Jeff Hooker wrote:
> The "why" is that we're using Docbook's profiling feature and the number of
> publications that we're sourcing out of each document can make the document
> hard to read when all the condiional text is visible.
>
> CSS is, indeed, obvious. The question is how to allow the users to define the
> values of the CSS. At the moment we're profiling on 4 attributes, each of
> which have up to eight values. The number of potential variations makes
> creating a custom CSS for each one impractical. I need to be able to to
> generate the customization layer for the CSS on the fly. That is the root of
> the question.
>
> Collapsible blocks would work for block content, but I'd prefer to avoid
> using them in this context since it confuses the user experience; is the
> block collapsed because it's content that should not be reviewed or is it
> collapsed because the user collapsed it manually at some earlier time?
>
> So, to return to the root of the question, I'm looking for a way of allowing
> the user to select from a list of attribute values and to have content tagged
> with those attribute valuee be either hidded or unhidden. One possible
> approach that has occured to me is that rather than trying to rewrite the CSS
> on the fly, I add a universal attibute like "view" to the content schema and
> then have a value in the CSS such as:
>
> *[view="hidden"] {
> content: url("hidden_foo.png");
>
> and then use a transform of some sort within XMLmind to assign the attribute
> to every node containing the attributes and values that the use wants hidden.
> I'm looking for guidance on what a good approach would be for creating the
> transform.
>
--> An interactive *command* displaying a dialog box and then applying
the desired changes to the document being edited should work fine.
What is a command?
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/concepts.html
--> I wouldn't recommend using a "view" attribute for that, because this
changes the content of the document being edited. Instead, add a "view"
*property* to some elements.
What is a property? This is explained here: "XML node properties"
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/dev/dom.html#nodeproperties
How to style elements having certain properties? This is explained here:
":property() extension pseudo class"
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/csssupport/properties.html
How to add and remove properties? I would recommend writing a command in
Java[tm] for that.
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/api/com/xmlmind/xml/doc/Node.html#getProperty(com.xmlmind.xml.name.Name)
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/api/com/xmlmind/xml/doc/Node.html#putProperty(com.xmlmind.xml.name.Name,%20java.lang.Object)
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/api/com/xmlmind/xml/doc/Node.html#removeProperty(com.xmlmind.xml.name.Name)
It is also probably possible to write an advanced, recursive,
macro-command that would do it. For now, this is not possible because
XXE has no setProperty command yet. If you really want to write such
macro (which is harder than implementing the same functionality in
Java!), simply ask us to add a setProperty command to next version of XXE.
