Pdf export: column fixed width, bad headings wordwrap

[Vrihub]

App version

V1.8.5

Bug Description

When exporting data to a pdf file using the default format settings ("PDF") and font size, the column headings are badly wordwrapped (see attached screenshot).

Suggested fix: column width should not be fixed, it should adjust automatically depending on headings length.

Steps to Reproduce

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[derdilla]

Great catch! The suggested fix might not be possible because normally there would be second table to the right. This looks like another bug I was unaware of.

It would be great of someone with actual PDF knowledge could implement a fix for this. The current PDF creation is based on many assumptions about text heights, and manual layout calculations.

[derdilla]

It's been a while and I looked into it a bit: Unfortunately there is no such thing as "[column width] should adjust automatically depending on headings length" in PDF files.

The only path forward I see is to write custom layout logic (manual font size calculations, wrapping, etc.). Since I'm currently short on time, I would recommend manually either adjusting the "Row height" so everything fits on a page, or setting the "Header height" to a low value like 1, which will force the PDF generator to use a single-column layout.