generating custom markup for more powerful styling.

[stefanseefeld]

Is there a way to attach metadata to elements in the RST document, which will translate into classes in the generated HTML ? This would greatly help customizing the layout / styling.
For example, I'm looking for ways to generate multi-column slides. While I believe I understand how to achieve this with HTML / CSS, I don't see any way to identify my RST elements (paragraph, list item, etc.) such that I could then select them from custom CSS.

[stefanseefeld]

I actually figured this out, at least for my current use-case:

.. container:: column

allows me to create a block wrapper (<div class="column"> in HTML) which I can then lay out appropriately.
It might be useful to add a few examples as I suspect that at least some users may want to fine-tune their slides using advanced styles and layouts.

[attakei]

I am using container directive to implement for 2-column layout.

Example:

• RST source
• CSS source
• Generated presentation

It might be useful to add a few examples as I suspect that at least some users may want to fine-tune their slides using advanced styles and layouts.

It is good idea. I have thought that this is good example as one of usage sphinx-revealjs for combination RST with CSS.