    | DocBook: The Definitive Guide 2.0.10 (Alpha) |
| | DocBook: The Definitive Guide 2.0.10 (Alpha) |
$Revision: 1.3 $
$Date: 2002/06/12 11:18:36 $
simplelist — An undecorated list of single words or short phrases
simplelist ::= (member+)
Name | Type | Default | ||||
| columns | CDATA | None | ||||
| type |
| "vert" |
A SimpleList is a list of words or phrases. It offers a convenient alternative to the other list elements for inline content.
Ironically, the processing expectations of a SimpleList are quite complex.
The presentation of a SimpleList is controlled by the Type attribute, which has three possible values:
Indicates that the Members of the list should be rendered as a comma separated, inline list.
Indicates that the Members of the list should be rendered in a tabular fashion with members running across the rows.
Indicates that the Members of the list should be rendered in a tabular fashion with members running down the columns. This is the default.
In both of the tabular cases, the number of columns in the table is controlled by the Columns attribute.
These elements contain simplelist: answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, caption, caution, chapter, colophon, constraintdef, dedication, entry, example, footnote, glossary, glossdef, glossdiv, highlights, important, index, indexdiv, informalexample, legalnotice, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, para, partintro, preface, procedure, qandadiv, qandaset, question, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, revdescription, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, sidebar, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, td, textobject, th, tip, warning.
Columns specifies the number of columns to be used in the presentation of a SimpleList with a Type of Vert or Horiz. If Columns is unspecified, 1 is assumed.
Type specifies how the Members of the SimpleList are to be formatted. (This attribute would better fit DocBook semantics if it were named “Class”).
<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
Here is a <sgmltag>SimpleList</sgmltag>, rendered inline:
<simplelist type='inline'>
<member>A</member>
<member>B</member>
<member>C</member>
<member>D</member>
<member>E</member>
<member>F</member>
<member>G</member>
</simplelist>
</para>Here is a SimpleList, rendered inline: A, B, C, D, E, F, G
<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
Here is the same <sgmltag>SimpleList</sgmltag> rendered horizontally with
three columns:
<simplelist type='horiz' columns='3'>
<member>A</member>
<member>B</member>
<member>C</member>
<member>D</member>
<member>E</member>
<member>F</member>
<member>G</member>
</simplelist>
</para>Here is the same SimpleList rendered horizontally with three columns:
| A | B | C |
| D | E | F |
| G |
<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
Finally, here is the list rendered vertically:
<simplelist type='vert' columns='3'>
<member>A</member>
<member>B</member>
<member>C</member>
<member>D</member>
<member>E</member>
<member>F</member>
<member>G</member>
</simplelist>
</para>Finally, here is the list rendered vertically:
| A | D | G |
| B | E | |
| C | F |
| | | |
| simpara | | simplemsgentry |