Why won't FrameMaker use the default attribute I set in the EDD?

[Heather Thomas]

Thank you very much, Scott! I appreciate your feedback. When I was looking for an image properties dialog, I came across the Anchored Frame dialog and you're right, it does set the alignment attribute too.

I will report the bug to Adobe because I'd prefer to not have to set that for each image!

Heather 


Scott Prentice <sp10 at leximation.com> , 6/11/2013 3:34 PM:
                   Hi Heather...
       
       I believe that FM's default DITA support doesn't respond to       editing the image attributes directly (might work with some of       them). Select the anchored frame and choose Special > Anchored       Frame, then select the desired alignment. This will set the frame       alignment and *should* set the alignment attribute as well. There       are a number of other properties/attributes that work this way as       well. In general, it's set up to use the "GUI" property setting       options rather than setting things via attributes.
       
       You should be able set the default value in the EDD and the r/w       rules, and it should honor that when inserting the image. If it       doesn't, that's definitely a bug.
       
       BTW .. DITA-FMx does these things properly.  :o
       
       Cheers,
       
       ...scott
       
       
          On 6/11/13 12:19 PM, Heather Thomas       wrote:
                          Thank you, Nadine and Scott, for your replies.
           
           Nadine: I am using FM 11 (sorry I didn't specify in my first           post). Yes, I want to change the default alignment of images.           I did change the default setting in the EDD and then import           the element definitions into my template. I know that the EDD           was imported because when I set choices vs. string, I could           see the choices in the Attributes pod. What I'm asking is why           FrameMaker is ignoring the default of left that I set and           leaving it as <no value>, but instead is making it           center aligned when I save. What's especially mysterious is           that it actually says at the bottom of the Attributes pod           "align Type: Optional Choice Default: left" but doesn't use           that default value.
           
           Scott: Thanks for your suggestion to "use the default image           properties dialog. Don't try setting the element attribute." I           happily excused your unexpected brevity because you sent your           message from your phone. :) Perhaps sometime when you are at           your computer, could you please elaborate on this? I can't           find the dialog you mentioned, and if this is actually a bug           that I can't set the element attribute using my EDD, then I           would like to report it. I have read your response on the           following Adobe forum post:           http://forums.adobe.com/message/3681019. Like the original           poster there, the Anchored Frame dialog works properly for me.           Manually setting the attribute to left does what I would           expect as well. I have also ensured that I have the following           in my rules:
           attribute "align" {           

    is fm attribute "align";           

    is fm property alignment;           

    value "left" is fm property value align left;           Like I said before, it's not critical or anything, but it           would be nice if we could set the default alignment in the EDD           and have FM obey it.
           
           Thanks again!
           Heather
           
           PS - Please note that there is a delay of at least 24 hours           from the time I post to the time my message appears on the           list.
                          
     
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