<refentry id="table.default.tabstyle">

  <refmeta>

    <refentrytitle>table.default.tabstyle</refentrytitle>

  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>

    <refname><parameter>table.default.tabstyle</parameter></refname>

    <refpurpose>Default table style to apply</refpurpose>

  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>

    <programlisting>

      <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="syn/table.default.tabstyle.xml"/></programlisting>

  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsection>

    <title>Description</title>

    <para>The parameter applies only for <sgmltag>informaltable</sgmltag>s that

    do not have a <literal>tabstyle</literal> attribute. With dblatex its role

    is to specify the latex table environment to use, so the set value must be

    a valid latex environment. The supported values are:

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>longtable</term>

<listitem>

<para>The default table type used by dblatex, in order to be able to split over several pages. When the parameter is empty and no tabstyle attribute is defined, it is the applied value.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>tabular</term>

<listitem>

<para>The most usual table type. Such table can only be on a single page.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>tabularx</term>

<listitem>

<para>An advanced table type that allows to stretch column widths to the available remained page width. Such table can only be on a single page.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

  </para>

  </refsection>

</refentry>