[reportlab-users] Table cell contents misaligned (RLTK > 2.0)

[Yves Forkl]

Hello,

some time ago I set up an application using RLTK 2.0. Trying to migrate 
it to RLTK 2.3, I discovered that RLTK 2.3 behaves differently:

I'm using Platypus to build up a table. In each row, some of the cells 
contain a Paragraph instance, other cells just receive a string. Now 
with RLTK 2.3 (but not with RLTK 2.0), the "Paragraph cells" have their 
baseline shifted up a bit (vertically aligned to the middle??).

The font size, font name and leading are the same for both types of 
cells, i.e. my TableStyle instance (applying to the string-only cells) 
uses the same values for these parameters as does my ParagraphStyle 
instance.

Why did Platypus change its behaviour here?

I've looked for a way to directly influence vertical alignment, but did 
not find any. As a workaround, I have empirically determined that I need 
to decrease the Paragraph leading to 4.71 while keeping the general 
table leading at 7 (with a font size of 8 in both) to make the baselines 
align again...

(NB: I don't use TOPPADDING or BOTTOMPADDING at all. Tried to fiddle 
with them once by setting them to 0, but that did not align the 
baselines again.)

Does anybody know of a real solution that could replace my clumsy 
workaround?

   Yves