", authors should also specify a background-color that will be used when the image is unavailable. When the image is available, it is rendered on top of the background color. (Thus, the color is visible in the transparent parts of the image). CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:background-image |
| background-repeat | [0..1] | fo:background-repeat | If a background image is specified, this property specifies whether the image is repeated (tiled), and how. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:background-repeat |
| background | [0..1] | Anonymous | A shorthand property for setting the individual background properties (i.e., background-color, background-image, background-repeat, background-attachment and background-position) at the same place in the stylesheet. Value is [<background-color> || <background-image> || <background-repeat> || <background-attachment> || <background-position> ]] | inherit. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:background |
| background-position-horizontal | [0..1] | Anonymous | If a "background-image" has been specified, this property specifies its initial position horizontally. | from group fo:background-position-horizontal |
| background-position-vertical | [0..1] | Anonymous | If a "background-image" has been specified, this property specifies its initial position vertically. | from group fo:background-position-vertical |
| background-position | [0..1] | Anonymous | If a background image has been specified, this property specifies its initial position. If only one value is specified, the second value is assumed to be 'center'. If at least one value is not a keyword, then the first value represents the horizontal position and the second represents the vertical position. Negative <percentage> and <length> values are allowed. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:background-position |
| border-before-color | [0..1] | fo:border-color | The color of the border on the before-edge of a block-area or inline-area. | from group fo:border-before-color |
| border-before-style | [0..1] | fo:border-style-or-inherit | The border-style for the before-edge. | from group fo:border-before-style |
| border-before-width | [0..1] | fo:border-width-length-conditional-or-inherit | The border-width for the before-edge. | from group fo:border-before-width |
| border-after-color | [0..1] | fo:border-color | The color of the border on the after-edge of a block-area or inline-area. | from group fo:border-after-color |
| border-after-style | [0..1] | fo:border-style-or-inherit | The border-style for the after-edge. | from group fo:border-after-style |
| border-after-width | [0..1] | fo:border-width-length-conditional-or-inherit | The border-width for the after-edge. | from group fo:border-after-width |
| border-start-color | [0..1] | fo:border-color | The color of the border on the start-edge of a block-area or inline-area. | from group fo:border-start-color |
| border-start-style | [0..1] | fo:border-style-or-inherit | The border-style for the start-edge. | from group fo:border-start-style |
| border-start-width | [0..1] | fo:border-width-length-conditional-or-inherit | The border-width for the start-edge. | from group fo:border-start-width |
| border-end-color | [0..1] | fo:border-color | The color of the border on the end-edge of a block-area or inline-area. | from group fo:border-end-color |
| border-end-style | [0..1] | fo:border-style-or-inherit | The border-style for the end-edge. | from group fo:border-end-style |
| border-end-width | [0..1] | fo:border-width-length-conditional-or-inherit | The border-width for the end-edge. | from group fo:border-end-width |
| border-top-color | [0..1] | fo:border-color | The color of the four borders. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-top-color |
| border-top-style | [0..1] | fo:border-style-or-inherit | The line style of a box's border (solid, double, dashed, etc.). CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-top-style |
| border-top-width | [0..1] | fo:border-with-or-inherit | The width of the border area. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-top-width |
| border-bottom-color | [0..1] | fo:border-color | The border color for the bottom-edge. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-bottom-color |
| border-bottom-style | [0..1] | fo:border-style-or-inherit | The border style for the bottom-edge. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-bottom-style |
| border-bottom-width | [0..1] | fo:border-with-or-inherit | The border width for the bottom-edge. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-bottom-width |
| border-left-color | [0..1] | fo:border-color | The border color for the left-edge. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-left-color |
| border-left-style | [0..1] | fo:border-style-or-inherit | The border style for the left-edge. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-left-style |
| border-left-width | [0..1] | fo:border-with-or-inherit | The border width for the left-edge. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-left-width |
| border-right-color | [0..1] | fo:border-color | The border color for the right-edge. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-right-color |
| border-right-style | [0..1] | fo:border-style-or-inherit | The border style for the right-edge. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-right-style |
| border-right-width | [0..1] | fo:border-with-or-inherit | The border width for the right-edge. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-right-width |
| border | [0..1] | fo:border-combined | A shorthand property for setting the same width, color, and style for all four borders, top, bottom, left, and right, of a box. Unlike the shorthand "margin" and "padding" properties, the "border" property cannot set different values on the four borders. To do so, one or more of the other border properties must be used. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border |
