Fixed Layout Property Reference

A list of all the fixed layout properties for general reference in a cut and paste format. Updated: 2012-10-29

Overview
FLO Property Reference

Overview

When configuring Fixed Layout (FLO) ePubs it can be a little daunting to remember all of the properties. Here is a little cut and paste reference to make it easier.

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FLO Property Reference

[Page Size]
; Inserted on each fixed layout page
<meta name="viewport" content="width=1024, height=768"/>
---           
[OPF declaration]
; Inserted into the XHTML declaration
prefix="rendition: http://www.idpf.org/vocab/rendition/#"
---     
[OPF metadata]
; Inserted into the OPF metadata block
---     
<meta property="rendition:layout">pre-paginated</meta>
; value options
pre-paginated
reflowable
---     
<meta property="rendition:orientation">landscape</meta>
; value options
auto
landscape
portrait
---          
<meta property="rendition:spread">none</meta>
; value options
auto
none
landscape
portrait
---     
[OPF Spine Properties]
; Inserted into individual spine items in the properties attribute
properties="rendition:layout-reflowable rendition:orientation-auto rendition:spread-none";
---     
; value options - Layout
rendition:layout-reflowable
rendition:layout-pre-paginated
---     
; value options - orientation
rendition:orientation-auto
rendition:orientation-landscape
rendition:orientation-portrait
---     
; value options - spread
rendition:spread-auto
rendition:spread-none
rendition:spread-both
rendition:spread-landscape
rendition:spread-portrait
---     
; value options - Pages
rendition:page-spread-center
page-spread-left
page-spread-right