How to write a table header if part of a table is forwarded to the next page?

I want this page to have table header row as well. However, I want this header row only when the table data goes on new page.

I am using PdfWriter to create a PDF document. I am adding a PdfPTable to the PDF document. This table has header row and then actual data rows. If the table is big, then part of it gets carried forward to new page. I want this page to have table header row as well. However, I want this header row only when the table data goes on new page.

Posted on StackOverflow on Sep 15, 2015 by Amit Ware

This is how you create a table with a header row in iText 7:

// table with 2 columns:
Table table = new Table(2);
// header row:
table.addHeaderCell("Key");
table.addHeaderCell("Value");
// many data rows:
for (int i = 0; i

In this case, the table needs more than one page. As you used addHeaderCell(), the first row will be repeated:

Repeating header

If you don't want the header to be present on the first page, you have to add a single line: table.setSkipFirstHeader(true);

// table with 2 columns:
Table table = new Table(2);
// header row:
table.addHeaderCell("Key");
table.addHeaderCell("Value");
table.setSkipFirstHeader(true);
// many data rows:
for (int i = 0; i

Now the table looks like this:

Repeating header

Click How to write a table header if part of a table is forwarded to the next page? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5.