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Alignment, indentation, leading and spacing in cells

Examples written in answer to questions such as:


simpletable4

JAVA

JAVA 
/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie and Nishanthi Grashia in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28073190/itext-maintain-identing-if-paragraph-takes-new-line-in-pdfpcell
 */
package sandbox.tables;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;

@WrapToTest
public class SimpleTable4 {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/simple_table4.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new SimpleTable4().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
        Paragraph wrong = new Paragraph("This is wrong, because an object that was originally a paragraph is reduced to a phrase due to the fact that it's put into a cell that uses text mode.");
        wrong.setIndentationLeft(20);
        PdfPCell wrongCell = new PdfPCell(wrong);
        table.addCell(wrongCell);
        Paragraph right = new Paragraph("This is right, because we create a paragraph with an indentation to the left and as we are adding the paragraph in composite mode, all the properties of the paragraph are preserved.");
        right.setIndentationLeft(20);
        PdfPCell rightCell = new PdfPCell();
        rightCell.addElement(right);
        table.addCell(rightCell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }

}


leadingincell

JAVA

JAVA 
/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20145742/spacing-leading-pdfpcells-elements
 * 
 * Cell in composite mode, containing different paragraphs with a different leading.
 */
package sandbox.tables;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import sandbox.WrapToTest;

@WrapToTest
public class LeadingInCell {

    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/leading_in_cell.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new LeadingInCell().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell();
        Paragraph p;
        p = new Paragraph(16, "paragraph 1: leading 16");
        cell.addElement(p);
        p = new Paragraph(32, "paragraph 2: leading 32");
        cell.addElement(p);
        p = new Paragraph(10, "paragraph 3: leading 10");
        cell.addElement(p);
        p = new Paragraph(18, "paragraph 4: leading 18");
        cell.addElement(p);
        p = new Paragraph(40, "paragraph 5: leading 40");
        cell.addElement(p);
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}


centeredtextincell

JAVA

JAVA 
/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19703715/centered-text-in-itext-pdf-table-cell
 * 
 * We create a table with a single column and a single cell.
 * We add some content that needs to be centered vertically.
 */
package sandbox.tables;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font.FontFamily;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import sandbox.WrapToTest;

@WrapToTest
public class CenteredTextInCell {

    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/centered_text.pdf";
    
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new CenteredTextInCell().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        Font font = new Font(FontFamily.HELVETICA, 12, Font.BOLD);
        Paragraph para = new Paragraph("Test", font);
        para.setLeading(0, 1);
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
        table.setWidthPercentage(100);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell();
        cell.setMinimumHeight(50);
        cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
        cell.addElement(para);
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}


indenttable

JAVA

JAVA 
/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to a question by a customer.
 */
package sandbox.tables;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;

@WrapToTest
public class IndentTable {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/indented_table.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new IndentTable().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
        cb.moveTo(36, 842);
        cb.lineTo(36, 0);
        cb.stroke();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(8);
        table.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
        table.setTotalWidth(150);
        table.setLockedWidth(true);
        for(int aw = 0; aw < 16; aw++){
            table.addCell("hi");
        }
        Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
        p.setIndentationLeft(36);
        p.add(table);
        document.add(p);
        document.close();
    }

}


indentationincell

JAVA

JAVA 
/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27873550/how-to-indent-text-inside-a-pdfpcell
 */
package sandbox.tables;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;

@WrapToTest
public class IndentationInCell {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/indentation_in_cell.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new IndentationInCell().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
        PdfPCell cell;
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("TO:\n\n   name"));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("TO:\n\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0name"));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell();
        cell.addElement(new Paragraph("TO:"));
        Paragraph p = new Paragraph("name");
        p.setIndentationLeft(10);
        cell.addElement(p);
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell();
        cell.addElement(new Paragraph("TO:"));
        p = new Paragraph("name");
        p.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
        cell.addElement(p);
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }

}


tablewithtab

JAVA

JAVA 
/**
 * This example is written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32593183/itextsharp-is-it-possible-to-set-a-different-alignment-in-the-same-cell-for-te
 */
package sandbox.tables;

import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.draw.VerticalPositionMark;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;

/**
 * @author iText
 */
@WrapToTest
public class TableWithTab {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/table_with_tab.pdf";
    
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new TableWithTab().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        Chunk glue = new Chunk(new VerticalPositionMark());
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
        Phrase p = new Phrase();
        p.add("Left");
        p.add(glue);
        p.add("Right");
        table.addCell(p);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
    
}
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