Figure and Table numbering

[shudson310]

I'm trying to auto-number figures and tables, but the counter doesn't increment. Here's my code:

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body {

  counter-reset: figures 1;

  counter-reset: tables 1;  

}



*[class ~= "topic/fig"] {  

    counter-increment: figures;

}



*[class ~= "topic/fig"] figcaption::before {

    content: "Figure " counter(figures) ": ";

  }

  

table {   

    counter-increment: tables;

}



table caption::before {

    counter-increment: tables;

    content: "Table " counter(tables) ": ";

  }

Every figure in the doc is Figure 1 right now...

[Dan]

There are two solutions:

1. You are using the pdf-css-html5 transformation. With this you should get automatically the numbers of the tables before the table titles, with no change in your CSS file. However, I just learned that there is a "com.oxygenxml.html.custom" plugin in the DITA-OT directory that removes the figure numbers. You can delete this plugin from your DITA-OT installation (I recommend to copy the DITA-OT from oXygen to another location where you have write access, then change the DITA-OT directory option from the oXygen preferences).
Important: The numbering works if the figures and tables have titles.

2. Other workaround, using CSS (I would go for this...):

There are two problems in your CSS with the counter reset:

• You are using the same counter-reset property twice in the CSS rule. The last one will override the first one. One should use a single property and separate the counter reset values with comma.
• The body element will be replicated in all page sequences, so you will get more counter resets than expected.

Fortunately there are already some counters initialized on the root of the document: figcount and tablecount so you will not to define yours. You can use them like this:

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*[class ~= "topic/fig"] { 

    counter-increment: figcount;

}



*[class ~= "topic/fig"] figcaption::before {

    content: "Figure " counter(figcount) ": ";

}

 

*[class ~= "topic/table"]{   

    counter-increment: tablecount;

}



*[class ~= "topic/table"] caption::before {

    content: "Table " counter(tablecount) ": ";

}



/* Hide the labels generated by DITA-OT */

.table--title-label,

.figtitleprefix {

    display:none;

}

Best regards,
Dan

[shudson310]

Worked like a charm. As always, you oXygen folks are the best!

Many thanks!

[annyjul]

There are two solutions:
...
Fortunately there are already some counters initialized on the root of the document: figcount and tablecount so you will not to define yours. You can use them like this:

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*[class ~= "topic/fig"] { 

    counter-increment: figcount;

}



*[class ~= "topic/fig"] figcaption::before {

    content: "Figure " counter(figcount) ": ";

}

 

*[class ~= "topic/table"]{   

    counter-increment: tablecount;

}



*[class ~= "topic/table"] caption::before {

    content: "Table " counter(tablecount) ": ";

}



/* Hide the labels generated by DITA-OT */

.table--title-label,

.figtitleprefix {

    display:none;

}

Best regards,
Dan

Hi, I'm very sorry for stupid question, but I need figure/table numbering too. I'm still learning dita/oxygen.
Dan, I copy-pasted your code to css file, and linked this file via arg.css to Dita Map Web Help Responsive scenario. Table numbering works, but figures numbering doesn't. What am I missing?

[Radu]

Hi,

This particular discussion thread is about generating PDF from DITA content using CSS. So you should not use its advice for the WebHelp Responsive output.
Coming back to the WebHelp responsive output, we took the decision not to show numbers for figures for HTML-based output because the numbering is started from "1" for each HTML file which results in the output folder. So if for the first topic in the map you will have Figure 1 and Figure 2, for the second topic you will have again Figure 1 and Figure 2.
So, because for each DITA topic an HTML equivalent is generated, you will not get the numbering to continue from the first topic to the last topic in the publication, like you would when you generate the PDF.
If knowing about this limitation you still want to show the figure count next to the title, I can give you some steps to do that.

Regards,
Radu

[annyjul]

Hi,

This particular discussion thread is about generating PDF from DITA content using CSS. So you should not use its advice for the WebHelp Responsive output.
Coming back to the WebHelp responsive output, we took the decision not to show numbers for figures for HTML-based output because the numbering is started from "1" for each HTML file which results in the output folder. So if for the first topic in the map you will have Figure 1 and Figure 2, for the second topic you will have again Figure 1 and Figure 2.
So, because for each DITA topic an HTML equivalent is generated, you will not get the numbering to continue from the first topic to the last topic in the publication, like you would when you generate the PDF.
If knowing about this limitation you still want to show the figure count next to the title, I can give you some steps to do that.

