Hi,
Out of interest, why do you want to move the elements ?

I havent lookd at your code,
but
<xsl:copy> does not do a deep copy..
try using <xsl:copy-of> this copies the nodes and its children to the result
tree
cheers
Vasu
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Naomi Gronson" <naomi_gronson@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 3:22 PM
Subject: [xsl] Move (ascend) an element


> I'm trying to move the <indexterm> up in the tree,
> from:
>
> <figure>
> <title>
> <indexterm>
> <primary>special figure</primary>
> </indexterm>
> This is the figure caption text
> </title>
> </figure>
>
> to
>
> <figure>
> <indexterm>
> <primary>special figure</primary>
> </indexterm>
> <title>This is the figure caption text</title>
> </figure>
>
> I have code that does it part way, but won't handle
> any <secondary> elements that might also be contained
> within the <indexterm>:
>
> <xsl:template
> match="figure[descendant::title[descendant::indexterm]]">
> <xsl:copy><indexterm><primary>
> <xsl:value-of
> select="descendant::indexterm"/></primary></indexterm>
> <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <!-- remove old indexterm -->
> <xsl:template
> match="indexterm[ancestor::title[ancestor::figure]]">
> </xsl:template>
>
> Is there some kind of value of select that will grab
> the <indexterm> and any elements under it, instead of
> me recreating them in my xsl?  Any ideas.  Thanks!
>
> Naomi
>
>
>
>
>
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