I have a table linked to a google spreadsheet. Using custom CSS, I have hidden the column headers (thead { display: none;}). When I hide the column headers, the print and PDF tools capture just the table name, no data. If I remove the CSS, the print and PDF tools work as expected. This sounds like a bug?
Firstly, I would like to sincerely apologize for the delayed response as we have been experiencing an unusually high number of tickets. I am sorry that it has taken longer than usual to respond to your concern and your patience is highly appreciated.
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These table export tools functionalities are based on a 3rd party HTML5 library. There are some limitations in this library we will emphasize for your awareness:
Generated PDF, XLS, CSV are not customizable. Unfortunately, the library allows very little “fine-tuning” of the generated files, so font, size, and other properties cannot be changed (but the title can – see below).
Exporting images is not possible at the moment, but you are able to export them as HTML with the new “Include HTML” option.
You can’t export columns that are hidden – they will not be visible in any exporting or printing tool.
But what you described here, i am not sure if that is the expected behaviour during export, to be honest.
I will double-check this with our 2nd level Team, and i will come back to you as soon as i can confirm it.
Sorry for all the time it took, i have confirmed everything with our senior Team.
This is the expected behaviour during export, because the table export tools functionalities are based on a 3rd party HTML5 library, and we are currently very limited to the "tweaking" that we can achieve,
but we will do our best to improve that behaviour in the future.
Thank you for the follow up. I will add it as a feature request. It seems like a bug with the 3rd party library. I read on your website that hidden rows and hidden columns will not print, which I can understand.
I have a table linked to a google spreadsheet. Using custom CSS, I have hidden the column headers (thead { display: none;}). When I hide the column headers, the print and PDF tools capture just the table name, no data. If I remove the CSS, the print and PDF tools work as expected. This sounds like a bug?
Hi, Nora
Firstly, I would like to sincerely apologize for the delayed response as we have been experiencing an unusually high number of tickets. I am sorry that it has taken longer than usual to respond to your concern and your patience is highly appreciated.
-
These table export tools functionalities are based on a 3rd party HTML5 library. There are some limitations in this library we will emphasize for your awareness:
But what you described here, i am not sure if that is the expected behaviour during export, to be honest.
I will double-check this with our 2nd level Team, and i will come back to you as soon as i can confirm it.
Thank you for your patience.
Kind Regards,
Miloš Jovanović
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Hi, Nora
Sorry for all the time it took, i have confirmed everything with our senior Team.
This is the expected behaviour during export, because the table export tools functionalities are based on a 3rd party HTML5 library, and we are currently very limited to the "tweaking" that we can achieve,
but we will do our best to improve that behaviour in the future.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Kind Regards,
Miloš Jovanović
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Thank you for the follow up. I will add it as a feature request. It seems like a bug with the 3rd party library. I read on your website that hidden rows and hidden columns will not print, which I can understand.
Hi, Nora
No problem.
Thank you for adding your vote on the improvement request.
Yes, for the time being it is like that. Our developers are going to do their best to improve it in any way possible in the future.
Thank you, and if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to open a new ticket.
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