Regards,
Radu

I'm fine with those limitations, but i need numberibg to reference picture ( "as shown in the picture N" ) even If it's for each topic. I export to pdf and web, so I would need to change text of reference specifically for web output.
What so I need to change to get figure numbering in web? Thanks!

[Radu]

Hi,

Sorry for the delay.
If you edit the Oxygen transformation scenario, in the Parameters list there is a parameter called "args.figurelink.style" which you can set to "NUMTITLE".

https://www.dita-ot.org/2.0/readme/ant- ... types.html

Regards,
Radu

[art]

I made use of Dan's suggestion and added a few lines to my custom css file according to option (2) in his post "There are two solutions:"

Now it appears as though the references to figures and tables starts from "1" with every chapter. For example in the third chapter there is a reference to "figure 1 (on page 57)" which refers to a figure right below the paragraph that has a caption "figure 11: Lorem ipsum". In other words the numbering of the references is reset whereas the numbering of the pictures (and tables) is not reset.

I should like the numberinf of references and pictures/tables to be without reset for the whole publication.

I use a <oXygen/> XML Editor 20.1 build 2018101517, a dita bookmap with multiple chapters and no parts, "PDF (CSS Formatter - HTML5)" transformation, no plugins, no customized DITA-OT, one custom css file (with no other mentioning of figures or tables) that is referenced by parameter args.css, de-de in the root of my bookmap and de-de as a parameter default.language.

Is there a fix that I may apply to the issue?
Best, art

[Costin]

Hi,

As we fixed a lot of issues and implemented many improvements in our internal development stream, your issue could have most probably been fixed.
We have nightly builds of a publishing engine that contains the latest Chemistry engine from our development and a custom DITA OT, tailored for it.
If you are interested in giving the publishing engine a try and see if it helps overcoming the issues you currently encountered, please send us an email on support@oxygenxml.com and request access to the latest nightly build of the Oxygen publishing engine.

Regards,
Costin

[Manohar_1024]

i am sorry to ask again but the thing is i want figure numbers as 2.1 2.2 2.3 and so on
I got the figures and tables counting but unable to achieve it according to the chapters.like figure 1.2 stamen ,figure 1.3 flower layout
in this manner.
So please help me in this issue

There are two solutions:

1. You are using the pdf-css-html5 transformation. With this you should get automatically the numbers of the tables before the table titles, with no change in your CSS file. However, I just learned that there is a "com.oxygenxml.html.custom" plugin in the DITA-OT directory that removes the figure numbers. You can delete this plugin from your DITA-OT installation (I recommend to copy the DITA-OT from oXygen to another location where you have write access, then change the DITA-OT directory option from the oXygen preferences).
Important: The numbering works if the figures and tables have titles.

2. Other workaround, using CSS (I would go for this...):

There are two problems in your CSS with the counter reset:

• You are using the same counter-reset property twice in the CSS rule. The last one will override the first one. One should use a single property and separate the counter reset values with comma.
• The body element will be replicated in all page sequences, so you will get more counter resets than expected.

Fortunately there are already some counters initialized on the root of the document: figcount and tablecount so you will not to define yours. You can use them like this:

Code: Select all

*[class ~= "topic/fig"] { 

    counter-increment: figcount;

}



*[class ~= "topic/fig"] figcaption::before {

    content: "Figure " counter(figcount) ": ";

}

 

*[class ~= "topic/table"]{   

    counter-increment: tablecount;

}



*[class ~= "topic/table"] caption::before {

    content: "Table " counter(tablecount) ": ";

}



/* Hide the labels generated by DITA-OT */

.table--title-label,

.figtitleprefix {

    display:none;

}

Best regards,
Dan

[Costin]

As it is not clear for us what exactly do you need to achive, you should send us a screenshot from the PDF and paint on it how exactly you expect the figure/table number to appear.
Use support@oxygenxml.com to send the screenshot and the details.

Regards,
Costin

[Manohar_1024]

For example the below mentioned one is my figure.

Then the naming should come chapter wise.and follow the deep numbering like
That is like 1.1 Stars in night......
So final output should be like...Fig 2.4 .some information
Fig 2.5 another figure...............
In this way i want labeling under each figure

[Dan]

Hello,
Currently there is no way of doing this chapter-wise figure and table numbering. I will record a feature request.
Thank you,
Dan