| border-bottom | [0..1] | fo:border-combined | A shorthand property for setting the width, style, and color of the bottom border of a block-area or inline-area. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-bottom |
| border-color | [0..1] | Anonymous | The color of the four borders. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-color |
| border-left | [0..1] | fo:border-combined | A shorthand property for setting the width, style, and color of the left border of a block-area or inline-area. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-left |
| border-right | [0..1] | fo:border-combined | A shorthand property for setting the width, style, and color of the right border of a block-area or inline-area. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-right |
| border-style | [0..1] | Anonymous | Sets the style of the four borders. It can have from one to four values, and the values are set on the different sides. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-style |
| border-spacing | [0..1] | Anonymous | The distance between the borders of adjoining cells. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-spacing |
| border-top | [0..1] | fo:border-combined | A shorthand property for setting the width, style, and color of the top border of a block-area or inline-area. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-top |
| border-width | [0..1] | Anonymous | A shorthand property for setting "border-top-width", "border-right-width", "border-bottom-width", and "border-left-width" at the same place in the stylesheet. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:border-width |
| padding-before | [0..1] | fo:padding-width-length-conditional-or-inherit | The width of the padding on the before-edge of a block-area or inline-area. | from group fo:padding-before |
| padding-after | [0..1] | fo:padding-width-length-conditional-or-inherit | The width of the padding on the after-edge of a block-area or inline-area. | from group fo:padding-after |
| padding-start | [0..1] | fo:padding-width-length-conditional-or-inherit | The width of the padding on the start-edge of a block-area or inline-area. | from group fo:padding-start |
| padding-end | [0..1] | fo:padding-width-length-conditional-or-inherit | The width of the padding on the end-edge of a block-area or inline-area. | from group fo:padding-end |
| padding-top | [0..1] | fo:padding-width-or-inherit | The width of the padding on the top-edge of a block-area or inline-area. Unlike margin properties, values for padding properties cannot be negative. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:padding-top |
| padding-bottom | [0..1] | fo:padding-width-or-inherit | The width of the padding on the bottom-edge of a block-area or inline-area. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:padding-bottom |
| padding-left | [0..1] | fo:padding-width-or-inherit | The width of the padding on the left-edge of a block-area or inline-area. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:padding-left |
| padding-right | [0..1] | fo:padding-width-or-inherit | The width of the padding on the right-edge of a block-area or inline-area. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:padding-right |
| padding | [0..1] | Anonymous | A shorthand property for setting padding-top, padding-bottom, padding-left, and padding-right of a block-area or inline-area. If there is only one value, it applies to all sides. If there are two values, the top and bottom paddings are set to the first value and the right and left paddings are set to the second. If there are three values, the top is set to the first value, the left and right are set to the second, and the bottom is set to the third. If there are four values, they apply to the top, right, bottom, and left, respectively. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:padding |
| font-family | [0..1] | Anonymous | A prioritized list of font family names and/or generic family names. To deal with the problem that a single font may not contain glyphs to display all the characters in a document, or that not all fonts are available on all systems, this property allows authors to specify a list of fonts, all of the same style and size, that are tried in sequence to see if they contain a glyph for a certain character. This list is called a font set. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:font-family |
| font-selection-strategy | [0..1] | Anonymous | from group fo:font-selection-strategy | |
| font-size | [0..1] | fo:font-size | The size of the font when set solid. The font size corresponds to the em square, a concept used in typography. Note that certain glyphs may bleed outside their em squares. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:font-size |
| font-stretch | [0..1] | Anonymous | Selects a normal, condensed, or extended face from a font family. | from group fo:font-stretch |
| font-size-adjust | [0..1] | Anonymous | An aspect value for an element that will preserve the x-height of the first choice font in the substitute font. This property allows authors to specify an aspect value for an element that will preserve the x-height of the first choice font in the substitute font. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:font-size-adjust |
| font-style | [0..1] | fo:font-style | Requests normal (sometimes referred to as "roman" or "upright"), italic, and oblique faces within a font family. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:font-style |
