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fix(rust): honor pageBreakBefore on/off value in docx paragraphs - #202

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Problem

The Rust docx renderer inserted a page break whenever a paragraph contained a pageBreakBefore element, regardless of its w:val. OOXML defines pageBreakBefore as CT_OnOff, so w:val="0" and w:val="false" mean "no page break before". Documents that write the property explicitly disabled on every paragraph (common in generated contracts) rendered one paragraph per page: the Issue79_FilledContract and Issue79_TemplateContract fixtures produced 20 pages instead of 1.

Fix

read_paragraph in minipdf-rs/crates/minipdf/src/docx.rs now reads only the direct pPr/pageBreakBefore child and gates the page break on the existing property_enabled on/off helper (the same helper used for b and i). This matches:

  • LibreOffice writerfilter: sw/source/writerfilter/ooxml/model.xml maps pageBreakBefore to CT_OnOff (default true when val is absent), OOXMLPropertySet.cxx GetBooleanValue accepts only true/1/on, and DomainMapper.cxx (LN_CT_PPrBase_pageBreakBefore) sets BreakType_PAGE_BEFORE only for a non-zero value.
  • The .NET implementation (src/MiniPdf/DocxReader.cs), which already honors w:val="0" and w:val="false".

Restricting the lookup to the direct pPr child also stops unrelated descendants (for example pPrChange history or text box content) from triggering a break.

Tests

  • New unit test docx::tests::ignores_disabled_page_break_before (fails before the fix, passes after).
  • Existing docx::tests::preserves_explicit_page_breaks still passes.

Visual benchmark evidence

Rust issue/docx suite, Microsoft 365 reference, full run without -Filter or -MaxCases (28 cases):

Case overall before overall after visual_avg before visual_avg after pages before -> after / reference
Issue79_FilledContract 0.5071 0.9840 0.0302 0.9726 20 -> 1 / 1
Issue79_TemplateContract 0.5121 0.9889 0.0302 0.9722 20 -> 1 / 1
Cooperation Agreement Template 0.5980 0.8945 0.4248 0.9161 14 -> 7 / 7
Other 25 cases unchanged unchanged unchanged unchanged unchanged
Suite average 0.7616 0.8063 0.6494 0.7342 cases below 0.95: 18 -> 16

No case lost visual_avg, changed page count unexpectedly, or produced an invalid PDF. The Cooperation Agreement fixture contains eight pageBreakBefore w:val="false" elements, so its improvement comes from the same root cause.

Validation commands

scripts/Run-Rust-VisualBenchmark.ps1 -Suite issue -Format docx -Filter "Issue79"
scripts/Run-Rust-VisualBenchmark.ps1 -Suite issue -Format docx
Set-Location minipdf-rs
cargo fmt --check
cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
cargo test --workspace
git diff --check

Compatibility and scope

  • No public API change; Rust crate only.
  • pageBreakBefore inherited from paragraph styles was not handled before this change and is still not handled; it is out of scope here.
  • Remaining differences in the affected fixtures (table borders, font weight) are separate issues.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Page breaks now follow the paragraph’s own page-break setting. Enabled values trigger a break, while disabled values such as 0 and false do not. Page-break entries nested inside change-history markup are ignored, so historical formatting does not add unexpected breaks to the rendered document. This keeps page layout consistent with the active paragraph settings.

Rust docx rendering inserted a page break whenever a paragraph contained a
pageBreakBefore element, ignoring w:val="0" or w:val="false". Documents that
explicitly disable the property on every paragraph rendered one paragraph per
page (Issue79 fixtures produced 20 pages instead of 1).

Read only the direct pPr child and gate it on the existing on/off helper,
matching the OOXML CT_OnOff semantics implemented by LibreOffice writerfilter
and by the .NET DocxReader.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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DOCX paragraph reading now checks the direct pageBreakBefore property and adds a page break only when that property is enabled. Tests cover disabled and enabled values, and a property inside change-history markup.

