split-table.js

function splitTable(table, maxHeight) {
            var header = table.children("thead");
            var footer = table.children("tfoot");
            if (!header.length)
                return;
            var headerHeight = header.outerHeight();
            var header = header.detach();
            var splitIndices = [0];
            var rows = table.children("tbody").children();
            maxHeight -= headerHeight;
            var currHeight = 0;
            rows.each(function(i, row) {
                currHeight += $(rows[i]).outerHeight();
                if (currHeight > maxHeight) {
                    splitIndices.push(i);
                    currHeight = $(rows[i]).outerHeight();
                }
            });
            splitIndices.push(undefined);
            table = table.replaceWith('<div id="_split_table_wrapper"></div>');
            table.empty();
            for(var i=0; i<splitIndices.length-1; i++) {
                var newTable = table.clone();
                header.clone().appendTo(newTable);
                $('<tbody />').appendTo(newTable);
                footer.clone().appendTo(newTable);
                rows.slice(splitIndices[i], splitIndices[i+1]).appendTo(newTable.children('tbody'));
                newTable.appendTo("#_split_table_wrapper");
                if (splitIndices[i+1] !== undefined) {
                    $('<div style="page-break-after: always; margin:0; padding:0; border: none;"></div>').appendTo("#_split_table_wrapper");
                }
            }
        }