Write several texts on the same page with defined Y position

[serolgames]

Hello ! This question is quite important i'm stuck for a professionnal work.

How can I write several texts on the same page with a defined Y position ?
My goal is to create a table and then write the content of the columns on the same line.
Like this : column1 | column2 | column3

Easy you would say :

export type PDFTableLine = { text: string; width: number }

    private writeLine = (content: PDFTableLine[]) => 
    {
        let offsetX = this.doc.page.margins.left;
        const startY = this.doc.y;
        let maxLineHeight = 0;
    
        //checking what column will be the tallest
        for (let i = 0; i < content.length; i++) {
            const textHeight = this.doc.heightOfString(content[i].text, {
                width: content[i].width,
            });
            maxLineHeight = Math.max(maxLineHeight, textHeight);
        }
        
        //write all the content of columns
        for (let i = 0; i < content.length; i++) 
        {
            this.doc.text(content[i].text, offsetX, startY, {
                width: content[i].width,
            })
    
            offsetX += content[i].width;//set the offset so the next text will be displayed on the next column
        }
    
        //avoid overlap text with setting the next line below the tallest column
        this.doc.y = startY + maxLineHeight;
    
        this.writeLineSeparator(); //basically create a line with stroke()
    }

It's working perfectly ! Unless... If the first text is quite long and pdfkit creates a page to write the rest of the text, then the others column will be displayed on the next page from the Y position from the top of the page. I want all my columns to starts on the same page even if the first text creates a new page. How can I achieve that ?

(Ps: the issue also exist in pdfkit-table package) that's why i'm creating my own class to build tables

• pdfkit version: 0.15.0
• Node version: v20.15.1
• Operating System: Ubuntu linux