[reportlab-users] Getting Nested table aligned to top

[Robin Becker]

Mike Driscoll wrote:

> Hi,

> 

> It looks like my post got eaten due to my screenshot, so I have uploaded 

> it to flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25220999@N03/3773123700/

> 

> I am trying to get a set of nested tables to align at the top. There are 

> 6 rows in the screenshot. The first row is 3 "Earnings", the 2nd is the 

> four row table, the 3rd is three "Deductions", the 4th is the 5 row 

> table, etc. Notice that the bottom row has the first two columns lower 

> the the last one. Is there a way to force that row to be aligned at the 

> top? Right now, I use the following code:

> 

> tblThree = Table(data3, colWidths=colWidths, style=LIST_STYLE, 

> hAlign="LEFT", vAlign="TOP")

> 

> This does not work. Does anyone have a better idea? I am using Python 

> 2.5 on Windows XP with the latest ReportLab.

> 

> Thanks,

> 

> Mike


This single row example shows nested tables aligned right, top.

###############################################################
from reportlab.lib import colors
from reportlab.platypus.doctemplate import SimpleDocTemplate
def getTable(x=0):
     data=[('','Europe','Asia'),
         ('Quarter 1',100,200),
         ('Quarter 2',100,400),
         ]
     W=[62,26,26]
     H=[24,16,16,18]
     if x:
         data[3:3] = [('Quarter 3',103,404),('Quarter 4',104,396)]
         H[3:3] = [16,16]
     LR = ['Total',300,600]
     for j in xrange(1,len(LR)):
         LR[j] = sum([data[i][j] for i in xrange(1,len(data))])
     data.append(LR)
     return Table(data,W,H,style=TableStyle([('GRID', (0,0), (-1,-1), 0.25, 
colors.black),('FONTSIZE',(0,0),(-1,-1),8)]))

T=Table([[getTable(0),getTable(0),getTable(1)]],
             style=TableStyle([
                 ('ALIGN', (0,0), (-1,0), 'RIGHT'),
                 ('VALIGN', (0,0), (-1,-1), 'TOP'),
                 ('GRID', (0,0), (-1,-1), 0.25, colors.red),
                 ]),
             )
SimpleDocTemplate('tnestt.pdf', showBoundary=1).build([T])
###############################################################
-- 
Robin Becker