Stretching is done for top alignd cells. If you ALIGN_MIDDLE no stretching will occur.
Best Regards, Paulo Soares > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Idan Gazit > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 5:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [iText-questions] Height of embedded PdfPTable? (Help!) > > Hey everybody, > > So, what I am attempting to do is pretty simple in theory: I have a 3 > column PdfPTable, the third column of which contains smaller > PdfPtables. > > A picture is worth a thousand words, so find one attached, or grab it > from this link in case the attachment doesn't make it to the list: > > http://idan.fastmail.fm/pdfptable_grow.jpg > > Basically what I want is for the embedded PdfPtable's height to stay > fixed and not expand to fill the height of the row it is embedded in. > Note how for row B, the long text in the second cell makes the row > taller, causing the embedded PdfPtable in the third cell to > grow to fill > the row. In cases where the embedded PdfPtable has two or > more rows, but > the text in cell 2 is still longer, then only the *last* row of the > *embedded* pdfptable is stretched vertically to fill the gap. > > I've tried using setFixedHeight(). It actually ensures a > minimum size, > but does nothing about the stretched cells. The text inside > the cells of > the embedded PdfPtable is tiny and will never grow the cell (see > example), so I'm not worried about text forcing the embedded table to > grow, it seems like the embedded table is growing to satisfy the row > height of its "parent" pdfptable. How do I restrict/stop this? > > I'm also open to suggestions of "there's an easier way to do > that" -- if > I've overlooked a better approach don't hesitate to point it out. > > My deepest thanks in advance, I have been battling this for a > week now > and can't seem to find something on target in the docs or list. > > Cheers, > > Idan > > apply your human intellect to the email below: > idan AT ###NoSpam### fastmail DOT fm > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id%62&alloc_ida84&op=click _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
