[reportlab-users] Preformatted class with text wrapping and line breaks

[Robin Becker]

Chris Wilson wrote:

> Hi,

> 

> I have some text that I wish to display in a table cell. This text has 

> line breaks in it placed there using \n characters. Originally I was 

> using this text with the Paragraph class but the line breaks were not 

> appearing in the text. I then started using the the Preformatted class 

> to display the text with line breaks included. The problem is, where the 

> text is wider than the border of the table, instead of wrapping as it 

> did when in a Paragraph, the text simply runs over the border of the table.

> 

> Is it possible to either:

>      Force a Paragraph object to obey \n line breaks (or some form of 

> inline line break)? or,

>      Force Preformatted (or XPreformatted) object to wrap when placed 

> within a table?

> 

> Thanks in advance for any and all help.

> 

> Chris Wilson

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can you use Paragraph and <br/> tags in the text?


-- 
Robin Becker