[reportlab-users] Tables in landscape moving left

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi,

I am creating a Table flowable in Reportlab using a SimpleDocTemplate in landscape mode. I am trying to make the columns of the Table wide enough for the labels, and every time I make it a little wider, the table moves to the left. I am attaching a screenshot. I need to make several more of the table columns wider to fit the data and to make the table better cover the page.

I noticed that if I increase the leftMargin parameter for the template, it will push the table to the right, but there's got to be a better way, right?

Thanks!

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Mike Driscoll

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[Andy Robinson]

Mike, I suspect the problem is that your table (like all others) is
centred in the frame by default. in most long documents (e.g. in word
processing), people like to see tables in the centre of the space. If
you had a small narrow table (say 4 inches wide in a 6 inch frame) you
would see this.

Try creating it like this or setting the 'hAlign="LEFT"' yourself, and
the left edge should stay put from then onwards.

t = Table(...., hAlign='LEFT')

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[Mike Driscoll]

Hi Andy,

On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 1:04:19 PM UTC-6, Andy Robinson wrote:

Mike,  I suspect the problem is that your table (like all others) is
centred in the frame by default.  in most long documents (e.g. in word
processing), people like to see tables in the centre of the space. If
you had a small narrow table (say 4 inches wide in a 6 inch frame) you
would see this.

Try creating it like this or setting the 'hAlign="LEFT"' yourself, and
the left edge should stay put from then onwards.

t = Table(...., hAlign='LEFT')

I almost tried that too. Thanks! That did the trick!

Mike