Best way to insert blank lines?

[psalaets]

Hi, thank you for this library.

I am trying to insert arbitrary blank lines in my PDF. The effect should be similar to when a user presses the Enter key multiple times in a Word doc.

This is what I've tried so far

Code	Does it work?	Note
doc.text().br()	:x:
doc.text('').br()	:x:
doc.text(' ').br()	:x:
doc.text(' '.repeat(2)).br()	:x:	inserts two blank lines
doc.text(' ')	:x:
doc.text(' '.repeat(2))	:white_check_mark:
doc.text(' '.repeat(3))	:white_check_mark:
doc.text('\n')	:x:
doc.text('\r\n')	:x:
doc.text(' \n')	:white_check_mark:
doc.text('\u000A')	:x:	line feed
doc.text('\u000D')	:x:	carriage return
doc.text('\u200B')	:white_check_mark:	zero width space

The attempts that worked seem a little hacky.

Is there a recommended way to do this in pdfjs 2.4.1?

[rkusa]

For arbitrary blank lines / whitespace, I usually use cells with a padding, e.g.:

doc.cell("Before whitespace", {paddingBottom: 20})

This also works with empty cells (though I rarely use that):

doc.cell({paddingBottom: 20})

It might be worth thinking about a dedicated API for that 🤔

(thanks for the overview btw!)