[news.eclipse.birt] Re: How can I set a CSS class name for a report item

[Rowan Maclaren <rowan.maclaren@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jason,

Is there a way in the .rptdesign to cause the generated HTML element to 
define a class so that the external stylesheet could define a style for 
that class? In another thread, you described how to use a bookmark 
expression to cause the generated element to define an id, so that the 
external stylesheet could define a style for that id. But is there a way 
to cause the generated element to define a classname of my choosing?

Thank you.

-- Rowan


Jason Weathersby wrote:
> Günter,
>
> What version of BIRT are you using?
>
> In BIRT 2.3 you can reference and external style sheet in the report 
> design.  Look at the use style right click context menu in the outline 
> view.  There is a checkbox for including CSS file at view time.  This 
> only applies to HTML output though.
>
> Jason
>
> Günter wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > we are using BIRT to generate HTML reports that are embedded in other 
> > pages. The main page already includes a CSS stylesheet.
> >
> > Is there a way to tell BIRT to set classnames for report items that 
> > refer to classes which are NOT defined as styles in the current BIRT 
> > report design?
> >
> > I thought of using an event handler to apply the names, but there is 
> > no API in IDataItem or IDataItemInstance that refers to something like 
> > a CSS classname.
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Günter