Tag Definition: blockValign

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Attributes

Name	Required?	Default_Value	Values
start	implied	None
stop	implied	None
value	required	None
Can contain EMPTY

Purpose

This sets how the contents of a block of cells in your table are aligned in the vertical direction. The value can be: TOP, MIDDLE, or BOTTOM, and defaults to BOTTOM.

Check out our docs page on how this works in the open source for reference.

Example usage

We've included a border and span for this example to make it's effects clearer visually when run with rml2pdf

<stylesheet>
    <blockTableStyle id="table1" spaceAfter="0.5 cm">
        <lineStyle kind="BOX" colorName="black"/>
        <blockValign value="MIDDLE"/>
        <blockSpan start="0,0" stop="0,1"/>
    </blockTableStyle>
</stylesheet>
<story>
    <blockTable style="table1">
        <tr><td>Table style example</td><td>Table style example</td></tr>
        <tr><td>Table style example</td></tr>
    </blockTable>
</story>

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