XHTML filter support
XHTML filter support
The XHTML filter is used when referencing XHTML data from the StoryTeller Document. The filter supports the following:
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CSS definition in HTML header, through HTML link element and through import by @import command.
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Multiple class names in one class atribute
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Grouped declaration of CSS
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CSS multiple selector
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CSS inheritance
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CSS overflow. See CSS overflow support.
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HTML entities
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Font change (typeface, point size)
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Style change (bold, italic)
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Line break
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Color (by name, by RGB value)
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Background color (dtto)
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Superscript, subscript
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Underline, overstrike
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Paragraph indents (first line, left, right)
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Paragraph justification (left, right, center, full)
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Headers
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List with bullets (unordered)
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Linespacing (default paragraph spacing, space before, space after, line spacing)
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Images
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Horizontal rule
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Inline styles
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Tables, including relative width
For more information on CSS definitions, see http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/
Note:
If the XHTML data does not specify a specific character style attribute for the contents, for example Font name or size, the character style attribute specified for the substitution is used.
CSS overflow support
You can:
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Specify how overflow is done for paragraphs in external content.
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Insert page breaks.
The following CSS 2.1 properties are supported:
 
Property
Value
page-break-before
auto – no page break is forced
always – translates to Start position = In next Story frame paragraph property on the current paragraph.
avoid – Not supported, thus ignored.
left – translates to Start position = In next Story frame paragraph property on the current paragraph.
right – translates to Start position = In next Story frame paragraph property on the current paragraph.
inherit – property is inherited from its parent element.
page-break-after
auto – no page break is forced
always – Area break generated after the paragraph.
avoid – Not supported, thus ignored.
left – Area break generated after the paragraph.
right – Area break generated after the paragraph.
inherit – property is inherited from its parent element.
page-break-inside
auto - no page break is forced
avoid – translates to Keep lines together = All.
inherit – property is inherited from its parent element.
orphans
<integer> – Minimum number of lines in a block container that must be left at the bottom of a Story frame.
inherit – property is inherited from its parent element.
widows
<integer> – Minimum number of lines in a block container that must be left at the top of a Story frame.
inherit – property is inherited from its parent element.
Supported tags
Tag
Description
 
<!--...-->
Defines a comment
 
<a>
Defines an anchor.
 
<b>
Defines bold text.
 
<big>
Defines big text.
 
<blockquote>
Defines a long quotation.
 
<body>
Defines the body element.
 
<br>
Inserts a single line break.
 
<dd>
Defines a definition description.
 
<del>
Defines deleted text.
 
<div>
Defines a section in a document.
 
<dl>
Defines a definition list.
 
<dt>
Defines a definition term.
 
<em>
Defines emphasized text.
 
<font>
Defines text font, size, and color
 
<h1> to <h6>
Defines header 1 to header 6.
 
<head>
Defines information about the document.
 
<html>
Defines an HTML document.
 
<i>
Defines italic text.
 
<li>
Defines a list item.
 
<link>
Defines a resource reference.
 
<ol>
Defines an ordered list.
 
<p>
Defines a paragraph.
 
<s>
Defines strikethrough text.
 
<small>
Defines small text.
 
<span>
Defines a section in a document.
 
<strike>
Defines strikethrough text.
 
<strong>
Defines strong text.
 
<style>
Defines a style definition.
 
<sub>
Defines subscripted text.
 
<sup>
Defines superscripted text.
 
<title>
Defines the document title.
 
<u>
Defines underlined text.
 
<ul>
Defines an unordered list.
 
<hr>
Defines a horizontal rule.
 
<img>
Defines an image.
 
<tr>
Defines a table row.
 
<td>
Defines a table cell.
 
