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
Iterator iter = list.iterator( );
		while ( iter.hasNext( ) )
		{
			( (DesignElement) iter.next( ) ).apply( this );
		}
		if ( tag != null )
			writer.endElement( );
	}
	/**
	 * Writes the contents of a slot. The order is not the order in the slot
	 * while we first write the ancestor and then the derived ones. The contents
	 * are enclosed in an optional list tag.
	 * 
	 * @param obj
	 *            the container element
	 * @param slot
	 *            the slot to write
	 * @param tag
	 *            the optional list tag that encloses the list of contents
	 */
	protected void writeArrangedContents( DesignElement obj, int slot,
			String tag )
	{
		List list = obj.getSlot( slot ).getContents( );
		if ( list.isEmpty( ) )
			return;
		LinkedList newList = new LinkedList( );
		Iterator iter = list.iterator( );