When I last researched this (see p101 in XSLT Prog Ref 4th edition), I came
to the conclusion that IE always uses the first xml-stylesheet PI, and
Firefox always uses the last; neither takes any notice of the "alternate" or
"media" pseudo-attributes. 

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Vint [mailto:dvint@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 26 November 2009 18:47
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Print vs Screen XSLT stylesheets?
> 
> I've been building an XML based website. I've got a nice 
> working environment for the screen. I have the following association:
> 
> <?xml-stylesheet  type="text/xsl" 
> href="scripts/slideshow-tables.xslt" media="screen"?>
> 
> This produces a slide show and a bunch of navigation 
> features. I want to make a corresponding "for print" 
> stylesheet. I added this:
> 
> <?xml-stylesheet  type="text/xsl" 
> href="scripts/slideshow-tables.xslt" media="screen"?> 
> <?xml-stylesheet  type="text/xsl" href="scripts/slideshow-print.xslt" 
> media="print"?>
> 
> My screen presentation switched to the print style - which I 
> didn't want. Looks like the last stylesheet read is what is 
> used. I made the next change:
> 
> <?xml-stylesheet  alternate="yes" type="text/xsl" 
> href="scripts/slideshow-print.xslt" media="print"?>
> 
> The alternate='yes' seems to have at least kept my original 
> stylesheet being read for the screen. I'm not sure if the 
> media='screen' has anything to do with it. The media='print' 
> certainly is not producing the result I want. When I do a 
> print preview with FireFox, I don't get my new print arrangement.
> 
> FYI results seem to be the same in IE as well.
> 
> The xml-stylesheet spec indicates that this is supposed to 
> work like the <link> tag for CSS, so I thought this would 
> work. I need more support than what CSS will allow and I want 
> to write a second XSLT stylesheet to handle the different 
> formatting. The biggest thing I need to do is convert my 
> slideshow from Javascript arrays and a Javascript player to 
> be in line <img> references. That's the reason I want XSLT 
> instead of CSS for this task.
> 
> Any suggestions how I can handle this with XSLT/XML/HTML techniques?
> 
> I would like the stylesheet to be automatically triggered 
> when someone hits the print button. My only other thought is 
> to add a button on the webpage that will trigger some 
> Javascript to process the XML content with a different 
> stylesheet and then pop that up as a new window. Anyone got 
> some example code that would call an XML file and apply a stylesheet?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ..dan
> 
> 
> 
> 
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