MatLab Report Generator Word Wrap Issues

I have a pdf generated via MatLab Report Generator. I have a few remaining issues. I have spent days trying to resolve via search of this and other forums.

I am posting each issue individually.

This issue. Word Wrap at the end of a line in a table.

I am successfully populating a table with text and the table is placed as I wish on the page. The problem is that words are truncated at the end of a line and then continue on the next. I wish to use the behaviour where words are not split at the end of a line before any combination of cr/lf.

Ps. These settings make no difference.

MyDescrTbl.Style = {Hyphenation(true)};

or

MyDescrTbl.Style = {Hyphenation(false)};

Answer 1

[Sameer Pujari]

Hi Matt

To get the text to wrap to the second line by separating at a "space" rather than in the middle of a word when using the MATLAB Report Generator, you need to customize the default PDF template used by performing the following:

1. Create a new PDF template from the default PDF template:

>> mlreportgen.dom.Document.createTemplate('mytemplate','pdf');

2. This creates a new PDF template file, "mytemplate.pdftx". Then unzip the template, to gain access to the "root.css" file which allows you to define PDF styles:

>> unzipTemplate('mytemplate.pdftx')

3. In the new folder that is created go to the "stylesheets" folder and open "root.css" to edit in MATLAB or in a text editor.

4. Add the following style to the "table" entry in the CSS file:

-ah-word-break: keep-all

5. Save the CSS file and now zip the template to create an updated "mytemplate.pdftx" file:

>> zipTemplate('mytemplate.pdftx');

6. Then create a "Report" object, by passing the new template as an input argument:

>> d = Report("mydoc","pdf", "mytemplate.pdftx");

For more information on creating a PDF template please visit the following documentation link:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/create-an-html-or-pdf-template.html

For more information on the different styles you can modify for a PDF template please visit the following documentation link:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/modify-styles-in-pdf-templates.html

[Matt O'Brien]

I really appreciate your detailed response to this. I will need to digest your answer and then try to apply this to my current approach.

I am surprised that such a basic feature requires such a compex solution and is not available as a basic option. Anyway, I am grateful for your reply and will do my homework.

Thank you.

[Matt O'Brien]

I am seriously impressed with this response and also delightesd to see the links to the related documentation. Thank you.

[Matt O'Brien]

Here is where I inserted the code in the CSS file.

I inserted line 182 as recommended above.

I am eternally grateful for this solution. It has worked for all the samples I have tested.

[Matthew Penning]

Hello,

Currently I am not able to get this solution to work for me. Was wondering if maybe when I was setting the column and row styles it would override this? Any suggestions? Below is a snip of the code where I am styling the table - in case there is anything in there that may be conflicting.

reftbl = Table([header;row]);  % Create the table 
%Style overall table
reftbl.Style = {OuterMargin('0pt', '0pt', '0pt', '10pt'), ...  % Set table margins
             Width('100%')};  % Set table width
reftbl.TableEntriesStyle = {Border('solid','black','1')};
reftbl.HAlign = 'center';  % Center align the table
%Style columns
groups(1) = TableColSpecGroup();
for ww = 1:8
    specs(ww) = TableColSpec();
    specs(ww).Style = { HAlign('Center'),FontSize('8pt') };
end
groups(1).ColSpecs = specs;
reftbl.ColSpecGroups = groups;
%style top row
topRow = reftbl.Children(1,1);
topRow.Style = {BackgroundColor('lightgrey'),Bold(true)};