<table>
Defines a table.
Note:
Unrecognized tags do not stop conversion, but they are ignored. Tags can contain their own attributes and standard attribute “style”. Inline style definitions are supported.
Supported properties of style attribute
Attribute
Description
 
color
Sets the color of an element.
 
background-color
Sets the background color of an element.
 
margin
A shorthand property for setting the margin properties in one declaration.
 
margin-bottom
Sets the bottom margin of an element.
 
margin-left
Sets the left margin of an element
 
margin-right
Sets the right margin of an element.
 
margin-top
Sets the top margin of an element.
 
text-align
Aligns the text in an element.
 
text-indent
Indents the first line of text in an element.
 
font
A shorthand property for setting all of the properties for a font in one declaration.
 
font-family
A prioritized list of font family names and/or generic family names for an element.
 
font-size
Sets the size of a font.
 
font-style
Sets the style of the font.
 
font-weight
Sets the weight of a font.
Supported colors
The XHTML filter supports XHTML color names. For more information, see http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_colornames.asp
The RGB color numeric specification is also supported.
Encoding
The XHTML filter supports XHTML files encoded by UTF-8.
Supported table tags and attributes
Tag
Description
Value/Unit
 
<table>
Defines a table
 
 
border
Specifies the border width
pixels
 
cellpadding
Specifies the space between the cell walls and contents
pixels, %
 
width
Specifies the width of the table.
pixels, %
 
bgcolor (*)
Specifies the background color of the table.
Rgb (x,y,z) #xxxxxx, colorname
 
<caption> (*)
Defines a table caption
The thead, tfoot and tbody elements enable you to group rows in a table. When you create a table, you might want to have a header row, some rows with data, and a row with totals at bottom. This division enables browsers to support scrolling of table bodies independently of the table header and footer. When long tables are printed, the table header and footer information may be repeated on each page that contains table data.
 
<thead>
 
<tfoot>
 
<tbody>
 
<cols>
Defines the attribute values for one or more columns in a table. You can only use this element inside a table or a column group(colgroup).
 
 
<colgroup>
Defines groups of table columns. With this element, you can group columns for formatting. This element is only valid inside the <table> tag.
 
Supported cell tags and attributes
Tag
Description
Value/Unit
 
<td>
Defines a cell in table.
 
 
<th>
Defines a table header cell in a table. The text within this element usually renders in bold.
 
 
<tr>
Defines a row in a table.
 
 
align
Specifies the horizontal alignment of the cell content.
Left, right, center, justify, char
 
valign
Specifies the vertical alignment of the cell content.
Top, middle, bottom, baseline
 
bgcolor (*)
Specifies the background color of the table cell.
Rgb (x,y,z) #xxxxxx, colorname
 
colspan
Indicates the number of columns this cell should span.
Number
 
height (*)
Specifies the height of the table cell.
Pixels
 
width (*)
Specifies the width of the table cell.
Pixels, %
Not supported table tags and attributes
Tag
Description
Value
 
frame
Specifies which sides of the border surrounding the table are visible.
Void, above, below, hside, lhs, rhs, vsides, box, border
 
rules
Specifies the horizontal/vertical divider lines.
None, groups, rows, cols, all
 
summary
Specifies a summary of the table for speech-synthesizing/non-visual browsers.
Text
 
cellspacing
Specifies the space between cells.
pixels, %
 
table align (*)
Aligns the table.
Left, center, right
Not supported cell attributes
Tag
Description
Value
 
abbr
Specifies an abbreviated version of the content in a cell.
Abbr_text
 
axis
Defines a name for a cell.
Category_names
 
char
Specifies which character to align text on. Only used if align="char".
Character
 
charoff
Specifies the alignment offset of the first character to align. Only used if align="char".
Pixels, %
 
rowspan
Indicates the number of rows this cell should span.
Number
 
nowrap (*)
Disables or enables automatic text wrapping in this cell.
 
 
scope
Specifies if this cell provides header information for the rest of the row that contains it (row), or for the rest of the column (col), or for the rest of the row group that contains it (rowgroup), or for the rest of the column group that contains it.
Col, colgroup, row, rowgroup
 
 
background
Sets the background image.
 
(*) = Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.
OpenText StreamServe 5.6 Updated: 2013-03-01