Styles For Basic Contents

There are different and many styles which may be harnessed to enhance the visual presentation of the contents of the topic. There are, however, only few guides to remember as to how they were conceptualized.

Concept Of Application

Whereever a text nugget comes from, there is just one concept underlying its formatting. One style applies to the label of the nugget, which is appropriately named as a label style attribute. Another is for its paragraphs simply identified as style attribute. A third style recognized as an innerframe style attribute, is rendered to the container of all its child nuggets.

For top-level nuggets such as those of the head composite and body composite, and for the special nugget of the feature composite, a frame style attribute for each is added.

One topic frame style to envelope the whole contents of the topic completes the list.

Concept Of Table Styles

Table Styles are relevant only for help writers which output xhtml or xml pages. At the node of the table object, the style attribute normally applicable to paragraphs are made available as frame for the resulting table element. However, this is temporarily disabled as of last released versions.

There are styles for each of the four row types. Corresponding column styles for each of the row types are also provided.

Categorization

These styles are also categorized for easy access.

1. Level Styles

Those which apply to the nugget, except contributed ones, are grouped as level styles.

2. Child Styles

The innerframe style attribute which is rendered on the container of, and hence affect only, the descendant nuggets of the current level, belong to this group.

3. Feature Styles

Styles applicable to contributed nuggets of the feature composites fall under this category.

4. Topic Styles

The topic frame style attribute is placed in this category.

5. Table Styles

Styles applicable to tables, rows, and columns belong to this group.