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Embedhtml with a table - if content of table is too long, it will make the column too wide.
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Posted by ralfjahr  · 26-01-2023 - 14:59

Hello,

We are rendering a table with several columns. If the content of one of these cells is a very long URL, it will take as much space as it can get, then finally "break" the URL and move the rest to the next line.

https://imgur.com/a/pqEDTK5

We are setting the column width as follows, basically setting it to a fixed pt value so that it works in docx and libreoffice-pdf:

<td width="{{ (letterWidthPt * 0.10) | round }}pt">

Thanks for helping us!

Ralf

PS: In regular HTML it would be the following but I cannot see that this works:

/** Verhindert, das Zellen zu lang werden */
.dont-break-out {

    /* These are technically the same, but use both */
    overflow-wrap: break-word;
    word-wrap: break-word;

    -ms-word-break: break-all;
    /* This is the dangerous one in WebKit, as it breaks things wherever */
    word-break: break-all;
    /* Instead use this non-standard one: */
    word-break: break-word;

    /* Adds a hyphen where the word breaks, if supported (No Blink) */
    -ms-hyphens: auto;
    -moz-hyphens: auto;
    -webkit-hyphens: auto;
    hyphens: auto;

}

 

Posted by admin  · 26-01-2023 - 15:18

Hello,

That's the default behaviour of MS Word. Although you can apply fixed widths to cells, if a string is very long without spaces, then the cell width will be increased automatically.

The addTable method includes the fitText option that can be applied to cells:

fitText   bool   If true fits the text to the size of the cell.

But this option is not available when transforming HTML. We have added a task to add support in the next release of phpdocx (there's no release date).

Regards.