Perform PageBreak between two rows in the table component

[Puge96]

Hi.

I'm generating a PDF with a table using following structure.
I need to perform a PageBreak in the middle of my table when a certain value appears in Col1 of my row data, is this possible?

container.PaddingTop(20).Column(c =>
{
    c.Item().Table(table =>
	{
		table.ColumnsDefinition(columns =>
		{
			columns.ConstantColumn(50);
			columns.ConstantColumn(50);
		});

		table.Header(header =>
		{
			header.cell().Text("col 1");
			header.cell().Text("col 2");
		});

		foreach (row in data.Rows) // data that stores rows
		{
			if (row.Col1 == "SomeValue")
			{
				//I have tried following but without luck.
				//table.cell().PageBreak();
				//container.PageBreak();
				//c.item().PageBreak();
			}

			table.cell().text(row.Col1);
			table.cell().text(row.Col2);
		}
	}
}

Thanks in advance.

[Puge96]

I've solved it by doing following:

container.PaddingTop(20).Column(c =>
{
    c.Item().Table(table =>
	{
		table.ColumnsDefinition(columns =>
		{
			columns.ConstantColumn(50);
			columns.ConstantColumn(50);
		});

		table.Header(header =>
		{
			header.cell().Text("col 1");
			header.cell().Text("col 2");
		});

		foreach (row in data.Rows) // data that stores rows
		{
			if (row.Col1 == "SomeValue")
			{
				// Add a new cell with a pagebreak for each column in your columns definition
				table.cell().PageBreak();
				table.cell().PageBreak();
			}
			table.cell().text(row.Col1);
			table.cell().text(row.Col2);
		}
	}
}

It works but I guess there is a better option than adding a fake cell with a pagebreak for each of the cells in the table.

[MarcinZiabek]

There are a couple of concepts that could be used.

1. If the table is used purely as a structural element, you may consider splitting the content into separate sections within the Column element. This allows to manage page breaking by simply adding the PageBreak element to the table.

2. If keeping the entire content in the table is crucial, you can still follow your idea of inserting a specialized cell with a page break. Just ensure it covers the entire row (so not to disrupt cell ordering). You have accomplished this by inserting as many cells as there are columns. But a more straightforward approach is to use table.Cell().ColumnSpan(2).PageBreak().

[Puge96]

I do need to keep the content within one table element as I don't know if I will be doing the PageBreak at all.
Utilizing ColumnSpan is way prettier than what I was doing (I have 12 columns... :-)).

Thank you very much.