iTextSharp multiple lines in PdfPCell one under another
asp.net-mvc-4, c#, itext
Solution
If you need to align at the text level you'll need to switch to a fixed-width font. But if you're just looking to indent you can just add spaces to new lines within a paragraph:
var p = new Paragraph();
p.Add("First line text\n");
p.Add(" Second line text\n");
p.Add(" Third line text\n");
p.Add("Fourth line text\n");
myTable.AddCell(p);
You could also get complicated and use a sub-table if you need more control:
var subTable = new PdfPTable(new float[] { 10, 100 });
subTable.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("First line text")) { Colspan = 2, Border = 0 });
subTable.AddCell(new PdfPCell() { Border = 0 });
subTable.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Second line text")) { Border = 0 });
subTable.AddCell(new PdfPCell() { Border = 0 });
subTable.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Third line text")) { Border = 0 });
subTable.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Fourth line text")) { Colspan = 2, Border = 0 });
myTable.AddCell(subTable);
Problem
I am using iTextSharp to create table in PDF document. I need several lines inside table cell to appear one under another like this: ``` First line text Second Line Text Third Line Text Fourth line text ``` Some times with extra line like this : ``` First line text Second Line Text Third Line Text Fourth line text ``` I have tried several approaches, with Paragraphs, Chunks, Phrases, did research online but still can not get this result. Please help. Also, how to make columns to adjust width dynamically to content ? (not wrapping) Thank you