| font-variant | [0..1] | fo:font-variant | In a small-caps font, the glyphs for lowercase letters look similar to the uppercase ones, but in a smaller size and with slightly different proportions. The "font-variant" property requests such a font for bicameral (having two cases, as with Roman script). This property has no visible effect for scripts that are unicameral (having only one case, as with most of the world's writing systems). CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:font-variant |
| font-weight | [0..1] | fo:font-weight | The weight of the font. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:font-weight |
| font | [0..1] | Anonymous | A shorthand property for setting "font-style", "font-variant", "font-weight", "font-size", "line-height", and "font-family", at the same place in the stylesheet. The syntax of this property is based on a traditional typographical shorthand notation to set multiple properties related to fonts. Value is [ [ <font-style> || <font-variant> || <font-weight> ]? <font-size> [ / <line-height>]? <font-family> ] | caption | icon | menu | message-box | small-caption | status-bar | inherit CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:font |
| country | [0..1] | Anonymous | The country to be used by the formatter in language-/locale-coupled services, such as line-justification strategy, line-breaking, and hyphenation. | from group fo:country |
| language | [0..1] | Anonymous | The language to be used by the formatter in language-/locale-coupled services, such as line-justification strategy, line-breaking, and hyphenation. | from group fo:language |
| script | [0..1] | Anonymous | The script to be used by the formatter in language-/locale-coupled services, such as line-justification strategy, line-breaking, and hyphenation. | from group fo:script |
| hyphenate | [0..1] | Anonymous | Whether hyphenation is allowed during line-breaking when the formatter is formatting this formatting object. It is implementation defined whether hyphenation may be used between a character for which the value is "true" and one for which the value is "false". | from group fo:hyphenate |
| hyphenation-character | [0..1] | Anonymous | The Unicode character to be presented when a hyphenation break occurs. The styling properties of this character are those inherited from its containing flow object. | from group fo:hyphenation-character |
| hyphenation-push-character-count | [0..1] | fo:number-or-inherit | The minimum number of characters in a hyphenated word after the hyphenation character. This is the minimum number of characters in the word pushed to the next line after the line ending with the hyphenation character. | from group fo:hyphenation-push-character-count |
| hyphenation-remain-character-count | [0..1] | fo:number-or-inherit | The minimum number of characters in a hyphenated word before the hyphenation character. This is the minimum number of characters in the word left on the line ending with the hyphenation character. | from group fo:hyphenation-remain-character-count |
| margin-top | [0..1] | fo:margin-width | The top margin of a box. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:margin-top |
| margin-bottom | [0..1] | fo:margin-width | The bottom margin of a box. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:margin-bottom |
| margin-left | [0..1] | fo:margin-width | The left margin of a box. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:margin-left |
| margin-right | [0..1] | fo:margin-width | The right margin of a box. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:margin-right |
| margin | [0..1] | Anonymous | A shorthand property for setting margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, and margin-left of a block-area or inline-area. If there is only one value, it applies to all sides. If there are two values, the top and bottom margins are set to the first value and the right and left margins are set to the second. If there are three values, the top is set to the first value, the left and right are set to the second, and the bottom is set to the third. If there are four values, they apply to the top, right, bottom, and left, respectively. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:margin |
| space-before | [0..1] | fo:space-or-inherit | The space-specifier for the space before the areas generated by this formatting object. | from group fo:space-before |
| space-before.minimum | [0..1] | fo:length | from group fo:space-before | |
| space-before.optimum | [0..1] | fo:length | from group fo:space-before | |
| space-before.maximum | [0..1] | fo:length | from group fo:space-before | |
| space-before.conditionality | [0..1] | fo:conditionality | from group fo:space-before | |
| space-before.precedence | [0..1] | fo:precedence | from group fo:space-before | |
| space-after | [0..1] | fo:space-or-inherit | The space-specifier for the space after the areas generated by this formatting object. | from group fo:space-after |
| space-after.minimum | [0..1] | fo:length | from group fo:space-after | |
| space-after.optimum | [0..1] | fo:length | from group fo:space-after | |
| space-after.maximum | [0..1] | fo:length | from group fo:space-after | |
| space-after.conditionality | [0..1] | fo:conditionality | from group fo:space-after | |
| space-after.precedence | [0..1] | fo:precedence | from group fo:space-after | |
| start-indent | [0..1] | fo:length-percentage-or-inherit | For each block-area generated by this formatting object, specifies the distance from the start-edge of the content-rectangle of the containing reference-area to the start-edge of the content-rectangle of that block-area. | from group fo:start-indent |
| end-indent | [0..1] | fo:length-percentage-or-inherit | For each block-area generated by this formatting object, specifies the distance from the end-edge of the content-rectangle of that block-area to the end-edge of the content-rectangle of the containing reference-area. | from group fo:end-indent |
