XSL-FO Tables

XSL-FO provides nine elements for creating tables with headers, footers, column definitions, and data cells, giving PdfBroker.io everything it needs to render structured tabular data in your PDFs.

Table Elements

Element	Purpose
`<fo:table-and-caption>`	Container for table and optional caption
`<fo:table>`	The table element
`<fo:table-caption>`	Optional table caption
`<fo:table-column>`	Column definition (width, number)
`<fo:table-header>`	Table header section
`<fo:table-footer>`	Table footer section
`<fo:table-body>`	Table body containing rows
`<fo:table-row>`	Individual table row
`<fo:table-cell>`	Individual table cell

Example

A two-column table with headers and data:

<fo:table border="1pt solid black">
  <fo:table-column column-width="50%" />
  <fo:table-column column-width="50%" />

  <fo:table-header>
    <fo:table-row>
      <fo:table-cell padding="2mm">
        <fo:block font-weight="bold">Car</fo:block>
      </fo:table-cell>
      <fo:table-cell padding="2mm">
        <fo:block font-weight="bold">Price</fo:block>
      </fo:table-cell>
    </fo:table-row>
  </fo:table-header>

  <fo:table-body>
    <fo:table-row>
      <fo:table-cell padding="2mm">
        <fo:block>Volvo</fo:block>
      </fo:table-cell>
      <fo:table-cell padding="2mm">
        <fo:block>$50000</fo:block>
      </fo:table-cell>
    </fo:table-row>
    <fo:table-row>
      <fo:table-cell padding="2mm">
        <fo:block>SAAB</fo:block>
      </fo:table-cell>
      <fo:table-cell padding="2mm">
        <fo:block>$48000</fo:block>
      </fo:table-cell>
    </fo:table-row>
  </fo:table-body>
</fo:table>