[FOP-2202] when writing-mode="rl", after spanning block, following contents start on left column instead of right column

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.1
• Component/s: layout/unqualified
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: james quest
• Created: 30/Jan/13 10:34
• Updated: 17/Mar/17 10:03

Description

when writing-mode="rl" in a 2 column page, the first column is on the right.
however, when there is a spanning block, the following contents are on the
left column instead of the right column!
please find attached the pdf output

here is the fo. is there something i am doing wrong, or is this a critical
issue?

<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" writing-mode="rl-tb">
<fo:layout-master-set>
<fo:simple-page-master page-height="30mm" page-width="50mm"
master-name="page">
<fo:region-body column-count="2"/>
</fo:simple-page-master>
</fo:layout-master-set>

<fo:page-sequence master-reference="page">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block background-color="yellow">para 1</fo:block>
<fo:block background-color="gray">para 2</fo:block>
<fo:block background-color="yellow">para 3</fo:block>
<fo:block background-color="gray">para 4</fo:block>
<fo:block background-color="yellow">para 5</fo:block>
<fo:block background-color="gray">para 6</fo:block>
<fo:block background-color="yellow">para 7</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
<fo:page-sequence master-reference="page">
<fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
<fo:block background-color="yellow" span="all">para 1a, spanned
column</fo:block>
<fo:block background-color="gray">para 2a in wrong column</fo:block>
<fo:block background-color="gray">para 3a</fo:block>
<fo:block background-color="gray">para 4a</fo:block>
<fo:block background-color="gray">para 5a</fo:block>
</fo:flow>
</fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>