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
writer.startElement( tagName );
		writer.attribute( DesignSchemaConstants.NAME_ATTRIB, name );
		writer.attribute( DesignSchemaConstants.KEY_ATTRIB, key );
		if ( cdata )
			writer.textCDATA( xml );
		else
			writer.text( xml );
		writer.endElement( );
	}
	/**
	 * Writes the structure list, each of which has only one member.
	 * 
	 * @param obj
	 *            the design element
	 * @param propName
	 *            the name of the list property
	 * @param memberName
	 *            the name of the member in structure
	 */
	protected void writeSimpleStructureList( DesignElement obj,
			String propName, String memberName )
	{
		PropertyDefn prop = (ElementPropertyDefn) obj.getDefn( ).getProperty(
				propName );
		assert prop != null;
		assert prop.getTypeCode( ) == PropertyType.STRUCT_TYPE && prop.isList( );
		List list = (List) obj.getLocalProperty( getModule( ), propName );
		if ( list == null || list.size( ) == 0 )
			return;
		writer.startElement( DesignSchemaConstants.LIST_PROPERTY_TAG );