Can't use percentage widths on fo:table-cell

[Jonathan Levinson <Jo...@intersystems.com>]

If you put a percentage width (like 25%) on an fo:table-cell you get the
following error message:

 

SEVERE: Cannot find LM to handle given FO for LengthBase.
(fo:table-cell, location: 59/52)

 

I've worked around this problem by just applying percentage widths to
the fo:table-columns in the table header, but strictly speaking it seems
the XSL-FO spec does allow width to be an attribute of fo:table-cell and
widths include percentage widths.

 

Is it nonsensical to attribute a percentage width to a fo:table-cell or
is FOP failing to follow the spec by disallowing percentage widths on
fo:table-cells?

 

I notice that RenderX allows percentage widths on fo:table-cells.

 

Best Regards,

Jonathan S. Levinson

Senior Software Developer

Object Group

InterSystems

617-621-0600

 

Re: Can't use percentage widths on fo:table-cell

[Vincent Hennebert <vh...@gmail.com>]

Hi Jonathan,

The specification indeed allows to specify a width on the cells from the
first table row, and it can be a percentage.

IIRC there is a start of implementation in the FOP code to handle that,
but it doesn’t work. References are made to the CSS2 specification about
how this must be handled (especially if widths are specified on both
cells and columns, if cells span several columns, etc.). Sorry, I don’t
remember the details.

Vincent


Jonathan Levinson wrote:
> If you put a percentage width (like 25%) on an fo:table-cell you get the
> following error message:
> 
>  
> 
> SEVERE: Cannot find LM to handle given FO for LengthBase.
> (fo:table-cell, location: 59/52)
> 
>  
> 
> I've worked around this problem by just applying percentage widths to
> the fo:table-columns in the table header, but strictly speaking it seems
> the XSL-FO spec does allow width to be an attribute of fo:table-cell and
> widths include percentage widths.
> 
>  
> 
> Is it nonsensical to attribute a percentage width to a fo:table-cell or
> is FOP failing to follow the spec by disallowing percentage widths on
> fo:table-cells?
> 
>  
> 
> I notice that RenderX allows percentage widths on fo:table-cells.
> 
>  
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Jonathan S. Levinson
> 
> Senior Software Developer
> 
> Object Group
> 
> InterSystems
> 
> 617-621-0600
> 
>  
> 
> 

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