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PositioningArea

PositioningArea

Describes an area which contains one or more frames. Elements can be placed within these frames.

The frames can be wrapped in a Switch element. The Switch is evaluated each time a new page is created, so a Case test can use sd:current-page() to select different frames for even and odd pages. If no branch matches, the area does not exist on that page.

Child elements

PositioningFrame, Switch

Parent elements

DefineMasterPage

Attributes

name (text)
Name of the area.

Example 

<DefineMasterPage name="right page" margin="1cm" test="sd:odd( sd:current-page() )">
  <PositioningArea name="frame1">
    <PositioningFrame width="12" height="30" column="2" row="2"/>
    <PositioningFrame width="12" height="30" column="16" row="2"/>
  </PositioningArea>
</DefineMasterPage>
<PositioningArea name="text">
  <Switch>
    <Case test="sd:odd(sd:current-page())">
      <PositioningFrame width="12" height="30" column="2" row="2"/>
    </Case>
    <Otherwise>
      <PositioningFrame width="12" height="30" column="16" row="2"/>
    </Otherwise>
  </Switch>
</PositioningArea>

See also

PlaceObjectPositioningFrame