Control pagebreak longtable

Question

Requirements: A longtable List A for n lists (List B) (longtable to get one design alignments). Generic term is List A, which appears as title on every new page as generic term

Longtable rows represent independent little n lists (List B). Their structure is always the same 1) Business row 2) Column description 3) n row entries. The length of those little lists differs. Such a list should never be broken (by pagebreak). Consequence: The start of such a little list ( 1)+2)+3) ) appears always on top of a new page.

List A page 1

List B

Header (2 rows)
1 - n rows

List B

Header (2 rows)
1 - n rows
.
.

List A page 2

List B

Header (2 rows)                         every time at first after pagebreak
1 - n rows                      must follow the header NEVER pagebreak (except of last row of this list B)

List B

Header (2 rows)
1 - n rows
.

What I have reached is the correct placement of the "generic term" s.a. and the unique appearance. Has anyone a solution for the controlled pagebreak not to separate a List B as shown in the output?

    %\documentclass[a4paper,14pt]{scrartcl} % KOMA not recommended with usage of fancyhdr
    \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
    \usepackage[top=1.0cm,right=1cm,left=1cm,bottom=1cm,headheight=50pt,includeheadfoot,headsep=20pt,]{geometry}
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    \usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyhf{} % clears all fields
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}

\definecolor{ctaggreen}{HTML}{330066}
\setlength\headheight{57pt} % to prevent warning of fancyhdr

\cfoot{\colorbox{ctaggreen}{\parbox[b][0.20cm][c]{1.0cm}{\centering\textcolor{white}{\sffamily\bfseries \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}}}}

\lhead{\raisebox{-2mm}{\makebox[0pt]{\hspace*{6.005cm}\includegraphics[height=2cm]{testlogo.png}}}}
\rhead{\raisebox{-2mm}{\makebox[0pt]{\hspace*{-6.005cm}\includegraphics[height=2cm]{testlogo.png}}}}
\chead{\raisebox{3mm}{\colorbox{ctaggreen}{\parbox[b][1.00cm][c]{6.0cm}{\large\centering\textcolor{black}{\sffamily \bfseries{Phone list} \\ [-0.20cm] \footnotesize{voor Medewerkers}%
}%end parbox
}%raisebox
}%endcolorbox
}% end chead
}% end of ???. without: error paragraph ended before ychead...

