It can often be useful to include description text in the print view to provide summary information about the table that will be included in the generated PDF. The message option of the pdfHtml5 button type provides this ability. In the example here a simple string is used - for more complex options, please see the PDF image example for complete customisation control.

The page size and orientation of the pdfHtml5 button type can be set using the orientation and pageSize options. By default these values are portrait and A4, but are easily customised as shown in this example which uses a landscape layout and US legal paper size.

The pdfHtml5 button will generate a document description object which you then have the option to customise through the button's customize option. This parameter should be given as a function and is given a single parameter - the object that the button as created with the table already populated. That object can then be modified - please refer to the PDFMaker documentation for full details of how the PDF can be customised.

The pdfHtml5 button can be configured to have the PDF automatically opened in a new window / tab (depending on the browser's configuration settings) instead of automatically downloading the file (which is the default action). This option is controlled by the download option for the button, which can be set to be open as shown in this example.