Bug 153488 Page Break - Page breaks are created for groups automatically
In the latest build, engine alyways creats a page break before the outermost group. Issues: 1) If i add a group with company logo and header, followed by a table (with groups). The output is confusing, a page break occurs between the grid and table. A better solution would be page break occurs before each group, except the first group. Current behavior PageBreakBefore = Always Better solution would be PageBreakBefore = Always but first 2) Looks like engine is automatically putting page breaks for groups. But when I click on the group definition i see the following values. PageBreakBefore - Auto PageBreakAfter - Auto // Auto means inserts a page break before the element if necesary. Suggested solution - When user click on new group dialog, BIRT designer by default sets the value PageBreakBefore = Always but first. This way it is less confusing to end users. Cons - Older reports will not have auto page breaks for groups.
model/org.eclipse.birt.report.model/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/model/api/ListingHandle.java
* properties as well as detail, footer, groups and header slots.
 * <p>
 * <ul>
 * <li>The on-start script called before the first row is retrieved from the
 * data set for this element. Called after the data set is open but before the
 * header band is created.
 * <li>The on-row script called for each row retrieved from the data set for
 * this element, but before creating any content for that row.
 * <li>The on-finish script called after the last row is read from the data set
 * for this element, but before the footer band is created.
 * </ul>
 * 
 * @see org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ListingElement
 * @see SlotHandle
 */
public abstract class ListingHandle extends ReportItemHandle
		implements
			IListingElementModel
{
	/**
	 * Constructs a listing handle with the given design and the element. The
	 * application generally does not create handles directly. Instead, it uses
	 * one of the navigation methods available on other element handles.
	 * 
	 * @param module
	 *            the module
	 * @param element
	 *            the model representation of the element
	 */
	public ListingHandle( Module module, DesignElement element )