\usepackage{marvosym}
\begin{document}
\Large %quick and dirty
\sffamily

\setlength{\tabcolsep}{10pt}
\begin{longtable}[h]{ll@{}lr@{ - }l}% 
\endfirsthead
\endhead
\multicolumn{5}{c}{\textit{next page continues}} \\
\endfoot
\hline\hline % two horiz. lines at the end of table
\endlastfoot
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%first tab row
%
% Headline
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Herbert}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\ \hline
% Column desc
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
% Rows
B\&quot;uro &amp; 71073 &amp; 707 62 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Dimitri &amp; 20573 &amp; 070 37 10 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Dimitri &amp; 2060 &amp; 00 57 71 71 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Herbert &amp; 2073 &amp; 272 25 75 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:30  \\*  
Alma &amp; 20516 &amp; 655 12 30 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\*  
Johannes &amp; 20520 &amp; 700 37 00 &amp; 15:00 &amp; 15:10  \\*
Georg &amp; 2060 &amp; 706 10 60 &amp;    &amp; \\* [1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Gottfried \&amp; Shirin}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\ \hline% Column desc
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
Shirin &amp; 20523 &amp; 370 70 00 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:20  \\* 
Jessy &amp; 2077 &amp; 076 55 22 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 12:30 \\*  
Leo &amp; 2077 &amp; 525 03 71 &amp; 15:00  &amp; 15:30\\* [1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Jorge}}  Operating times 07:30 - 16:30\\ \hline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp;    &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
Jorge     &amp; 2072  &amp; 263 30 26 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Gabi  &amp; 20525 &amp; 733 76 75 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Quintus &amp; 2070  &amp; 013 07 23 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Sokrates   &amp; 20522 &amp; 730 50 30 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\* [1cm] 
\multicolumn{3}{@{}l}{\textbf{Pascal} \Smiley}   Operating times&amp; &amp; \\ \hline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
Pascal &amp; 2072 &amp; 730 05 75 &amp;  &amp;   \\* 
Pascal &amp; 2072 &amp; 730 05 75 &amp;  &amp;   \\*  [1cm] %
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Herbert}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\ \hline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
B\&quot;uro &amp; 71073 &amp; 707 62 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Dimitri &amp; 20573 &amp; 070 37 10 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Dimitri &amp; 2060 &amp; 00 57 71 71 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Herbert &amp; 2073 &amp; 272 25 75 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:30  \\*  
Herbert &amp; 2073 &amp; 272 25 75 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:30  \\*  
Alma &amp; 20516 &amp; 655 12 30 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\*  
Johannes &amp; 20520 &amp; 700 37 00 &amp; 15:00 &amp; 15:10  \\*
Georg &amp; 2060 &amp; 706 10 60 &amp;    &amp; \\* [1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Gottfried \&amp; Shirin}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\ \hline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
Shirin &amp; 20523 &amp; 370 70 00 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:20  \\* 
Jessy &amp; 2077 &amp; 076 55 22 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 12:30 \\*  
Leo &amp; 2077 &amp; 525 03 71 &amp; 15:00  &amp; 15:30\\* [1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Jorge}}  Operating times 07:30 - 16:30\\ \hline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp;    &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
Jorge     &amp; 2072  &amp; 263 30 26 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Gabi  &amp; 20525 &amp; 733 76 75 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Quintus &amp; 2070  &amp; 013 07 23 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Sokrates   &amp; 20522 &amp; 730 50 30 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\* [1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Herbert}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\ \hline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
B\&quot;uro &amp; 71073 &amp; 707 62 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Dimitri &amp; 20573 &amp; 070 37 10 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Dimitri &amp; 2060 &amp; 00 57 71 71 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Herbert &amp; 2073 &amp; 272 25 75 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:30  \\*  
Alma &amp; 20516 &amp; 655 12 30 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\*  
Johannes &amp; 20520 &amp; 700 37 00 &amp; 15:00 &amp; 15:10  \\*
Johannes &amp; 20520 &amp; 700 37 00 &amp; 15:00 &amp; 15:10  \\*
Georg &amp; 2060 &amp; 706 10 60 &amp;    &amp; \\* [1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Gottfried \&amp; Shirin}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\ \hline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
Shirin &amp; 20523 &amp; 370 70 00 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:20  \\* 
Jessy &amp; 2077 &amp; 076 55 22 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 12:30 \\*  
Leo &amp; 2077 &amp; 525 03 71 &amp; 15:00  &amp; 15:30\\* [1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Jorge}}  Operating times 07:30 - 16:30\\ \hline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp;    &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
Jorge     &amp; 2072  &amp; 263 30 26 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Gabi  &amp; 20525 &amp; 733 76 75 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Quintus &amp; 2070  &amp; 013 07 23 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Sokrates   &amp; 20522 &amp; 730 50 30 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\* [1cm] 
\multicolumn{3}{@{}l}{\textbf{Pascal} \Smiley}   Operating times&amp; &amp; \\ \hline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
Pascal &amp; 2072 &amp; 730 05 75 &amp;  &amp;   \\*  [1cm] 
\multicolumn{3}{@{}l}{\textbf{Pascal} \Smiley}   Operating times&amp; &amp; \\ \hline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \hline
Pascal &amp; 2072 &amp; 730 05 75 &amp;  &amp;   \\*  [1cm] 
\end{longtable}
\end{document}

Output: [ p. 1][1]

unrelated to the question but [h] longtable does not have an h option. — David Carlisle, Aug 08 '20 at 13:39
longtable allows pagebreaks at a \hline which is why your panel is split between pages although you used \\* prior the the \hline. See also: How to disable pagebreak on \hline in longtable? — leandriis, Aug 08 '20 at 13:42
@David Carlisle; I have removed the "h", reaction remains equal. — gizeh, Aug 08 '20 at 13:57
@leandris: all rows now " \*", except the ones with "business" (the headline of the List B, where pagebreak is ok). All "\hline" removed. No success. — gizeh, Aug 08 '20 at 14:02
Regarding "except the ones with "business" (the headline of the List B, where pagebreak is ok).": I think, you want to use \\* after this specific line as well and use \\ on the line right before "Business..." in order to keep "Business" and the following rows on the same page, while allowing a page break right before "Business...". — leandriis, Aug 08 '20 at 14:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '20 at 11:51

Based on your comments I have built in the macro \nobreakhline. Additionaly corrected the setting of \\, \\*, \\* \nobreakhline. And it works! Many thanks to everyone who shared their knowledge here.

