PDF: Extra space under empty Fields Date if hints are shown

[ebruchez]

See screenshot. Only happens if the date is empty. Doesn't happen with regular date field.

Add the following CSS to show the hints:

.orbeon #xforms-form .xforms-hint {
    display: block;
}

[ebruchez]

Things that didn't work:

• tried removing the xforms-alert element
• tried removing xforms-disabled elements
• tried overriding margins, padding, display: inline, display: block, min-height, etc.

The layout of the Fields Date is slightly different than the regular date just because of some enclosing <span> elements, I think. What seems to make a difference is whether the xforms-field element contains at least one non-blank character. This is clearly a bug with Flying Saucer, since the view mode works fine in browsers.

[ebruchez]

Ended up using XSLT to add an   character if the field is empty.