How can I position a table?

[stevenlis]

It appears that a table can only be positioned in the middle of a page.

[Lucas-C]

Hi @stevenlis

Have you checked the align parameter of FPDF.table()?

• https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.table
• https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/table.html#fpdf.table.Table

It's used there in the source code: https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/blob/2.7.6/fpdf/table.py#L231

Do you require some other kind of positioning?

[Lucas-C]

Do you have any plans to make those documents more modern, like the templates used in PyData? It's a bit difficult to search through the current version.

We have no such plans at the moment, but I'm open to improvements on our documentation!
I checked the website you linked to, but what templates are you refering to?
HTML templates ? cf. https://pydata-sphinx-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user_guide/layout.html#templates-and-components

More broadly, what features are you looking for exactly?
Do you find the search engine on the documentation website of fpdf2 limited in some way?

Is there a way to control the font size of a table separately? It seems that size_pt is no longer working.

Yes.

The simplest way to do this would be to call pdf.set_font(size=24) before rendering a table.

You can also use with pdf.local_context(font_size=16): ...
cf. https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.local_context

[stevenlis]

@Lucas-C Thank you for providing the details. One example is the website https://pola-rs.github.io/polars/py-polars/html/reference/, where you can easily find all the APIs.

[Lucas-C]

One example is the website pola-rs.github.io/polars/py-polars/html/reference, where you can easily find all the APIs.

Thanks.
What do you like about this website?
The fact that all method names are listed on a single page?

[stevenlis]

It's easier to navigate. I struggle to understand the relationship between modules when reading the documentation at https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/. It's unclear which methods are available. There's no built-in search engine, but you can perform a page search. However, it may return hundreds of matches.

[Lucas-C]

Thank you for the clear feedback