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
{
				PropertyDefn propDefn = (PropertyDefn) iterDefn.next( );
				if ( column
						.getLocalProperty( getModule( ), propDefn.getName( ) ) != null )
				{
					needWrite = true;
				}
			}
		}
		if ( needWrite )
		{
			
			
			
			iter = list.iterator( );
			while ( iter.hasNext( ) )
			{
				( (DesignElement) iter.next( ) ).apply( this );
			}
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Writes the values for user properties.
	 * 
	 * @param obj
	 *            the element that has user properties.
	 */
	protected void writeOverridenPropertyValues( DesignElement obj )
	{