/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25780258/how-to-display-image-and-text-beside-each-other-itext */ package sandbox.tables; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Element; import com.itextpdf.text.Image; import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph; 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 ImageNextToText { public static final String DEST = "results/tables/image_next_to_text.pdf"; public static final String IMG1 = "resources/images/javaone2013.jpg"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new ImageNextToText().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); document.open(); PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2); table.setWidthPercentage(100); table.setWidths(new int[]{1, 2}); table.addCell(createImageCell(IMG1)); table.addCell(createTextCell("This picture was taken at Java One.\nIt shows the iText crew at Java One in 2013.")); document.add(table); document.close(); } public static PdfPCell createImageCell(String path) throws DocumentException, IOException { Image img = Image.getInstance(path); PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(img, true); return cell; } public static PdfPCell createTextCell(String text) throws DocumentException, IOException { PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(); Paragraph p = new Paragraph(text); p.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT); cell.addElement(p); cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_BOTTOM); cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER); return cell; } }