The code:

    \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
    \usepackage[top=1.0cm,right=1cm,left=1cm,bottom=1cm,headheight=50pt,includeheadfoot,headsep=20pt,]{geometry}
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    \usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyhf{} % clears all fields
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}

\definecolor{ctaggreen}{HTML}{330066}
\setlength\headheight{57pt} % to prevent warning of fancyhdr

\cfoot{\colorbox{ctaggreen}{\parbox[b][0.20cm][c]{1.0cm}{\centering\textcolor{white}{\sffamily\bfseries \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}}}}

\lhead{\raisebox{-2mm}{\makebox[0pt]{\hspace*{6.005cm}\includegraphics[height=2cm]{testlogo.png}}}}
\rhead{\raisebox{-2mm}{\makebox[0pt]{\hspace*{-6.005cm}\includegraphics[height=2cm]{testlogo.png}}}}
\chead{\raisebox{3mm}{\colorbox{ctaggreen}{\parbox[b][1.00cm][c]{6.0cm}{\large\centering\textcolor{black}{\sffamily \bfseries{Phone list} \\ [-0.20cm] \footnotesize{voor Medewerkers}%
}%end parbox
}%raisebox
}%endcolorbox
}% end chead
}% end of ???. without: error paragraph ended before ychead...

\usepackage{marvosym}

%%%
\makeatletter
\def\nobreakhline{%
  \noalign{\ifnum0=`}\fi
    \penalty\@M
    \futurelet\@let@token\LT@@nobreakhline}
\def\LT@@nobreakhline{%
  \ifx\@let@token\hline
    \global\let\@gtempa\@gobble
    \gdef\LT@sep{\penalty\@M\vskip\doublerulesep}% &lt;-- change here
  \else
    \global\let\@gtempa\@empty
    \gdef\LT@sep{\penalty\@M\vskip-\arrayrulewidth}% &lt;-- change here
  \fi
  \ifnum0=`{\fi}%
  \multispan\LT@cols
     \unskip\leaders\hrule\@height\arrayrulewidth\hfill\cr
  \noalign{\LT@sep}%
  \multispan\LT@cols
     \unskip\leaders\hrule\@height\arrayrulewidth\hfill\cr
  \noalign{\penalty\@M}%
  \@gtempa}
\makeatother
%%%
\begin{document}
\Large %quick and dirty
\sffamily

