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
{
			
			List list = extDefn.getLocalProperties( );
			for ( int i = 0; i < list.size( ); i++ )
			{
				PropertyDefn prop = (PropertyDefn) list.get( i );
				if ( ExtendedItem.EXTENSION_NAME_PROP.equals( prop.getName( ) ) )
					continue;
				
				
				
				
				
				if ( prop.getTypeCode( ) != PropertyType.XML_TYPE )
					writeProperty( obj, getTagByPropertyType( prop ), prop
							.getName( ), false );
				else
					writeProperty( obj, getTagByPropertyType( prop ), prop
							.getName( ), true );
			}
		}
		
		writeStructureList( obj, ExtendedItem.FILTER_PROP );
		writer.endElement( );
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.report.model.design.elements.DesignVisitor#visitTextItem(org.eclipse.birt.report.model.design.elements.TextItem)
	 */