Kamal Bhatt wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to ensure that when a block breaks on a new page, the top of the
> content has a certain amount of spacing before it, how can I do this?

You can use the padding-before property:
    <fo:block padding-before.length="20pt"
      padding-before.conditionality="retain">
      Block content...
    </fo:block>

Note that you will also get the space on the first page where the block
appears;

You will also get the padding on *every* block,
while the original poster asked only that the
space be at the top of the page when a block
breaks on a new page (I'm assuming because of the background image).

A second concern is that your suggestion would
only work if the text has no background colour,
otherwise, the background colour of the text is
shown, not the background colour of the parent
construct (in this case the image).  I find in my
classroom that novice users of XSL-FO use padding
where they should be using spacing because they
don't see white on white problems and get into bad habits.

if the block doesnbt have any border you can counteract that by
setting a negative space-before. Contrary to space-before,
padding-before, if it is set to "retain", applies to every page on which
the block appears.

But maybe what you really want can be achieved in a different way, in
which case a small illustration can help us understand your need.

I agree ... the original post frames the
discussion around the background image of the
body region, which is why I think my proposed
solution being applied to the background image
will have the least impact on the rest of the formatting in play.

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