[reportlab-users] Understanding Wordwrap, esp. in tables

[Robin Becker]

Andrew Smart wrote:

> 

>...... TA_RIGHT, TA_CENTER, 

>> TA_JUSTIFY

> 

> Hmmm... I think this was the right pointer. I do a Table() call

> with a sequence of sequences which are a mix of unicode strings

> and paragraphs. 

> 

> To be able to use TA_LEFT I'll have to convert the relevant

> strings to Paragraphs with a corresponding style.

> 

......
yes we allow a list of flowable type objects or strings/unicode as cell values.

Using flowables which have ill defined width eg tables/paragraphs makes the 
automatic width feature go fairly daft. Unfortunately we don't have any idea of 
soft widths.
-- 
Robin Becker