[NTG-context] Table in header, or multicolumn header
Hello everyone, I'm starting to write some technical documents for a customer. I used MS Word in the past because that's what they use, then switched to OO Writer for the last job, but I'm not very comfortable with neither of them, so I decided to switch to ConTeXt. However, I'm facing with a problem. Page headings must contain a three columns table, with a logo in the left cell, a title in the middle one and finally some rows with a document reference number, the issue, the issue date and "page/pages" numbers. I'm not sure if I should use the \startcolumns environment (but it doesn't seems to work in headers or footers) or one of the various table environments. Could you give me some advice? I attached a screenshot of what the header looks like in Writer. Thank you, Marco Pallante <>___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Table in header, or multicolumn header
Am 13.12.2013 um 16:00 schrieb Marco Pallante :
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm starting to write some technical documents for a customer. I used MS
> Word in the past because that's what they use, then switched to OO
> Writer for the last job, but I'm not very comfortable with neither of
> them, so I decided to switch to ConTeXt.
>
> However, I'm facing with a problem. Page headings must contain a three
> columns table, with a logo in the left cell, a title in the middle one
> and finally some rows with a document reference number, the issue, the
> issue date and "page/pages" numbers.
>
> I'm not sure if I should use the \startcolumns environment (but it
> doesn't seems to work in headers or footers) or one of the various table
> environments.
>
> Could you give me some advice?
>
> I attached a screenshot of what the header looks like in Writer.
You can try to use a table but there is a possibility for problems when you use
xtables
in your document which are split across pages.
\startsetups[header:table]
\startembeddedxtable[align={middle,lohi},strut=no]
\startxrow
\startxcell[width=0.25\paperwidth,nr=4]
%\externalfigure[logo]
\stopxcell
\startxcell[width=0.40\paperwidth,nr=4]
Document title
\stopxcell
\startxcellgroup[height=0.25\headerheight,foregroundstyle=small]
\startxcell[width=0.10\paperwidth,align={flushright,lohi}]
Doc No.
\stopxcell
\startxcell[width=0.15\paperwidth,align={flushleft,lohi}]
\unknown
\stopxcell
\stopxcellgroup
\stopxrow
\startxrow
\startxcellgroup[height=0.25\headerheight,foregroundstyle=small]
\startxcell[width=0.10\paperwidth,align={flushright,lohi}]
Revision
\stopxcell
\startxcell[width=0.15\paperwidth,align={flushleft,lohi}]
\unknown
\stopxcell
\stopxcellgroup
\stopxrow
\startxrow
\startxcellgroup[height=0.25\headerheight,foregroundstyle=small]
\startxcell[width=0.10\paperwidth,align={flushright,lohi}]
Data
\stopxcell
\startxcell[width=0.15\paperwidth,align={flushleft,lohi}]
\unknown
\stopxcell
\stopxcellgroup
\stopxrow
\startxrow
\startxcellgroup[height=0.25\headerheight,foregroundstyle=small]
\startxcell[width=0.10\paperwidth,align={flushright,lohi}]
Pagina
\stopxcell
\startxcell[width=0.15\paperwidth,align={flushleft,lohi}]
\pagenumber/\lastpagenumber
\stopxcell
\stopxcellgroup
\stopxrow
\stopembeddedxtable
\stopsetups
\setupheadertexts[\texsetup{header:table}]
\starttext
\dorecurse{30}{\input knuth\par}
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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Re: [NTG-context] Table in header, or multicolumn header
Wolfgang,
Your solution seems to work perfectly: I get exactly what I want (I only
have to remove frames around cells).
I don't understand the possible problems: are you saying that if I use
xtables in the body of the document (other than in the header), and
those tables split across pages it could give unexpected behaviours?
What if I don't use xtables in the body, but other tabular environments
that allow splitting, such as TABLE or Linetable (I'm reading from the
wiki, I never used that)?
Thank you very much!
Bye,
Marco Pallante
>
> You can try to use a table but there is a possibility for problems when you
> use xtables
> in your document which are split across pages.
>
> \startsetups[header:table]
>
> \startembeddedxtable[align={middle,lohi},strut=no]
> \startxrow
> \startxcell[width=0.25\paperwidth,nr=4]
> %\externalfigure[logo]
> \stopxcell
> \startxcell[width=0.40\paperwidth,nr=4]
> Document title
> \stopxcell
>
> \startxcellgroup[height=0.25\headerheight,foregroundstyle=small]
>
> \startxcell[width=0.10\paperwidth,align={flushright,lohi}]
> Doc No.
> \stopxcell
>
> \startxcell[width=0.15\paperwidth,align={flushleft,lohi}]
> \unknown
> \stopxcell
> \stopxcellgroup
> \stopxrow
> \startxrow
>
> \startxcellgroup[height=0.25\headerheight,foregroundstyle=small]
>
> \startxcell[width=0.10\paperwidth,align={flushright,lohi}]
> Revision
> \stopxcell
>
> \startxcell[width=0.15\paperwidth,align={flushleft,lohi}]
> \unknown
> \stopxcell
> \stopxcellgroup
> \stopxrow
> \startxrow
>
> \startxcellgroup[height=0.25\headerheight,foregroundstyle=small]
>
> \startxcell[width=0.10\paperwidth,align={flushright,lohi}]
> Data
> \stopxcell
>
> \startxcell[width=0.15\paperwidth,align={flushleft,lohi}]
> \unknown
> \stopxcell
> \stopxcellgroup
> \stopxrow
> \startxrow
>
> \startxcellgroup[height=0.25\headerheight,foregroundstyle=small]
>
> \startxcell[width=0.10\paperwidth,align={flushright,lohi}]
> Pagina
> \stopxcell
>
> \startxcell[width=0.15\paperwidth,align={flushleft,lohi}]
> \pagenumber/\lastpagenumber
> \stopxcell
> \stopxcellgroup
> \stopxrow
> \stopembeddedxtable
>
> \stopsetups
>
> \setupheadertexts[\texsetup{header:table}]
>
> \starttext
> \dorecurse{30}{\input knuth\par}
> \stoptext
>
> Wolfgang
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