Bug report #20546

Print composer tables add a line break to the last word with fixed column width

Added by Dan Isaacs almost 6 years ago. Updated over 5 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:Map Composer/Printing
Affected QGIS version:3.4.1 Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:No
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:28366

Description

Tables with fixed column widths and 'wrap text' options have the last word placed on a new line consistently. This rather makes the wrap text option redundant as it cannot be used in any professional report.

Associated revisions

Revision a774499b
Added by Marco Hugentobler over 5 years ago

Don't add extra linebreak in print composer tables

Check if remaining text is short enough to go in one line. Fixes #20546

Revision b79e9e66
Added by Marco Hugentobler over 5 years ago

Don't add extra linebreak in print composer tables

Check if remaining text is short enough to go in one line. Fixes #20546

(cherry picked from commit a774499b95177d7645bc84e4c5243fa7f2f0e530)

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 6 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback
  • Priority changed from High to Normal

Does it work as expected in 2.18?

#2 Updated by Dan Isaacs almost 6 years ago

Giovanni Manghi wrote:

Does it work as expected in 2.18?

I don't actually have a copy of 2.18 any more, but I have just found this old Stack Exchange Question, so it seems to have been a problem back in August 2017.

https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/251999/attribute-table-width-and-line-breaks?rq=1

#3 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 6 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Open

#4 Updated by Dan Isaacs almost 6 years ago

Just for anyone coming across this dealing with the same problem, a rather messy workaround is to always make sure long text is suffixed with a double space. Layout interprets the second space as a new word and puts it on it's own line. You get a line break at the end of each section, but it's better than a mysterious trailing word.

#5 Updated by Marco Hugentobler over 5 years ago

  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
  • Status changed from Open to Closed

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