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
public void visitTextItem( TextItem obj )
	{
		
		boundColumnsMgr.dealText( obj, getModule( ) );
		writer.startElement( DesignSchemaConstants.TEXT_TAG );
		super.visitTextItem( obj );
		property( obj, TextItem.CONTENT_TYPE_PROP );
		resourceKeyCDATA( obj, TextItem.CONTENT_RESOURCE_KEY_PROP,
				TextItem.CONTENT_PROP );
		writer.endElement( );
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.report.model.design.elements.DesignVisitor#visitLabel(org.eclipse.birt.report.model.design.elements.Label)
	 */
	public void visitLabel( Label obj )
	{
		
		boundColumnsMgr.dealLabel( obj, getModule( ) );
		writer.startElement( DesignSchemaConstants.LABEL_TAG );
		super.visitLabel( obj );
		resourceKey( obj, Label.TEXT_ID_PROP, Label.TEXT_PROP );
		resourceKey( obj, Label.HELP_TEXT_ID_PROP, Label.HELP_TEXT_PROP );
		writeAction( obj, Label.ACTION_PROP );
		writer.endElement( );
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 *