Re: [docbook-apps] breadcrumbs root node

[Paul Millar <paul@astro.gla.ac.uk>]

On Monday 03 August 2009 10:21:18 Laurie Burley wrote:
> Has anyone figured out a way to remove the root node from breadcrumbs in
> their html output?

Yup, I have a similar template (taken, with thanks, from 
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/HTMLHeaders.html ).

> I am using the following code to generate my breadcrumbs:
>
> <xsl:template name="breadcrumbs">
> [...]
> </xsl:template>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated,

You don't say how your version of "breadcrumbs" template is called; but for 
the document I'm editing, I'm generating it from user.header.content.

My (somewhat ugly) solution was to wrap the call to breadcrumbs within a 
conditional that tests whether the current node's parent has a parent.  The 
top-most element will fail this test.

  <xsl:template name="user.header.content">
    <xsl:if test="boolean(../..)">
      <xsl:call-template name="breadcrumbs"/>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>

I guess the same would work if the conditional was within the "breadcrumbs" 
template.

HTH,

Paul.