Appearance
API Reference
Visual elements
Text - supports drawing text of different styles.
Image - draws an image with a known or dynamic size.
Background - applies solid background color beneath its children.
Border - applies solid border around its children.
Line - draws vertical or horizontal line.
Canvas - allows to extend standard set of visual elements by giving access to low-level SkiaSharp API.
Placeholder - draws simple placeholder image for prototyping purposes.
Positional elements
Width - sets minimum and/or maximum width constraint to its children.
Height - sets minimum and/or maximum height constraint to its children.
Alignment - allows to specify exact position of its child, e.g. in the middle, or in the low-bottom corner.
Padding - applies empty space around its children.
Aspect Ratio - reserves an area of provided aspect ratio.
Extend - extends child size to fit entire content vertically and/or horizontally.
Minimal box - minimizes child size to the smallest possible, useful when the parent element provides more space than necessary.
Translate - virtually moves the child horizontally and/or vertically in spaces.
Rotate - rotates its child.
Scale - scales its child to make it bigger or smaller.
Scale to fit - scales its child to fit available space.
Flip - rotates its child in 90 degrees increments.
Unconstrained - removes any size constraints, giving its child unlimited space.
Content flow elements
Page break - forces all following content to be moves to the next page.
Show if - conditionally displays its children.
Show once - displays its children only once, on the first page of occurrence. The element is not visible on subsequent pages.
Skip once - hides its children on the first page of occurrence. The element is visible on all subsequent pages.
Show entire - makes sure that the element is fully visible on a single page, without page breaking.
Ensure space - a less-strict version of the ShowEntire element. If the is not enough space to display entire element on a single page, it makes sure that the first page of occurrence has a minimal provided size. Used to visually optimize the layout.
Stop paging - displays its element on the first page only. If some part of the element does not fit, it is ignored.
Layout elements
Page - allows to manage page settings, e.g. size, margin, color, watermark, etc.
Table - arranges its children using table-layout algorithm. Supports row and column spanning.
Column - puts its children vertically, one under another.
Row - puts its children horizontally, one alongside another.
Grid - arranges its children using grid-layout algorithm. Available space is divided into set of equally spaced columns. Its child can take any number of columns.
Inlined - draws its elements in a line, supports various element alignments.
Decoration - puts additional content before and/or after its children. That additional content is repeated on all pages.
Layers - puts additional content underneath and/or above its children. The additional content is repeated on all pages. Useful when implementing watermarks.
List - draws its children as ordered or unordered list.
Other elements
Section - specifies a multi-page area spanning its children. Used to create internal document links and for showing custom page numbers.
Section Link - creates a link to provided section. Redirects the user to the first page of section occurrence.
Hyperlink - creates a link to external location, e.g. redirects the user to a webpage.
Element - allows you to break the Fluent API chain and inject dynamic content using lambda method.
Default Text Style - applies additional text styling for all text elements inside its hierarchy.
Debug Area - draws a colorful box with a label around its children. Useful for designing purposes.
Debug Pointer - marks its children with a special label. That label is useful to better understand document structure when the library throws layout-related exceptions.