Help Formatting Autonumbers with Attributes

Question

Hi,

I'm setting up my first EDD. I'm trying to create a list element that allows the user to select attributes for bulleted or numbered formatting. I thought I had copied the Delveoper Guide pretty closely, but it's not working.

Can someon explain what I'm doing wrong?

Here's what I have in the EDD:

Element (Container): List
General rule: List-item+
Attribute list
   Name: List-type Choice Required
   Choices: Bulleted, Numbered
Automatic insertions
   Automatically insert child: List-item
Text format rules
   In all contexts.
    Basic properties
         Indents
            First indent: 0.1in
            Left indent: 0.25in
         Paragraph spacing
            Space above: 4pt
         Tab Stops
            Tab stop position: 0.25in
If context is: List-item [List-type = ”Bulleted”]
   Numbering properties
      Autonumber format: \b\t
Else, if context is: List-item [List-type = ”Numbered”]
   Numbering properties
      Autonumber format: <n>.\t

This is what it looks like whether I select the Bulleted or Numbered attribute:

Paragraph paragraph paragraph

list

Lynne A. Price · Accepted Answer

Hanna,

Your element definition is almost right. The problem is that you are specifying all formatting on the List element, which is OK in a simple structure, but you are testing whether that List is in a ListItem.

The simplest fix would be to change the context specification from:

List-item [List-type = ”Bulleted”]

to simply

[List-type = "Bulleted"].

Another approach would be to move the context rule into the definition of List-item and change the context rule to

List[List-type = ”Bulleted”]

Something else you'll need to account for is resetting the counter if there is more than one list in the document and you don't already reset it.

--Lynne

Dave Creamer of IDEAS · Answer

This is what I've used--this is from my Para tag which has a lot of context uses.

(Sorry--was too lazy to indent...)

Else, if context is: Item
If context is: Item < List[Type="Bullet"]
Count ancestors named: List
If level is: 1
Use paragraph format: Body_BulletList1
Else, if level is: 2
Use paragraph format: Body_BulletList2
Else, if level is: 3
Use paragraph format: Body_BulletList3
Else, if context is: Item < List[Type="Numbered"]
Count ancestors named: List
If level is: 1
If context is: Item{first} < List
Use paragraph format: Body_NumberList_L1reset
Else
Use paragraph format: Body_NumberList_L1
Else, if level is: 2
Use paragraph format: Body_NumberList_L2
Else, if level is: 3
Use paragraph format: Body_NumberList_L3
Else, if context is: Item < List[Type="QandA"]
Count ancestors named: List
If level is: 1
Use paragraph format: Q_Question
Else
Use paragraph format: Q_Answers

Link to file:

EDD_Master.fm

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