/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie and Nishanthi Grashia in answer to the following question: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27871574/appears-space-between-cells-without-border-itextpdf */ package sandbox.tables; import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Element; import com.itextpdf.text.Font; import com.itextpdf.text.FontFactory; import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase; import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class ColoredBackground { public static final String DEST = "results/tables/colored_background.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new ColoredBackground().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); document.open(); PdfPTable table; PdfPCell cell; Font font = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 12, Font.BOLD, BaseColor.WHITE); table = new PdfPTable(16); for(int aw = 0; aw < 16; aw++){ cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("hi", font)); cell.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.BLUE); cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER); cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE); cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); table.addCell(cell); } document.add(table); document.close(); } }