attr() function

This lesson demonstrates the usage of the attr().

Example taken from https://raw.githack.com/vivliostyle/vivliostyle.js/master/packages/core/test/files/named-strings/string-set-attr.html

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HTML input

  1. <!DOCTYPE html>
  2. <html lang="en">
  3.   <head>
  4.     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  5.     <title>Named strings - string() function</title>
  6.     <meta name="author" content="Test Author">
  7.     <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
  8.   </head>
  9.   <body>
  10.     <p>The top-left page header output must be "Named strings - string() function", retrieved from the "title" element:
  11.       <code>&lt;title&gt;Named strings - string() function&lt;/title&gt;</code></p>
  12.     <p>The top-center page header output must be "Test Author", retrieved from the "content" attribute of the meta tag:
  13.       <code>&lt;meta name="author" content="Test Author"&gt;</code></p>
  14.  
  15.     <section title="Section One">
  16.       <h1>Test Section 1</h1>
  17.       <p>The top-right page header output must be "Section One", retrieved from the "title" attribute of the section start tag:
  18.         <code>&lt;section title="Section One"&gt;</code></p>
  19.     </section>
  20.     <section title="Section Two">
  21.       <h1>Test Section 2</h1>
  22.       <p>The top-right page header output must be "Section Two", retrieved from the "title" attribute of the section start tag
  23.         <code>&lt;section title="Section Two"&gt;</code></p>
  24.     </section>
  25.   </body>
  26. </html>

Stylesheet

  1. meta[name="author"] {
  2.     string-set: author attr(content);
  3. }
  4.  
  5. title {
  6.     string-set: title content(text);
  7. }
  8.  
  9. section {
  10.     string-set: section attr(title);
  11.     break-after: page;;
  12. }
  13.  
  14. @page {
  15.     size: A4;
  16.     margin: 72px;
  17.  
  18.     @top-left {
  19.         content: string(title);
  20.         width: 33%;
  21.         border: 1px solid blue;
  22.     }
  23.     @top-center {
  24.         content: string(author);
  25.         width: 33%;
  26.         border: 1px solid blue;
  27.     }
  28.     @top-right {
  29.         content: string(section);
  30.         width: 33%;
  31.         border: 1px solid blue;
  32.     }
  33.     @bottom-center {
  34.         content: "- " counter(page) " -";
  35.         width: 33%;
  36.         border: 1px solid blue;
  37.     }
  38. }