XMLmind XML Editor - Support of Cascading Style Sheets (W3C CSS)

Hussein Shafie

Pixware

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September 29, 2011

Abstract

This document describes the subset of CSS2 supported by XXE, as well as advanced ``proprietary extensions'' needed to style complex XML documents.


Table of Contents

I. Guide
1. Introduction
2. Restrictions
3. Extensions related to generated content
1. Replaced content
2. Generated content
4. Other extensions
1. Built-in CSS rules
2. CSS3 selectors
3. Styling an element which contains a specific processing instruction
4. Styling an element which contains a specific child element
5. Specifying namespaces
6. Inserting in generated content the name of the element which is the target of the CSS rule
7. Dynamic evaluation of property values
7.1. Simple dynamic evaluation of property values
7.2. Using custom code to extend the CSS style sheet
8. New values for the display property
9. Rendering repeating elements as a table
9.1. Anonymous rows
10. Making a table look like a spreadsheet
11. Collapsible blocks and tables
12. Styling comments and processing instructions
13. Styling element attributes
14. :property() extension pseudo class
15. url() is XML catalog aware
16. Modularizing a complex CSS style sheet using @property-group and @property-value
16.1. @property-group
16.2. @property-value
17. marker-offset: fill
18. If needed, selectors can use default attribute values
19. Simple, fast, purely declarative counters
II. Reference
5. Content objects
1. add-attribute-button
2. attributes
3. check-box
4. collapser
5. combo-box
6. command-button
7. component
8. convert-button
9. date-field
10. date-time-picker
11. date-picker
12. delete-button
13. drag-source
14. drop-site
15. file-name-field
16. gadget
17. icon
18. indicator
19. insert-after-button
20. insert-before-button
21. insert-button
22. insert-same-after-button
23. insert-same-before-button
24. image
25. image-viewport
26. label
27. list
28. number-field
29. radio-buttons
30. remove-attribute-button
31. replace-button
32. set-attribute-button
33. text
34. text-area
35. text-field
36. time-picker
37. value-editor
38. xpath
6. Content layouts
1. division
2. paragraph
3. rows
7. Display values supported for generated content
1. display: inline
2. display: block
3. display: list-item
4. display: table
5. display: table-row-group
6. display: table-row
7. display: table-cell

List of Tables

4.1. Properties used to parametrize the collapsibility of a block or table
4.2. Properties used to specify generated content for attributes