| top | [0..1] | fo:offset | How far a box's top margin edge is offset below the top edge of the box's containing block. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:top |
| right | [0..1] | fo:offset | How far a box's right margin edge is offset to the left of the right edge of the box's containing block. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:right |
| bottom | [0..1] | fo:offset | How far a box's bottom margin edge is offset above the bottom edge of the box's containing block. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:bottom |
| left | [0..1] | fo:offset | How far a box's left margin edge is offset to the right of the left edge of the box's containing block. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:left |
| relative-position | [0..1] | Anonymous | from group fo:relative-position | |
| position | [0..1] | Anonymous | The positioning scheme to be used. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:position |
| break-after | [0..1] | fo:break | Specifies that the first normal area generated by formatting the next formatting object, if any, shall be the first one placed in a particular context (e.g. page-area, column-area) | from group fo:break-after |
| break-before | [0..1] | fo:break | Specifies that the first area generated by formatting this formatting object shall be the first one placed in a particular context (e.g., page-area, column-area). | from group fo:break-before |
| keep-together | [0..1] | fo:keep | Imposes keep-together conditions on formatting objects. | from group fo:keep-together |
| keep-together.within-line | [0..1] | fo:keep-value | from group fo:keep-together | |
| keep-together.within-column | [0..1] | fo:keep-value | from group fo:keep-together | |
| keep-together.within-page | [0..1] | fo:keep-value | from group fo:keep-together | |
| keep-with-next | [0..1] | fo:keep | Imposes keep-with-next conditions on formatting objects. | from group fo:keep-with-next |
| keep-with-next.within-line | [0..1] | fo:keep-value | from group fo:keep-with-next | |
| keep-with-next.within-column | [0..1] | fo:keep-value | from group fo:keep-with-next | |
| keep-with-next.within-page | [0..1] | fo:keep-value | from group fo:keep-with-next | |
| keep-with-previous | [0..1] | fo:keep | Imposes keep-with-previous conditions on formatting objects. | from group fo:keep-with-previous |
| keep-with-previous.within-line | [0..1] | fo:keep-value | from group fo:keep-with-previous | |
| keep-with-previous.within-column | [0..1] | fo:keep-value | from group fo:keep-with-previous | |
| keep-with-previous.within-page | [0..1] | fo:keep-value | from group fo:keep-with-previous | |
| orphans | [0..1] | fo:widows-or-orphans | The minimum number of lines in a block container that must be left at the bottom of a page. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:orphans |
| widows | [0..1] | fo:widows-or-orphans | The minimum number of lines in a block container that must be left at the top of a page. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:widows |
| page-break-after | [0..1] | fo:page-break | A potential page break location is typically under the influence of the parent element's 'page-break-inside' property, the 'page-break-after' property of the preceding element, and the 'page-break-before' property of the following element. When these properties have values other than 'auto', the values 'always', 'left', and 'right' take precedence over 'avoid'. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:page-break-after |
| page-break-before | [0..1] | fo:page-break | A potential page break location is typically under the influence of the parent element's 'page-break-inside' property, the 'page-break-after' property of the preceding element, and the 'page-break-before' property of the following element. When these properties have values other than 'auto', the values 'always', 'left', and 'right' take precedence over 'avoid'. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:page-break-before |
| page-break-inside | [0..1] | Anonymous | A potential page break location is typically under the influence of the parent element's 'page-break-inside' property, the 'page-break-after' property of the preceding element, and the 'page-break-before' property of the following element. When these properties have values other than 'auto', values 'always', 'left', and 'right' take precedence over 'avoid'. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:page-break-inside |
| hyphenation-keep | [0..1] | Anonymous | Whether hyphenation can be performed on the last line that fits in a given reference-area. | from group fo:hyphenation-keep |
| hyphenation-ladder-count | [0..1] | Anonymous | Limits the number of successive hyphenated line-areas the formatter may generate in a block-area. | from group fo:hyphenation-ladder-count |
| last-line-end-indent | [0..1] | fo:length-percentage-or-inherit | An indent to be applied to the last line-area child of the last block-area generated and returned by the formatting object, and to any line-area generated by the formatting object whose following sibling is a block-area that is not a line-area. It is added to the block's end-edge. Positive values indent the edge, negative values outdent the edge. | from group fo:last-line-end-indent |
| line-height | [0..1] | Anonymous | On a block container element whose content is composed of inline-level elements, 'line-height' specifies the minimal height of line boxes within the element. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:line-height |
| line-height-shift-adjustment | [0..1] | Anonymous | Whether the line-height is adjusted for content that has a baseline-shift. | from group fo:line-height-shift-adjustment |
| line-stacking-strategy | [0..1] | Anonymous | The strategy for positioning adjacent lines, relative to each other. | from group fo:line-stacking-strategy |
