Right-aligning page numbers in a table of contents in an XSL:FO document.

[David Lowell <da...@zedak.com>]

I'm trying to right-align page numbers in an XSL:FO table of contents,
regardless of how many digits are in the page number.  I've had problems
where I can't right-align both one- and two-digit numbers because the
one-digit numbers are padded on the right.  For example:

 ENTRY......1
 ENTRY......5
 ENTRY......10

I finally fixed the problem by adding a TOC entry as a two-cell table row,
where the page number cell is right-aligned.  The sample below contains a
hard-coded page number of "10".

 <fo:table-row>
     <fo:table-cell text-align-last="justify">
         <fo:block>TOC ENTRY<fo:leader leader-pattern="dots" /></fo:block>
     </fo:table-cell>
     <fo:table-cell text-align="right">
         <fo:block text-align="right">10</fo:block>
     </fo:table-cell>
 </fo:table-row>

The problem is this doesn't work when the page number is replaced with an
"fo:page-number-citation" command.  For example, if I replaced the "10"
above with <fo:page-number-citation ref-id="toc0" />, the page number would
be printed to the right of the table cell.

Why is this?  Is there any way to fix it?


David Lowell
Zedak Corp.