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DOCX page-break handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Check page-break property values
minipdf-rs/crates/minipdf/src/docx.rs
read_paragraph adds a page break only when the direct pPr/pageBreakBefore property is enabled. Tests cover values 0, false, and 1, plus an occurrence inside pPrChange.

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  • observed — minipdf-rs (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in minipdf-rs/crates/minipdf/src/docx.rs: read_paragraph replaces a descendant-wide search for pageBreakBefore with a direct pPr/pageBreakBefore lookup and checks the property using property_enabled before inserting a page-break block.
  • observed — Modified behavior in minipdf-rs/crates/minipdf/src/docx.rs: Adds a test asserting that pageBreakBefore values 0 and false do not insert page breaks, while 1 does; the expected blocks and rendered PDF page count reflect one break and two pages.
  • observed — Modified behavior in minipdf-rs/crates/minipdf/src/docx.rs: Adds a test asserting that a pageBreakBefore found only inside pPrChange does not insert a page-break block.
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minipdf-rs/crates/minipdf/src/docx.rs (1)

2403-2429: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a nested pageBreakBefore case to this regression test.

The fixture contains only direct w:pPr/w:pageBreakBefore elements. Replacing the direct-child lookup with a descendant lookup would therefore produce the same assertions. Add a nested property, such as w:pPrChange/w:pPr/w:pageBreakBefore, to ensure the direct-child restriction remains protected.

Suggested fix
+    #[test]
+    fn ignores_nested_page_break_before() {
+        let input = create_docx(
+            r#"<w:document xmlns:w="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"><w:body><w:p><w:r><w:t>First</w:t></w:r></w:p><w:p><w:pPr><w:pPrChange><w:pPr><w:pageBreakBefore w:val="1"/></w:pPr></w:pPrChange></w:pPr><w:r><w:t>Second</w:t></w:r></w:p></w:body></w:document>"#,
+        );
+
+        let document = read_docx_document(&input).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            document.blocks,
+            vec![
+                DocxBlock::Paragraph(plain_paragraph("First".to_owned())),
+                DocxBlock::Paragraph(plain_paragraph("Second".to_owned())),
+            ]
+        );
+    }
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Review comment at @minipdf-rs/crates/minipdf/src/docx.rs around lines 2403 -
2429:
Extend the regression coverage in `ignores_disabled_page_break_before` with a
`pageBreakBefore` nested inside `w:pPrChange/w:pPr`. Assert that it does not add
a `DocxBlock::PageBreak`, protecting the direct-child restriction from being
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Review comments at @minipdf-rs/crates/minipdf/src/docx.rs:
- Around line 2403-2429: Extend the regression coverage in
`ignores_disabled_page_break_before` with a `pageBreakBefore` nested inside
`w:pPrChange/w:pPr`. Assert that it does not add a `DocxBlock::PageBreak`,
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Cover nested pageBreakBefore in pPrChange so historic properties cannot trigger a live page break.

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Review follow-up: I added a regression test for w:pPrChange/w:pPr/w:pageBreakBefore (commit c6ae6c8). It verifies that a historical, nested page-break setting does not insert a page break; this covers the direct-child lookup noted in the CodeRabbit review. I found no blocking issue in the production change.

Local validation passed:

  • cd minipdf-rs; cargo test --workspace (115 tests passed)
  • cd minipdf-rs; cargo fmt --check
  • cd minipdf-rs; cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
  • git diff --check
  • scripts/Run-Rust-VisualBenchmark.ps1 -Suite issue -Format docx -Filter "Issue79" -MinimumScore 0 (both cases passed)
  • scripts/Run-Rust-VisualBenchmark.ps1 -Suite issue -Format docx -MinimumScore 0 (28/28 valid candidate PDFs; all references and comparison images present)

Issue79_FilledContract scored 0.9840 (1/1 pages); Issue79_TemplateContract scored 0.9889 (1/1 pages). The local full-suite average was 0.7989, rather than the 0.8063 in the PR description. The affected Issue79 scores match the PR evidence, but I have not established the reason for the suite-average difference with a same-environment baseline. -MinimumScore 0 lets the full comparison complete despite unrelated existing cases below 0.95.

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