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
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		{
			DesignElement element = (DesignElement) iter.next( );
			DesignElement parent = element.getExtendsElement( );
			if ( !newList.contains( element ) )
			{
				newList.add( element );
			}
			if ( parent != null && list.contains( parent ) )
			{
				if ( !newList.contains( parent ) )
				{
					int index = newList.indexOf( element );
					newList.add( index, parent );
				}
				else if ( newList.indexOf( element ) < newList.indexOf( parent ) )
				{
					newList.remove( parent );
					int index = newList.indexOf( element );
					newList.add( index, parent );
				}
			}
		}
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			writer.conditionalStartElement( tag );
		
		
		
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		while ( iter.hasNext( ) )