Page Break when exporting to PDF

[EnableITmike]

It would be really useful if there were some way of marking within the page as to where Page Breaks should occur when exported to PDF.

At present I have to use new line/paragraph whitespacing in order to push text down to a point where it "scrolls" onto the next page when exported to PDF.

Whilst this works, it then makes the original document look untidy and having what appears as "unnecessary" whitespace throughout the document.

[ssddanbrown]

Thanks for the request @EnableITmike.

I'm hesitant to bring exporting controls into the main editor, as the in-app view is the core focus and it can be a slippery slope to adding loads of extra items.

There's currently a horizontal rule item in the editor, do you use this at all? If not I might be able to put together and share a tweak that would re-purpose those for your desired use-case.

[EnableITmike]

Hi Dan, I have to admit to possibly not being fully aware of all the functionality available in the editor and am not aware of the horizontal rule item. Does this somehow convert into a page break on creation of PDF? If it's possible to do that, I believe that would certainly be a solution to my problem, which would be most welcome. Kindest Regards, Avatar <https://www.linkedin.com/company/enableservices/> Mike Gee Solutions Configuration and Applications Specialist T. +44 (0) 1473 618 980 A. 38 Anson Rd, Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich IP5 3RG <https://bit.ly/2S3fR2u> W. www.enable.services <https://enable.services> <https://enable.services> facebook <https://www.facebook.com/enabletechnologies/> linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/enableitmike/> twitter <https://twitter.com/EnableITmike> youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynVvWidTeKNN960YXZGJIA>

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On 19/03/2021 22:00, Dan Brown wrote: Thanks for the request @EnableITmike <https://github.com/EnableITmike>. I'm hesitant to bring exporting controls into the main editor, as the in-app view is the core focus and it can be a slippery slope to adding loads of extra items. There's currently a horizontal rule item in the editor, do you use this at all? If not I might be able to put together and share a tweak that would re-purpose those for your desired use-case. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2646 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AKAOTXLW6TTAX3CEB52BVYDTEPCQJANCNFSM4ZOVVD6Q>.

[ssddanbrown]

Thanks for confirming. Again, Bit of a hack but, Add the below code to your "Custom HTML head content" setting. By default the horizonal line it's just a horizontal line to visually break up content but this code will hide it normally, show it as a dotted line in the editor, and should cause the pdf export to page break at it's position.

<style>
.page-content hr {
    page-break-before: always;
    margin: 0 !important;
    height: 0px;
    background: transparent;
}
.mce-content-body.page-content hr {
    margin: 16px 0 !important;
    border-bottom: 2px dotted #ddd;
    background: transparent;
}
</style>

This button in the editor:

[ssddanbrown]

Since a potential workaround was provided, and there's been no follow-up afterwards, I'll close this off.