Build footers

The footer is a required element that defines the placement and style for a default footer. You must add at least one row component to it. Within the row(s), you add cells to contain the content that appears on invoices.

The displayFooterOnFirstPage property (see Build pages) determines whether a footer appears on all pages or on all pages except the first page, as shown in the following table.

default footer is defined in footer section	displayFooterOnFirstPage setting in page properties	Result
Yes	`true`	Default footer appears on all pages.
Yes	`false`	Default footer appears on all pages except the first page.

Prerequisites

None.

Optional: Set displayFooterOnFirstPage in page properties (see Build pages).

Default template JSON sample

In the Appdirect Template_EN_US default template, see lines 2-48.

To download the default template, go to .

JSON structure context for footer

Footer is one of three sections in the highest-level template structure, in addition to page.

{
    "page": {},
    "header": {},
    "body": {},
    "footer": {}
}

Footer JSON schema

{
  "footer": {
    "default": {
      "type": "footer",
      "style": {},
      "properties": {},
      "components": []
    }
  }
}

Elements to build footer components

Element				Type	Description
footer				object	Required. Defines content, styles, and behaviors for page footers.
	default			object	Required. Defines the default footer component. On which pages the invoice displays it is subject to other settings (see the introduction for this topic).
		type		string	Required. Defines the component type as footer. Valid value: footer
		style		object	Required. Defines formatting for default footer. Valid values: HTML element names and CSS styles for the named HTML element. All HTML styles. Only relevant styles that the Invoice Builder can render appear in the user interface preview and the PDF.
			height	string	Required. Defines footer height. HTML style name and CSS style. Example: "height": "40px"
		properties		object	Required. Define visibility.
		components		array	Required. Style and elementary components that define content, and the location of content, in the footer. Requires at least one row. Valid values: row verticalSpacer See: Build row components Build vertical spacers