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This code below does not work.

Table table = new Table(2); 
table.setBorder(Border.NO_BORDER);

I am new to iText 7 and all I wanted is to have my table borderless. Like how to do it?

rhens
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The Newbie
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The table itself is by default not responsible for borders in iText7, the cells are. You need to set every cell to be borderless if you want a borderless table (or set the outer cells to have no border on the edge if you still want inside borders).

Cell cell = new Cell();
cell.add("contents go here");
cell.setBorder(Border.NO_BORDER);
table.addCell(cell);
Evgenij Reznik
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Samuel Huylebroeck
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  • I tried this one sir but an error occurred in "cell.setBorder(Border.NO_BORDER)" saying CANNOT FIND SYMBOL "NO_BORDER" – The Newbie Jan 13 '17 at 01:45
  • ah sorry my problem. import problem. tnxxx – The Newbie Jan 13 '17 at 02:12
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    As per [iText 7.1.6](http://itextsupport.com/apidocs/itext7/7.1.6/com/itextpdf/layout/element/Cell.html) you can't add a `String` to `Cell` anymore, only `IBlockElement` or `Image`. – Evgenij Reznik May 02 '19 at 10:53
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    iText 7.1.10 with C# you can do it that way: .table.AddCell(new Cell().Add(new Paragraph("contents").SetBorder(Border.NO_BORDER))); – alex Mar 26 '20 at 22:38
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You could write a method which runs though all children of a Table and sets NO_BORDER.

private static void RemoveBorder(Table table)
{
    for (IElement iElement : table.getChildren()) {
        ((Cell)iElement).setBorder(Border.NO_BORDER);
    }
}

This gives you the advantage that you can still use 

table.add("whatever");
table.add("whatever");
RemoveBorder(table);

instead of changing it on all cells manual.

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