[BUG] most headerFooter options get ignored

🐛 Bug Report

headerFooter is supposed to have the following options: firstHeader firstFooter oddFooter evenFooter oddHeader evenHeader

Only oddHeader and oddFooter partially work. oddHeader sets text in middle header for all pages. oddFooter sets text in middle footer on all pages.

Lib version: 4.0.1

Steps To Reproduce

See JS code below. Save to xlsx file and open with Excel 20019

  const workbook = new Excel.Workbook();
  var worksheet = workbook.addWorksheet("first", {
    views: [{ showGridLines: false }],
  });

  worksheet.headerFooter = {
    firstHeader: "Hello Exceljs",
    firstFooter: "Hello World",
    oddFooter: "Page &P of &N",
    evenFooter: "even footer",
    oddHeader: "oddHeader",
    evenHeader: "evenHeader",
  };

await workbook.xlsx.writeFile("./test1.xlsx");

The expected behaviour:

Setting

    firstHeader
    firstFooter
    evenFooter
    evenHeader

should make some difference (ie header/footer text displayed on first and even pages)

[k4dm3l]

Hi everyone

I’m trying to add a header and footer to a worksheet but it doesn’t work. Someone else finds how to solve this or how to add the header and footer to a worksheet? I’m using the next options object

const workSheet = workBook.addWorksheet('General Report', {
      pageSetup: {
        fitToPage: true,
        paperSize: 9,
        horizontalCentered: true,
        margins: {
          left: 0.1,
          right: 0.1,
          top: 1,
          bottom: 1,
          header: 1,
          footer: 0.3,
        },
      },
      headerFooter: {
        oddHeader: 'TEST HEADER',
        oddFooter: 'TEST FOOTER',
      }
  })

I’m the package version 4.2.1. I try to follow this example but in my case does not work. #https://github.com/exceljs/exceljs/issues/1413

Thanks!

[chenop]

Few Details: I notice “Header & Footer” is a new feature - Updating to version 4.1.0 - showed the oddHeader. firstHeader & firstFooter does not work.

Also in order to see the header you have to do the following in excel: View --> “Page Layout” (You cannot see header in “Normal” Layout)