itext multiline text in bounding box

Question

Does anyone know, how to, in iText, add multiline text in bounding box (with coordinates specified).

I tried

cb.showTextAligned(
    PdfContentByte.ALIGN_LEFT,
    text,
    bounds.getLeft(),
    TOTAL_HEIGHT-bounds.getTop(),
    0 );

But it does not support newlines. I also tried

PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
cb.moveText(300,400);
document.add(new Paragraph("TEST paragraph\nNewline"));

This supports newlines but does not react to moveText, so I don't know how to put it at given position or better: bounding box.

I suspect chunks or PdfTemplate or maybe table might help, but i don't (yet) know how to put it together. TIA for help.

score 25 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 24 '16 at 13:50

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Try this:

ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
Phrase myText = new Phrase("TEST paragraph\nAfter Newline");
ct.setSimpleColumn(myText, 34, 750, 580, 317, 15, Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
ct.go();

parameters of SetSimpleColumn are:

the phrase
the lower left x corner (left)
the lower left y corner (bottom)
the upper right x corner (right)
the upper right y corner (top)
line height (leading)
alignment.

edited Feb 24 '16 at 13:50

Pavel Vlasov

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answered Dec 30 '09 at 13:46

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Thanks. I actually wrote a mini-library for layouts and auto-fitting and tables, which incorporates things you have written in your response. – KarolDepka Jan 09 '10 at 20:42
What does the box width, box height mean? – Cocoa Dev Apr 03 '13 at 19:39
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4. is upper right x corner, 5. is upper right y corner: http://www.openlogic.com/wazi/bid/188064/iText-Generate-PDFs-in-Java – Tillito Apr 09 '13 at 14:13
how do you get this text to go ontop of other elements? It's being hidden behind a table right now. – TWilly Dec 13 '16 at 03:37

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 16 '13 at 12:09

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ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(content);
ct.setSimpleColumn(
    new Phrase("Very Long Text"),
    left=20, bottom=100, right=500, top=500,
    fontSize=18, Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
ct.go(); // for drawing

edited Aug 16 '13 at 12:09

Aubin

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answered Apr 16 '12 at 16:53

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itext multiline text in bounding box

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