<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>sidebar.float.type</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../reference.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="DocBook XSL Stylesheets: Reference Documentation"><link rel="up" href="propsets.html" title="Property Sets"><link rel="prev" href="sidebar.title.properties.html" title="sidebar.title.properties"><link rel="next" href="sidebar.float.width.html" title="sidebar.float.width"><link rel="copyright" href="copyright.html" title="License"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sidebar.float.type</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sidebar.title.properties.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Property Sets</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sidebar.float.width.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="sidebar.float.type"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> <div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle">sidebar.float.type</span></h2><p> sidebar.float.type — Select type of float for sidebar elements </p></div> <div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2> <a name="sidebar.float.type.frag"></a><pre class="programlisting"> <xsl:param name="sidebar.float.type">none</xsl:param> </pre> </div> <div class="refsection"><a name="idp6288048"></a><h2>Description</h2> <p>Selects the type of float for sidebar elements. </p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> <p>If <a href="../fo/sidebar.float.type.html"><em class="parameter"><code>sidebar.float.type</code></em></a> is <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">none</code></span>”</span>, then no float is used. </p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>If <a href="../fo/sidebar.float.type.html"><em class="parameter"><code>sidebar.float.type</code></em></a> is <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">before</code></span>”</span>, then the float appears at the top of the page. On some processors, that may be the next page rather than the current page. </p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>If <a href="../fo/sidebar.float.type.html"><em class="parameter"><code>sidebar.float.type</code></em></a> is <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">left</code></span>”</span>, then a left side float is used. </p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>If <a href="../fo/sidebar.float.type.html"><em class="parameter"><code>sidebar.float.type</code></em></a> is <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">start</code></span>”</span>, then when the text direction is left-to-right a left side float is used. When the text direction is right-to-left, a right side float is used. </p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>If <a href="../fo/sidebar.float.type.html"><em class="parameter"><code>sidebar.float.type</code></em></a> is <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">right</code></span>”</span>, then a right side float is used. </p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>If <a href="../fo/sidebar.float.type.html"><em class="parameter"><code>sidebar.float.type</code></em></a> is <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">end</code></span>”</span>, then when the text direction is left-to-right a right side float is used. When the text direction is right-to-left, a left side float is used. </p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>If your XSL-FO processor supports floats positioned on the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">inside</code></span>”</span> or <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">outside</code></span>”</span> of double-sided pages, then you have those two options for side floats as well. </p> </li></ul></div> </div> </div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sidebar.title.properties.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="propsets.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sidebar.float.width.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">sidebar.title.properties </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> sidebar.float.width</td></tr></table></div></body></html>