I encountered strange bug when tried to convert HTML to pdf using jsPDF-AutoTable plugin. According to official Github page there is possibility to customize any headerCell and ordinary cell by using createdHeaderCell
and createdCell
hooks. I used the code below to change styling for particular header and row cells (Name
header and Jack
cell). I also upload this code here.
$('#btn').click(function(){
var columns = ['ID','Name','Address','Age'];
var rows = [
[1,'John','Vilnius',22],
[2,'Jack','Riga',25]
];
var doc = new jsPDF('p', 'pt');
doc.setFontSize(20);
doc.text(30, 30, 'Table');
doc.autoTable(columns, rows, {
margin: { top: 50, left: 20, right: 20, bottom: 0 },
createdHeaderCell: function (cell, data) {
if (cell.raw === 'Name') {
cell.styles.fontSize= 15;
cell.styles.textColor = 111;
} else {//else rule for drawHeaderCell hook
cell.styles.textColor = 255;
cell.styles.fontSize = 10;
}
},
createdCell: function (cell, data) {
if (cell.raw === 'Jack') {
cell.styles.fontSize= 15;
cell.styles.textColor = 111;
}
}
});
doc.save('output.pdf');
});
In this code createdCell
hook works as expected and style the cell with Jack
, but nothing happened for Name
header. Did I miss something or is it a bug?
The funny thing that I find strange workaround using drawHeaderCell
instead of createdHeaderCell
, but in this case styling occurs for next Address
header, not the Name
as I wanted. My workaround: I used previous ID
header to style Name
, but this solution not very beautiful, because I should use else
rule for styling, otherwise styling will be applied for all headers after ID
, not just Name
, so I want to find out what is wrong with my initial code.
Thank you for you attention.
Since nobody answered I used my workaround solution using drawHeaderCell
hook with code like below. I tested it on many tables and it works fine (in production I used dynamically generated table with different headers). The only real drawback that you cannot change color of the 1st header, but hopefully I don't need to do this.
$('#btn').click(function(){
var columns = ['ID','Name','Address','Age'];
var rows = [
[1,'John','Vilnius',22],
[2,'Jack','Riga',25]
];
var doc = new jsPDF('p', 'pt');
doc.setFontSize(20);
doc.text(30, 30, 'Table');
doc.autoTable(columns, rows, {
margin: { top: 50, left: 20, right: 20, bottom: 0 },
drawHeaderCell: function (cell, data) {
if (cell.raw === 'ID') {//paint.Name header red
cell.styles.fontSize= 15;
cell.styles.textColor = [255,0,0];
} else {
cell.styles.textColor = 255;
cell.styles.fontSize = 10;
}
},
createdCell: function (cell, data) {
if (cell.raw === 'Jack') {
cell.styles.fontSize= 15;
cell.styles.textColor = [255,0,0];
}
}
});
doc.save('output.pdf');
});