| linefeed-treatment | [0..1] | Anonymous | The treatment of linefeeds (character flow objects whose Unicode code point is U+000A) during the refinement process. | from group fo:linefeed-treatment |
| white-space-treatment | [0..1] | Anonymous | The treatment during line-building and inline-building of glyph areas, except for linefeeds, that are classified as white space in XML. This includes U+0020 (space) and other white space characters but excludes U+000A (linefeed). Linefeed treatment is determined by the "linefeed-treatment" property. | from group fo:white-space-treatment |
| text-align | [0..1] | Anonymous | How inline content of a block is aligned. For fo:external-graphic, fo:instream-foreign-object, and fo:table-and-caption it specifies the alignment of other areas as described in the constraint section for these formatting objects. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:text-align |
| text-align-last | [0..1] | Anonymous | The alignment of the last line-area child of the last block-area generated and returned by the formatting object, and to any line-area generated by the formatting object whose following sibling is a block-area that is not a line-area, and any lines in the block ending in U+000A. | from group fo:text-align-last |
| text-indent | [0..1] | fo:length-percentage-or-inherit | The indentation of the first line of text in a block. More precisely, the indentation of the first box that flows into the block's first line box. The box is indented with respect to the left (or right, for right-to-left layout) edge of the line box. User agents should render this indentation as blank space. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:text-indent |
| white-space-collapse | [0..1] | Anonymous | The treatment of consecutive white space during area tree construction. The overall effect of handling the linefeed-treatment property during refinement and the white-space-collapse and white-space-treatment properties during area tree generation is as follows: after refinement, where some white space characters may have been discarded or turned into space characters, all remaining runs of two or more consecutive spaces are replaced by a single space, then any remaining space immediately adjacent to a remaining linefeed is also discarded. | from group fo:white-space-collapse |
| wrap-option | [0..1] | Anonymous | How line-wrapping (line-breaking) of the content of the formatting object is to be handled. | from group fo:wrap-option |
| white-space | [0..1] | Anonymous | Declares how whitespace inside the element is handled. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:white-space |
| clear | [0..1] | Anonymous | Which sides of an element's box(es) may not be adjacent to an earlier floating box. (It may be that the element itself has floating descendants; the 'clear' property has no effect on those.) CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:clear |
| color | [0..1] | Anonymous | The foreground color of an element's text content. CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:color |
| text-depth | [0..1] | Anonymous | The "depth" to be used for the descent below the dominant baseline. | from group fo:text-depth |
| text-altitude | [0..1] | Anonymous | The "height" to be used for the ascent above the dominant baseline. | from group fo:text-altitude |
| id | [0..1] | fo:id | An identifier unique within all objects in the result tree with the fo: namespace. It allows references to this formatting object by other objects. | from group fo:id |
| index-class | [0..1] | fo:string | Associates an index class with a formatting object that also has an index key specified. | from group fo:index-class |
| index-key | [0..1] | fo:string | Associates an index key with the formatting object on which it is specified. | from group fo:index-key |
| intrusion-displace | [0..1] | Anonymous | Determines the displacement strategy in the presence of intrusions. | from group fo:intrusion-displace |
| span | [0..1] | Anonymous | Whether a block-level object should be placed in the current column or should span all columns of a multi-column region. | from group fo:span |
| visibility | [0..1] | Anonymous | Whether the boxes generated by an element are rendered. Invisible boxes still affect layout (set the 'display' property to 'none' to suppress box generation altogether). CSS2 Reference: | from group fo:visibility |
Used in
- Anonymous type of element fo:basic-link via reference to fo:block-or-inline
- Anonymous type of element fo:bidi-override via reference to fo:block-or-inline
- Anonymous type of element fo:block via reference to fo:block-or-inline
- Anonymous type of element fo:block-container via reference to fo:block
- Anonymous type of element fo:float via reference to fo:block
- Anonymous type of element fo:footnote-body via reference to fo:block
- Anonymous type of element fo:inline via reference to fo:block-or-inline
- Anonymous type of element fo:inline-container via reference to fo:block
- Anonymous type of element fo:marker via reference to fo:block-or-inline
- Anonymous type of element fo:multi-case via reference to fo:block-or-inline
- Anonymous type of element fo:multi-toggle via reference to fo:block-or-inline
- Anonymous type of element fo:table-caption via reference to fo:block
- Anonymous type of element fo:table-cell via reference to fo:block
- Anonymous type of element fo:wrapper via reference to fo:block-or-inline
- Group fo:block via reference to fo:block-only
- Group fo:block-only
- Group fo:block-or-inline via reference to fo:block-only
- Type fo:block-sequence via reference to fo:block (Elements fo:flow, fo:static-content)
- Type fo:list-item-part via reference to fo:block (Elements fo:list-item-body, fo:list-item-label)
Sample instance
<fo:block>Any text, intermingled with: </fo:block>