Event for start printing row and cell

[mojtaba-khallash]

The purpose of this feature is to provide an event before printing a row or cell that the user decides to change the text color or font size or bold the text based on the row/column number or the data in that cell.

doc.table(1, 1, data, headers, {
    rowStart: function(e) {
        if (17 < e.row && e.row < 36)
          doc.setTextColor(255,0,0);
        else
          doc.setTextColor(0,0,0);
    },
    cellStart: function(e) {
        if (e.data > 80)
          doc.setFont(undefined, "bold");
        else
          doc.setFont(undefined, "normal");
    }
});

[HackbrettXXX]

Would be a neat feature, I agree. I'm wondering, though, if complex table features like this should rather be implemented in the AutoTable plugin.

[mojtaba-khallash]

Due to limitations, it is not possible for me to install AutoTable plugin in deployment environment, and the existence of this feature will solve my problem.

[HackbrettXXX]

Maybe then it would be better to solve these limitations? I tend towards keeping the jsPDF core as small as possible, especially if there are already 3rd party plugins that do a way better job.

[mojtaba-khallash]

You are right, but I did not add any logic to the library, and this feature is only available with a very small change. I do not think it will increase the size of this library much.

I will not add anything else to this library :)

[HackbrettXXX]

I agree that it won't increase the bundle size very much. But it will increase the size and complexity of the API and it will increase maintenance effort. That's why I don't think we should add it to the jsPDF core.

And you can always create your own plugin: copy the cell.js plugin code, add your changes and use it as external plugin. Should work pretty easy.

[nielsnl68]

I like this small extension to the inbuild table creator more then adding a bigger plugin, which for me is a lot if over kill.

And maybe it can also fix my other issue not knowing what the end of the table is, #3213