CSS selector for folded element

[avanlooveren]

I have a custom document type and would like to have foldable element display one thing when folded (I'm using -oxy-not-foldable-child for this) and something else when expanded. Here's an example:

[When section 1 folded]

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Section 1: Title for Section 1

Section 2: Title for Section 2

[When section 1 expanded]

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Section 1

  Title: Title for Section 1

  Author: Andre

  ...

Section 2: Title for Section 2

It seems the default behavior when no -oxy-not-foldable-child and no :before selector content property are specified, the element local name is displayed when the element is folded. I would like to tap into that same behavior.

-Andre

[Radu]

Hi Andre,

So:

It seems the default behavior when no -oxy-not-foldable-child and no :before selector content property are specified, the element local name is displayed when the element is folded.

You are correct.

I would like to tap into that same behavior.

We have this implemented in CSS for Docbook XML documents. So we have this CSS selector to specify the non-foldable child:

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section{

    -oxy-foldable:true;

    -oxy-not-foldable-child: title;

}

and the section number we display as a :before element on the title something like:

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section > title:before

{

    content: "Section " counter(sect1_count, decimal) ": ";

}

The entire CSS is here if you need some inspiration:

OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR\frameworks\docbook\css\elements.css

So the point would be that we display the section static content ("Section X") on the :before of the <title> located inside the section.

Regards,
Radu

[avanlooveren]

Thank you, Radu. I moved my section numbering to the title element, like the Docbook framework, but the result is the same as what I had previously. I think that I did not properly describe what I'm looking for. The key thing is a different display of the non-foldable child element when the parent is folded and when it is not.

When the title is shown in the folded section, only the title's contents are to be shown, preceded by the section numbering (counter) and a colon (:). When the section is expanded (unfolded), the section numbering stays (section:before content), the colon disappears, and the title goes to a separate line (display:block) accompanied by a label ("Title: "). I hope that is clearer.

You confirmed the behavior of "the element local name is displayed when the element is folded". Is that something I can access by pseudo-class? Something like

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section:folded { content: "Section: " counter(sectCtr);}

? Alternatives could be a pair of selectors like

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section:folded:before

and

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section:unfolded:before

or

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title:foldedParent:before

and

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title:unfoldedParent:before

.

[Radu]

Hi,

I understand, we have some future plans to add support for a special peudo class allowing you to match folded elements just as you exemplified. I will try to increase the issue's priority.
One workaround for you would be to implement on your own the folding mechanism without using Oxygen's CSS support for creating folds.
Using Oxygen's support for form controls you can add small expand/collapse buttons which when pressed can set a certain pseudo class on the current element. Based on that pseudo-class you can match in the CSS elements and assign various styles to them.
You can find some useful links on this previous forum post:

topic12842.html

Regards,
Radu

[avanlooveren]

Thanks, Radu.

This is what is discussed in this article, right? I mean, I create a button and an action that toggles the CSS pseudo-class via TogglePseudoClassOperation, right?

[Radu]

Hi,

Right, the topic you found is also a good example for this.

Regards,
Radu