Version 8.2 (2013-03-18)
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Style Control

There is a variety of style parameters that can be defined with each control representing a text block: background color, foreground color, margins, padding definitions, borders, etc.

You either can define this parameter with every control or you can define explicit styles. By referencing the name of the style from the controls, the style parameters are taken over automatically. Of course you can still override style definitions locally.

The CISFO:STYLE2 control represents a certain style. It is placed into the CISFO:STYLECLASSES2 container, directly below the page control (CISFO:FOPPAGE2). In the FO form, you refer to this style by using the control's name (property stylename).


Properties

Basis
stylename

Name for the style. Must be unique inside the form. Other controls reference this style name in order to take over the style's rendering information.

Obligatory  
backgroundcolor

This attribute sets the background color of an element, either a andlt;colorandgt; value or the keyword "transparent", to make the underlying colors shine through.

Optional

#000000

#808080

#FFFFFF

#FF0000

columnsspanned

A positive integer, specifying the number of columns spanned.

Optional

2

3

color

Color in which the element is output.

Optional

#000000

#808080

#FFFFFF

#FF0000

rowsspanned

A positive integer, specifying the number of rows taht this cell spans.

Optional

2

3

textalign

The alignment of the text. Valid values are 'center', 'left' or 'right'.

Optional

left

center

right

textdecoration

Different values for printing the text, so as underline, overline or line-through.

Optional

overline

line-through

underline

Border
bordercolor

Color for all borders (bottom, top, left, right). Values are any valid color specification.

Optional

#000000

#808080

#FFFFFF

#FF0000

borderstyle

This attribute specifies the line style of all box's border. Some valid values are "solid", "double" or "dashed".

Optional

solid

none

borderwidth

The border width attribute specifies the width of all borders. Some valid values are "thin", "medium", "thick" or a concrete size (e.g. "2pt").

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

bordertopcolor

Color for the border on the top. Values are any valid color specification.

Optional

#000000

#808080

#FFFFFF

#FF0000

bordertopstyle

This attribute specifies the line style of a box's top border. Some valid values are "solid", "double" or "dashed".

Optional

solid

none

bordertopwidth

The border width attribute specifies the width of the top border. Some valid values are "thin", "medium", "thick" or a concrete size (e.g. "2pt").

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

borderleftcolor

Color for the border on the left side. Values are any valid color specification.

Optional

#000000

#808080

#FFFFFF

#FF0000

borderleftstyle

This attribute specifies the line style of a box's left border. Some valid values are "solid", "double" or "dashed".

Optional

solid

none

borderleftwidth

The border width attribute specifies the width of the left border. Some valid values are "thin", "medium", "thick" or a concrete size (e.g. "2pt").

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

borderbottomcolor

Color for the border on the bottom. Values are any valid color specification.

Optional

#000000

#808080

#FFFFFF

#FF0000

borderbottomstyle

This attribute specifies the line style of a box's bottom border. Valid values are 'solid', 'double' or 'dashed'.

Optional

solid

none

borderbottomwidth

The border width attribute specifies the width of the bottom border. Valid values are "thin", "medium", "thick" or a concrete size (e.g. "2pt").

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

borderrightcolor

Color for the border on the right side. Values are any valid color specification.

Optional

#000000

#808080

#FFFFFF

#FF0000

borderrightstyle

This attribute specifies the line style of a box's right border. Some valid values are "solid", "double" or "dashed".

Optional

solid

none

borderrightwidth

The border width attribute specifies the width of the right border. Some valid values are "thin", "medium", "thick" or a concrete size (e.g. "2pt").

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

Font
fontfamily

This attribute specifies a priorized list of font family names and/or generic family names. To deal with the problem that a single font may not contain glyphs to display all the characters in a document, or that not all fonts are available on all systems, this property allows authors to specify a list of fonts, all of the same style and size, that are tried in sequence to see if they contain a glyph for a certain character. This list is called a "font set".

Optional

Helvetica

Times

Courier

Symbol

ZapfDingbats

fontsize

This attribute describes the size of the font when set as "solid". The font size corresponds to the em square, a concept used in typography. Note that certain glyphs may bleed outside their em squares. Some valid values are "xxsmall", "medium", "smaller" or a concrete size, e.g. "110%".

Optional

8pt

10pt

16pt

fontstyle

This attribute requests normal (sometimes referred to as "roman" or "upright"), italic, and oblique faces within a font family. Valid values are "normal", "italic" and "oblique".

Optional

normal

italic

oblique

fontvariant

In a small-caps font, the glyphs for lowercase letters look similar to the uppercase ones, but in a smaller size and with slightly different proportions. The "font-variant" property requests such a font for bicameral (having two cases, as with Roman script). This property has no visible effect for scripts that are unicameral (having only one case, as with most of the world's writing systems). Valid values are "normal" and "small-caps".

Optional

normal

small-caps

fontweight

This attribute specifies the weight of the font. Some valid values are 'normal', 'bold', 'bolder', 'lighter', '100' or '900', where 'normal' is the same as '400', 'bold' is the same as '700'.

Optional

normal

bold

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Margin
margin

Sets the margin of a box. Negative values for margin properties are allowed, but there may be implementation-specific limits.

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

margintop

Sets the top margin of a box. Negative values for margin properties are allowed, but there may be implementation-specific limits.

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

marginleft

Sets the left margin of a box. Negative values for margin properties are allowed, but there may be implementation-specific limits.

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

marginbottom

Sets the bottom margin of a box. Negative values for margin properties are allowed, but there may be implementation-specific limits.

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

marginright

Sets the right margin of a box. Negative values for margin properties are allowed, but there may be implementation-specific limits.

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

Padding
padding

Specifies the width of the padding of a block-area or inline-area. Unlike margin properties, values for padding properties cannot be negative.

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

paddingtop

Specifies the width of the padding on the top of a block-area or inline-area. Unlike margin properties, values for padding properties cannot be negative.

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

paddingleft

Specifies the width of the padding on the left of a block-area or inline-area. Unlike margin properties, values for padding properties cannot be negative.

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

paddingbottom

Specifies the width of the padding on the bottom of a block-area or inline-area. Unlike margin properties, values for padding properties cannot be negative.

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

paddingright

Specifies the width of the padding on the right of a block-area or inline-area. Unlike margin properties, values for padding properties cannot be negative.

Optional

1pt

5pt

1mm

5mm

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