As far as I'm concearned you can do whatever you want with Table. It won't get worse than it is.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Steve Appling > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] How should document spacing work > for Tables? > > I have been trying to debug some problems with spacing of > Tables when rendered to PDF. I think I > finally understand some of the differences between 1.02b and > 1.1, but I'm not sure what the correct > behavior should be. I want to maintain compatibility, but > only where the old behavior isn't > considered a bug. > > Some background - > In 1.02b, there is a value called heightCorrection which is > set at 6 (pts) and used in several > calculations. The placement of the tables also depends on > the current leading in the document. > This is set to 0 and is only set to a value if another > element that has a leading is added before > the table is. Assume a paragraph then two tables are added. > A slightly simplified view of the > positioning is: > > Paragraph > heightCorrection + para leading > Table 1 > para leading + heightCorrection + para leading > Table 2 > > So given an initial paragraph with a 10pt leading, the result > will be: Paragraph, 16 pt space, Table > 1, 26 pt space, Table 2. If you don't add the initial > paragraph it would be: Table 1, 6 pt space, > Table 2. > > You can't actually get the tables closer than 6 pts to each > other without setting a negative table > offset (this has been done in some of the samples people sent > to me) - this seems wrong. > > The use of the current document leading seems a little goofy, > but I am willing to live with it. I > don't like the extra 6 pts of heightCorrection or the fact > that the leading is added on both sides > of the table. The javadoc for setOffset mentions that a > newline is added before the table, but > nothing in javadoc mentions the extra line after the table. > I think the one after the table should > be removed. This would make it: > > Paragraph > para leading > Table 1 > para leading > Table 2 > > What does everyone think about this? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from > real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
