Multi Column CSS not working with wkhtmltopdf (createPDF V1.09)

PDF takes the print version of a page, I’ve struggled especially when working with bootstrap css and having to remove the print version in the core css. 

How about reverting to a table rather than css columns?

Hey Tim,

Season's greetings, and thanks for looking at this and responding.

I guess that using tables would be possible.

Any thoughts about how I could maintain the dynamic nature of the columns with tables?

Do you think Divs would work as well?

The great thing about the CSS is that it does the heavy lifting in terms of automatically balancing out the column heights, etc.

Best,

Jerry Kornbluth

I expect diva will work, maybe google pure css grids and copy a solution that doesn’t use columns? 

When testing , use a standard php page and print preview via the browser as this will show the print layout that the PDF should show. 

I personally would still use tables and do a max-cols type loop for each table row. 

Thanks again,

I'll give it a try.

If anyone has done this and is willing to share code, that would be great

Jerry Kornbluth

Jerry, 

Unfortunately, in my testing, it appears that wkhtmltopdf simply doesn't support CSS columns. The best alternative method for creating columns will depend a bit on what sort of content you're trying to display. It sounds like you might just be trying to dynamically split text across columns? If that's the case, I'd suggest first trying something like a jQuery plugin (one I just found: https://welcome.totheinter.net/columnizer-jquery-plugin/) - wkhtmltopdf is able to handle some JavaScript, so this may be your best first bet.

Let me know if that helps, or if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Hi Daniel, Tim,

Columnizer is indeed an interesting plugin. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. I'm sure it will be very useful down the road.

I  also took a look at tables and divs as well, but because of issues with wrapping text around images and time limitations, I ended up going with single column PDF printouts.

Best to both of you for the new year!

Jerry Kornbluth