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Language: XSL-FO
Expertise: Intermediate

Jan 2, 2007

To force an XSL-FO attribute to inherit the value of another attribute, use the inherited-property-value:

<fo:block color="blue">
   Hello
   <fo:block color="yellow" background-color="inherited-property-value(color)">
      to you!!!
   </fo:block>
</fo:block>

The idea is that the "Hello" foreground will be blue and the "to you" background will be blue (by inheritance), but the "to you" foreground will be yellow.