wkhtmltopdf page-break-after have whitespace
Solution 1
The solution i found was to set the page size to A3, which make all the clever printerfriendly stuff work.
I use this WKHTMLTOPDF call:
/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf --page-size 'A3' --encoding 'UTF-8' '<LINK TO PAGE>' '/tmp/PDFX6BefV'
Solution 2
I am using version wkhtmltopdf 0.12.0
For me, page breaks ONLY work with --print-media-type. Without it, page break protection for images works, but not page-break-after or before.
I had to make a special css file for print media to get it work.
Setting the paper size to 'A3' or using the 'overflow: visible' didn't make any difference.
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DalekSall
Updated on June 04, 2022Comments
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DalekSall about 2 years
I use
WKHTMLTOPDF
to generate a PDF from a printer-friendly webpage. I upgraded from version 0.10.0 rc2 to 0.12.1(with patched qt) but now when I use theCSS
properties likepage-break-before:always;
it inserts a bunch of whitespace, and thepage-breake-inside:avoid;
doesn't work, it's magic.I use this call:
/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf --encoding 'UTF-8' 'page-to-print' '/tmp/PDFV59OZt'
I have tried with and without both
--print-media-type
and--no-print-media-type
.When I render the printer-friendly page in my browser, and when I try to print it (before I make it a pdf) it works fine.
examples of my CSS:
//if i want to make a static page-break between two elements page-break{ page-break-after:always; clear:both; display:block; } //Avoid cutting images img{ display:block; page-break-before:auto; page-break-after:auto; page-break-inside:avoid; } //avoid cutting text p,em,li,span,tr{ page-break-inside:avoid; }
Only page-break-after:always; works, but it inserts a bunch of white-space. Does anyone have any ideas for this?