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/writer/ModuleWriter.java
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.GroupElement;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ImageItem;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.JointDataSet;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.Label;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.LineItem;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ListGroup;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ListItem;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ListingElement;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.MasterPage;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.OdaDataSet;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.OdaDataSource;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.Parameter;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ParameterGroup;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.RectangleItem;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ReportDesign;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ReportItem;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ScalarParameter;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ScriptDataSet;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.ScriptDataSource;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.SimpleDataSet;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.SimpleMasterPage;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.Style;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.TableColumn;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.TableGroup;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.TableItem;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.TableRow;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.TemplateDataSet;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.TemplateElement;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.TemplateParameterDefinition;
import org.eclipse.birt.report.model.elements.TemplateReportItem;