How do I change the chapter title font in Report Generator?

I am generating a PDF report programmatically using MATLAB's Report Generator.

I would like to change the chapter title's font, font-size and color. I tried changing it and MATLAB told me that property is not accessible.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

To change the full chapter title including the "Chapter X" and the Title:

1. Save a default Chapter template by executing the following line of code:

>> template = mlreportgen.report.Chapter.createTemplate('customChapterStyle.pdftx','pdf')

2. Unzip the PDFTX-file to make edits:

>> unzipTemplate('customChapterStyle.pdftx')

3. In the unzipped "customChapterStyle" folder, open the stylesheet "root.css":

4. Make edits as desired and then save the css file. For example:

h1.SectionTitle1, p.SectionTitle1 {
    font-family: 'Times New Roman';
    font-size: 40pt;
    margin-top: 25pt;
    font-weight:bold;
    margin-bottom: 10pt;
    color: red;
    white-space: pre;
    -fo-keep-with-next.within-page: always;
}

5. Rezip the PDFTX by executing the following code:

>> zipTemplate('customChapterStyle.pdftx')

6. Go to the script creating the Report and find where the chapter is being created. Set the chapter property of TemplateSrc to the proper file path:

>> ch1 = Chapter
>> ch1.TemplateSrc = 'customChapterStyle.pdftx'

The above changes the style of the full title: Chapter X. Title Text

To remove the component "Chapter X." and just include the Title Text:

>> ch1. Numbered = false;

To include the "Chapter X", but give the Title Text a different font:

1. Make the chapter title a mlreportgen.dom.Text object:

>> ch1title = Text('Change Chapter Title Font');

2. Define the properties of the Text object:

>> fontFamily = FontFamily('Arial');
>> fontSizeObj = FontSize('25px');
>> ch1title.Style = {fontFamily, fontSizeObj};
>> ch1title.Color = 'blue';

Attached is an example that generates a PDF report with the Chapter X. and Title Text reformatted.