\setlength{\tabcolsep}{10pt}
\begin{longtable}[]{ll@{}lr@{ - }l}% 
\endfirsthead
\endhead
\multicolumn{5}{c}{\textit{next page continues}} \\
\endfoot
\hline\hline % two horiz. lines at the end of table
\endlastfoot
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%first tab row
%
% Headline
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Herbert}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\* \nobreakhline
% Column desc
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
% Rows
B\&quot;uro &amp; 71073 &amp; 707 62 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Dimitri &amp; 20573 &amp; 070 37 10 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Dimitri &amp; 2060 &amp; 00 57 71 71 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Herbert &amp; 2073 &amp; 272 25 75 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:30  \\*  
Alma &amp; 20516 &amp; 655 12 30 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\*  
Johannes &amp; 20520 &amp; 700 37 00 &amp; 15:00 &amp; 15:10  \\*
Georg &amp; 2060 &amp; 706 10 60 &amp;    &amp; \\[1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Gottfried \&amp; Shirin}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\* \nobreakhline% Column desc
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
Shirin &amp; 20523 &amp; 370 70 00 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:20  \\* 
Jessy &amp; 2077 &amp; 076 55 22 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 12:30 \\*  
Leo &amp; 2077 &amp; 525 03 71 &amp; 15:00  &amp; 15:30\\[1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Jorge}}  Operating times 07:30 - 16:30\\* \nobreakhline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp;    &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
Jorge     &amp; 2072  &amp; 263 30 26 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Gabi  &amp; 20525 &amp; 733 76 75 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Quintus &amp; 2070  &amp; 013 07 23 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Sokrates   &amp; 20522 &amp; 730 50 30 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\[1cm] 
\multicolumn{3}{@{}l}{\textbf{Pascal} \Smiley}   Operating times&amp; &amp; \\* \nobreakhline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
Pascal &amp; 2072 &amp; 730 05 75 &amp;  &amp;   \\* 
Pascal &amp; 2072 &amp; 730 05 75 &amp;  &amp;   \\  [1cm] %
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Herbert}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\* \nobreakhline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
B\&quot;uro &amp; 71073 &amp; 707 62 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Dimitri &amp; 20573 &amp; 070 37 10 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Dimitri &amp; 2060 &amp; 00 57 71 71 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Herbert &amp; 2073 &amp; 272 25 75 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:30  \\*  
Herbert &amp; 2073 &amp; 272 25 75 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:30  \\*  
Alma &amp; 20516 &amp; 655 12 30 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\*  
Johannes &amp; 20520 &amp; 700 37 00 &amp; 15:00 &amp; 15:10  \\*
Georg &amp; 2060 &amp; 706 10 60 &amp;    &amp; \\[1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Gottfried \&amp; Shirin}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\* \nobreakhline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\*\nobreakhline
Shirin &amp; 20523 &amp; 370 70 00 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:20  \\* 
Jessy &amp; 2077 &amp; 076 55 22 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 12:30 \\*  
Leo &amp; 2077 &amp; 525 03 71 &amp; 15:00  &amp; 15:30\\[1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Jorge}}  Operating times 07:30 - 16:30\\* \nobreakhline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp;    &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
Jorge     &amp; 2072  &amp; 263 30 26 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Gabi  &amp; 20525 &amp; 733 76 75 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Quintus &amp; 2070  &amp; 013 07 23 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Sokrates   &amp; 20522 &amp; 730 50 30 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\[1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Herbert}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\*  \nobreakhline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
B\&quot;uro &amp; 71073 &amp; 707 62 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Dimitri &amp; 20573 &amp; 070 37 10 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Dimitri &amp; 2060 &amp; 00 57 71 71 &amp;   &amp; \\*  
Herbert &amp; 2073 &amp; 272 25 75 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:30  \\*  
Alma &amp; 20516 &amp; 655 12 30 &amp; 12:30 &amp; 13:00  \\*  
Johannes &amp; 20520 &amp; 700 37 00 &amp; 15:00 &amp; 15:10  \\*
Johannes &amp; 20520 &amp; 700 37 00 &amp; 15:00 &amp; 15:10  \\*
Georg &amp; 2060 &amp; 706 10 60 &amp;    &amp; \\[1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Gottfried \&amp; Shirin}}  Operating times (00:00)07:00 - 16:30\\*  \nobreakhline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
Shirin &amp; 20523 &amp; 370 70 00 &amp; 00:00 &amp; 00:20  \\* 
Jessy &amp; 2077 &amp; 076 55 22 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 12:30 \\*  
Leo &amp; 2077 &amp; 525 03 71 &amp; 15:00  &amp; 15:30\\[1cm] 
\multicolumn{5}{@{}l}{\textbf{Business Jorge}}  Operating times 07:30 - 16:30\\*  \nobreakhline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp;    &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
Jorge     &amp; 2072  &amp; 263 30 26 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00  \\* 
Gabi  &amp; 20525 &amp; 733 76 75 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Quintus &amp; 2070  &amp; 013 07 23 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\*  
Sokrates   &amp; 20522 &amp; 730 50 30 &amp; 12:00  &amp; 13:00 \\[1cm] 
\multicolumn{3}{@{}l}{\textbf{Pascal} \Smiley}   Operating times&amp; &amp; \\*  \nobreakhline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
Pascal &amp; 2072 &amp; 730 05 75 &amp;  &amp;   \\[1cm] 
\multicolumn{3}{@{}l}{\textbf{Pascal} \Smiley}   Operating times&amp; &amp; \\*  \nobreakhline
Contact &amp; {Phone} &amp; &amp; Break from&amp;to \\* \nobreakhline
Pascal &amp; 2072 &amp; 730 05 75 &amp;  &amp;   \\[1cm] 
\end{longtable}
\end{document}

Output with pdflatex:

Control pagebreak longtable

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