Putting an element to the top of each page: @page { @top-center { content: element(pageHeader); } } #pageHeader{ position: running(pageHeader); } See http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-gcpm/#running-elements (works in Flying Saucer)
Actually it’s much simpler than with the code snippet. You can add the following argument on the command line: –footer-center [page]/[topage]. Like richard mentioned, further variables are in the Footers and Headers section of the documentation.
I’ve been trying to implement paged media as well and have found, according to this Wikipedia page, that there’s no browser support for margin boxes as yet. No wonder it wouldn’t work! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_(Cascading_Style_Sheets) See the table, Grammar and Rules, margin boxes section. Margin boxes are what’s needed for page numbering as well as running headers … Read more