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Posted: **Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:54 am**

Hi
I want to customize the output of notes in the PDF transformation with css. There should be no image and no linebreak after the bold "Note: "
Sounds like a simple task fulfilled by:

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*[class ~= "topic/note"]:lang(en):before{
    font-weight: bold;	
    content: "Note: ";
    }

and then likewise for the different subtypes of notes.

But this little code sniplet in my customized css breaks up the whole transformation. It stopps with an error

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 Error on line 183 column 73 of stage1.xml.pp:
     [java]   SXCH0003  org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: "fo:table-row" is not a valid child of
     [java]   "fo:table"! (Siehe Position 183:73). Caused by org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException:
     [java]   file:.../temp/pdf-css-html5/oxygen_dita_temp/stage1.xml.pp:183:73: "fo:table-row" is not a valid child of "fo:table"! (See position 183:73)

In the fo output this not even refers to a note but a hazardstatement.

Any idea whats wrong there?
I'm using Oxygen 25.0 and DITA-OT version 3.7.3

Regards
Jörn

Posted: **Fri Jul 14, 2023 2:19 pm**

Hi Jörn,

The error message is quite "normal": hazardstatement actually inherits from note (so matching topic/note will match both elements, see DITA Specs) and is displayed as a table, your :before selector tries to add content in this table but doesn't respect the table display.

For what you're trying to achieve, the following rules should be enough:

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*[class ~= "topic/note"] {
  background-image: none !important;
  padding: .75em .5em .75em 0.5em !important;
}

span.note__title {
  display: inline;
}

Regards,
Julien

Posted: **Tue Jul 18, 2023 11:34 am**

Thanks Julien,

yes this works much better.

Although I still have the line break after the note, even when adding !important to the span.note__title rule:

image.png

Here's the rendered HTML

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<span class="note__title">Note:</span>  
            <p class="- topic/p p">The supply voltage is connected to the device casing through protective elements
               exclusively.</p>

I think the problem is that the note element demands a <p> around the text so this will always be a new line.
Regards
Jörn

Posted: **Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:16 pm**

Hi Jörn,

By default you can write inside a note without adding a paragraph inside it.
From the DITA Specs:

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<note type="tip">Thinking of a seashore, green meadow, or cool
mountain overlook can help you to relax and be more
patient.</note>

Which means your note look like:

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<note>
    <p>The supply voltage is connected to the device casing through protective elements
        exclusively.</p>
</note>

A solution is to unwrap the paragraphs from within the note using Oxygen > Tools > XML Refactoring...
The operation is called "Unwrap element", the XPath will be //note//p and the scope will be Current DITA map hierarchy.

Another solution is to add the following rules to the previous CSS:

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*[class ~= "topic/note"] [class ~= "topic/p"] {
  display: inline;
}

Regards,
Julien

Posted: **Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:39 pm**

Hi Julien,

we have customized DITA and removing the <p> within the note leads to "unexpected character data" error.
However your second solution does what I wanted. Thanks again!

Regards
Jörn

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