Display attribute group

The display attribute group includes attributes whose values can be used for affecting the display of many elements.

@expanse

Determines the horizontal placement of the element. Allowable values are:

page: Places the element on the left page margin for left-to-right presentation, or right page margin for right-to-left presentation.
column: Aligns the element with the current column margin
textline: Aligns the element with the left (for left to right presentation) or right (for right to left presentation) margin of the current text line and takes indention into account.
spread: Indicates that, if possible, the object should be rendered across a multi-page spread. If the rendition target does not have anything corresponding to spreads then spread has the same meaning as "page".
-dita-use-conref-target: See Using the -dita-use-conref-target value for more information.

In DITA tables, in place of the @expanse attribute used by other DITA elements, the @pgwide attribute is used in order to conform to the OASIS Exchange Table Model. The @pgwide attribute has a similar semantic (1=page width; 0=resize to galley or column).

Some DITA processors or output formats might not be able to support all values.

@frame

Specifies which portion of a border should surround the element. Allowable values are:

top: Draw a line before the element
bottom: Draw a line after the element
topbot: Draw a line both before and after the element
all: Draw a box around the element
sides: Draw a line at each side of the element
none: Don't draw any lines around this element
-dita-use-conref-target: See Using the -dita-use-conref-target value for more information.

Some DITA processors or output formats might not be able to support all values.

@scale

Specifies a percentage, selected from an enumerated list, that is used to resize fonts in relation to the normal text size. This attribute is primarily useful for print-oriented display.

The @scale attribute provides an acknowledged style-based property directly on DITA elements. For the <table> and <fig> elements, the intent of the property is to allow authors to adjust font sizes on the content of the containing element, primarily for print accommodation. An <image> in these contexts is to be scaled only by its own direct scale property. If not specifically scaled, such an <image> is unchanged by the scale property of its parent <table> or <fig>.

Allowable values are 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 140, 160, 180, 200, and -dita-use-conref-target. Some DITA processors or output formats might not be able to support all values.