how to group objects in reportlab, so that they stay together across new pages

Question

I\'m generating some pdf files using reportlab. I have a certain section that is repeated. It contains of a header and a table:

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Answer 1

You can try to put them together in a KeepTogether flowable, like so:

Story.append(KeepTogether([Paragraph(header_string, styleH), table])

However be aware that, last I checked, the implementation was not perfect and would still split up items too frequently. I know it does a good job of keeping a single flowable together that would otherwise split, like if you were to say:

Story.append(KeepTogether(Paragraph(header_string, styleH))

then that paragraph would not get split unless it was impossible for it not to be.

If KeepTogether doesn't work for you, I'd suggest creating a custom Flowable with your paragraph and table inside it and then during layout make sure your custom Flowable subclass does not allow itself to be split up.