Issue with Column Width in IText 7 Tables

Question

I have the following table created with fixed column width as follows,

 Table headerTable = new Table(new float[]{5,5,5});
 headerTable.setWidthPercent(100);

 headerTable.addCell(new Cell().add(new Paragraph("Student Name : Michel John(xxxx-xxx-xxx-xxx)")).setFontSize(10).setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.LEFT));
 headerTable.addCell(new Cell().add(new Paragraph("Admission Date : 2012-05-01")).setFontSize(10).setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.CENTER));
 headerTable.addCell(new Cell().add(new Paragraph("Current Standard : Eigth Standard - 'B' Section")).setFontSize(10).setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.RIGHT));

But when I see the output format in my PDF file , the column width is uneven.

Am I missing something in that code snippet ?

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 17 '18 at 06:50

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To fix column width we can use setFixedLayout(), in iText7. And it worked for me

    Table content = new Table(UnitValue.createPercentArray(new float[]{3,5,10}));
    content.setWidth(UnitValue.createPercentValue(100));
    content.setFixedLayout();

answered Dec 17 '18 at 06:50

Yahini priya Raja

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It workes for me, tks. – 屎蒂芬大叔 May 05 '22 at 02:51
iText7.2.5: I noticed that giving the col width as PercentArray and define the table width as 100%, the setFixedLayout() call is no more needed, as shown in Alexey Subach answer. – Heri Mar 02 '23 at 10:41

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '18 at 20:52

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Please upgrade to the latest version of iText - 7.1.x line - and use the code below to create a table with columns of even width:

Table headerTable = new Table(UnitValue.createPercentArray(new float[]{5,5,5}));
headerTable.setWidth(UnitValue.createPercentValue(100));

answered Mar 20 '18 at 20:52

Alexey Subach

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This does not work for me, any suggestions? – Burak Aug 20 '21 at 08:53

Issue with Column Width in IText 7 Tables

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