<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="5.0" xml:id="margin.note.properties"> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>margin.note.properties</refentrytitle> <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">attribute set</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>margin.note.properties</refname> <refpurpose>Attribute set for margin.note properties</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <src:fragment xml:id="margin.note.properties.frag"> <xsl:attribute-set name="margin.note.properties"> <xsl:attribute name="font-size">90%</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="text-align">start</xsl:attribute> </xsl:attribute-set> </src:fragment> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info> <para>The styling for margin notes. By default, margin notes are not implemented for any element. A stylesheet customization is needed to make use of this attribute-set.</para> <para>You can use a template named <quote>floater</quote> to create the customization. That template can create side floats by specifying the content and characteristics as template parameters. </para> <para>For example:</para> <programlisting><xsl:template match="para[@role='marginnote']"> <xsl:call-template name="floater"> <xsl:with-param name="position"> <xsl:value-of select="$margin.note.float.type"/> </xsl:with-param> <xsl:with-param name="width"> <xsl:value-of select="$margin.note.width"/> </xsl:with-param> <xsl:with-param name="content"> <xsl:apply-imports/> </xsl:with-param> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:template></programlisting> </refsection> </refentry>