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sidebar — A portion of a document that is isolated from the main narrative flow
sidebar ::= (sidebarinfo?, (title,titleabbrev?)?, (calloutlist|glosslist|bibliolist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|segmentedlist|simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|tip|warning|literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|screen|screenco|screenshot|synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|constructorsynopsis|destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|formalpara|para|simpara|address|blockquote|graphic|graphicco|mediaobject|mediaobjectco|informalequation|informalexample|informalfigure|informaltable|equation|example|figure|table|procedure|anchor|bridgehead|remark|highlights|indexterm|beginpage)+)
A Sidebar is a short piece of text, rarely longer than a
single column or page, that is presented outside the narrative flow
of the main text.
Sidebars are often used for digressions or interesting observations that are related, but not directly relevant, to the main text.
Formatted as a displayed block. Sidebars are sometimes boxed.
DocBook does not specify the location of the Sidebar within the
final displayed flow of text. The wrapper may float or remain where it is
located.
These elements contain sidebar:
appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, caution, chapter, constraintdef, glossary, glossdiv, important, index, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, tip, warning.
The following elements occur in sidebar:
address, anchor, beginpage, bibliolist, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, caution, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, equation, example, fieldsynopsis, figure, formalpara, funcsynopsis, glosslist, graphic, graphicco, highlights, important, indexterm, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, mediaobjectco, methodsynopsis, note, orderedlist, para, procedure, programlisting, programlistingco, remark, screen, screenco, screenshot, segmentedlist, sidebarinfo, simpara, simplelist, synopsis, table, tip, title, titleabbrev, variablelist, warning.
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<sect1><title>An Example Section</title>
<para>
Some narrative text.
</para>
<sidebar><title>A Sidebar</title>
<para>
Sidebar content.
</para>
</sidebar>
<para>
The continuing flow of the narrative text, as if the
sidebar was not present.
</para>
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