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sidecar.xml and horizontal scrolling

Sep 8, 2011 4:14 PM

Just followed the documetation and just uploaded a folio with a sidecar.xml file with

set to never and  set to true. This should have set the articles to Horizontal swipe only but it never. I had to go into the folio producer tools and set it there. Am Idoing something wrong?
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  • Johannes Eckert
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    1. Johannes Eckert,
    Sep 8, 2011 4:25 PM   in reply to Yellow Christian
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    Christian,

     

    the syntax for using the "horizontal scrolling only" feature in a sidecar

    file is

     

     

     

    it can be "true" and "false".

     

    You mixed up with the values for smoothscrolling articles, wich can be

    "portrait", "landscape", "always", never.

     

    —Johannes

     
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  • Yellow Christian
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    2. Yellow Christian,
    Sep 8, 2011 4:31 PM   in reply to Johannes Eckert
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    Thanks Johannes, So what should my values be if I want the smooth scrolling off (snap to page) and Horizontal swipe. Do I put "portrait" in instead of never?  Sorry I know it's late!

     
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  • Johannes Eckert
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    3. Johannes Eckert,
    Sep 8, 2011 4:38 PM   in reply to Yellow Christian
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    When you set Flatten to true, set smooth scrolling to off.

     

    For easier overview the sidecar.xml generator (this depency is noted there,

    too)

    http://projects.nordsueddesign.de/sidecarxml

     

    —Johannes

     
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  • Johannes Eckert
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    4. Johannes Eckert,
    Sep 8, 2011 4:41 PM   in reply to Yellow Christian
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    ok, this is complicated now, sorry.

    In my sidecar xml generator I called it "off", but in the xml file is is

    called never. Never = Off (Snap to Page) in InDesign.

     

    possible combination:

     

    make use of indesign's "Horizontal swiping only"

    false</isFlattenedStack

     
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  • Yellow Christian
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    5. Yellow Christian,
    Sep 8, 2011 4:48 PM   in reply to Yellow Christian
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    Don't worry I think I've got it. Will test later and post back  Thanks once again!

     
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  • Branislav Milic
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    6. Branislav Milic,
    Jun 18, 2012 1:11 PM   in reply to Johannes Eckert
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    Hello Johannes

     

    I still don't understand which tag to write in the xml file so that "Horizontal Swipe only" is applied on an article. Because your generator has options for Smooth Scrolling but not for Horizontal Swipe only.

     

    Thank you.

     
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  • Bob Levine
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    7. Bob Levine,
    Jun 18, 2012 1:28 PM   in reply to Branislav Milic
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    It’s the flatten setting which comes from the original flatten stack command.

     

     

     

    Enable flatten is the same as enabling horizontal swipe only.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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  • Johannes Eckert
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    8. Johannes Eckert,
    Jun 18, 2012 2:36 PM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Bob is right. It was called "Flattening" in the early days and is just shorter in the menu than flatten. I changed the description of the field to be more like the current setting.

     

    Thank you for your feedback.

     

    —Johannes

     
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