XSL-FO object
XSL Formatting Object Reference Manual
The process of converting descriptions into presentations is called formatting.
| Object | Description |
|---|---|
| basic-link | Represents the start of a link resource. |
| bidi-override | Override the default Unicode BIDI direction. |
| block | Define an output block (such as paragraphs and titles). |
| block-container | Define a block-level reference area (reference-area). |
| #character | Specifies the character that will be mapped to the glyph for rendering. |
| color-profile | Defines a color profile for the style sheet. |
| conditional-page-master-reference | Specifies a page-master to be used when the defined condition is true. |
| declarations | Combines the global declarations of a style sheet. |
| external-graphic | For use with a graphic where the image data is outside the XML result tree. |
| float | is typically used to position an image in a separate area at the beginning of the page, or to position an image to a location by flowing content along one side of the image. side. |
| flow | Contains all elements to be printed to the page. |
| footnote | A footnote defined inside the region-body of the page. |
| footnote-body | Define the content of the footnote. |
| initial-property-set | Formats the first line of <fo:block>. |
| inline | Format a portion of text via a background attribute or by embedding it in a border. |
| inline-container | Define an inline reference area (reference-area). |
| instream-foreign-object | For inline graphics or "generic" class objects. In it, the object's data exists as a descendant of <fo:instream-foreign-object>. |
| layout-master-set | Save all masters used in the document. |
| leader | Used to generate "." symbols to separate titles of page numbers in a content table, or to create input fields in a form, or to create horizontal rule. |
| list-block | Define list. |
| list-item | Contains each item in the list. |
| list-item-body | Contains the content/body of list-item. |
| list-item-label | Contains the list-item label (usually numbers, characters, etc.). |
| marker | Use with <fo:retrieve-marker> to create a running header or footer. |
| multi-case | Contains each selection subtree of the XSL-FO object (inside <fo:multi-switch>). The parent element <fo:multi-switch> selects which option to display and hides the remaining options. |
| multi-properties | Used to switch between two or more property sets. |
| multi-property-set | Specifies an optional set of properties that are applied based on the user agent state. |
| multi-switch | Retain one or more <fo:multi-case> objects, control them (triggered by <fo:multi-toggle>) conversion between each other. |
| multi-toggle | is used to switch to another <fo:multi-case>. |
| page-number | represents the current page number. |
| page-number-citation | is the page number of the page that contains the first normal region returned by the referenced object. |
| page-sequence | Container for page output elements. Each page layout will have a <fo:page-sequence> object. |
| page-sequence-master | Specifies the simple-page-masters to be used and the order in which they are used. |
| region-after | Define the footer. |
| region-before | Define the header. |
| region-body | Define the page theme. |
| region-end | Define the right column of the page. |
| region-start | Define the left column of the page. |
| repeatable-page-master-alternatives | Specifies a set of replicas of simple-page-master. |
| repeatable-page-master-reference | Specifies a copy of a single simple-page-master. |
| retrieve-marker | Use with <fo:marker> to create a running header or footer. |
| root | The root (top-level) node of the XSL-FO document. |
| simple-page-master | Defines the size and shape of a page. |
| single-page-master-reference | Specifies the page-master to be used at a given point in the page sequence. |
| static-content | The object contains static content (such as headers and footers), which will be called repeatedly in multiple pages. |
| table | Format tabular material for tables. |
| table-and-caption | Format tables and their captions. |
| table-body | Container containing table rows and table cells. |
| table-caption | Contains the title of the table. |
| table-cell | Define table cell. |
| table-column | Format the columns of the table. |
| table-footer | Define the footer of the table. |
| table-header | Define the header of the table. |
| table-row | Define table row. |
| title | Define a title for a page-sequence. |
| wrapper | Specifies the inherited attribute for a set of XSL-FO objects. |
