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Satchel
Satchel

Reputation: 16734

how do I set margins in Prawn in ruby?

This is what I have so far, but I need to set margins:

def send_fax 
    contact = Contact.find_by_id(self.contact_id)

    pdf = Prawn::Document.new
    pdf.font "Times-Roman"
    pdf.move_down(20)
    pdf.text "ATTN: #{contact.first_name} #{contact.last_name}", :size => , :style => :bold
    pdf.text "RE: #{self.subject}"
    pdf.move_down(20)

    pdf.text "#{self.body}"

    OutboundMailer.deliver_fax_email(contact, self, pdf)

  end

Upvotes: 21

Views: 16222

Answers (2)

Hairgami_Master
Hairgami_Master

Reputation: 5539

Just adding to the pantheon of knowledge here, but in case you came here looking to do this using the Prawn Label gem, you can't set the document margin this way. You'll have to do a work around. Here's a quick and flexible snippet for creating a bounding box with a uniform pad that sits inside the document bounding box.

pad = 5

pdf.bounding_box([pad, pdf.bounds.height - pad], :width => pdf.bounds.width - (pad * 2), :height => pdf.bounds.height - (pad * 2)) do
    #Draw all your content in this block and it will be padded uniformly by 5
end

Remove the pdf from .bounding_box and .bounds if you're using an Implicit version of Prawn.

Upvotes: 5

George Anderson
George Anderson

Reputation: 992

Prawn::Document.new( :margin => [0,0,0,0] )

:margin:    Sets the margin on all sides in points [0.5 inch]
:left_margin:   Sets the left margin in points [0.5 inch]
:right_margin:  Sets the right margin in points [0.5 inch]
:top_margin:    Sets the top margin in points [0.5 inch]
:bottom_margin: Sets the bottom margin in points [0.5 inch]

http://rdoc.info/github/sandal/prawn/master/Prawn/Document

Upvotes: 33

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