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Boxing a number and aligning it vertically along the baseline
I am making a big list of exercises and I'd like to box the number of the exercise at each line.
I found this:
\tikzstyle{square}=[minimum width=0.5cm,
minimum height=0.3cm,
rectangle,
rounded ...
0
votes
0answers
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TikZ triming text based on an other node placement
I am using tikz to create a page layout comprising different nodes, each node containing a bit of text.
The nodes are placed relative to each other.
What I would like to achieve is that for some ...
3
votes
1answer
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Tikz vertical alignement text and shape
I want to vertically align sans serif font with a rectangle. The following code show the problem:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary[positioning]
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6
votes
1answer
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Code improvement and suggestions in template
Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass[12pt,twoside,letterpaper]{report}
\usepackage[text={4.95in,7.5in},centering,bottom=1.5in,showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
...
7
votes
1answer
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How to vertically center the \vdots in this node?
I'd like the \vdots in this chain to have the same distance to both of the arrows. I know that I could manually shift the node so that it looks right, but there must be a better solution. How?
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5
votes
1answer
145 views
tikz picture inside of an enumerate environment
Is there a way I can make sure that the number of the enumerate environment stays in the top left of the tikzpicture? I'm using a custom environment that just wraps around the enumerate environment...
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5
votes
2answers
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Putting text at the side of a tikzpicture
I've just completed a tikz diagram. I need the text
In the following diagram, what can you say about $\angle F$, $\angle
B$ and$\angle E$?
to go to the right of the diagram to save space on ...
8
votes
3answers
196 views
Aligning text and a tikZ picture vertically
Here is my current slide:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{My slide}
...
2
votes
1answer
148 views
TikZ node in normal text
I would like to place a TikZ node inside normal text to get the fancy boxes. But the box is on the same baseline. I would like to get the text on the baseline. What can I do?
\documentclass{article}
...
3
votes
0answers
139 views
How to vertically align the captions for sub figures in subfigure?
This is my tikz code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,shapes.geometric,arrows,fit,calc,positioning,automata,}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{caption}
...
4
votes
1answer
124 views
How do i vertically align a tikz picture inside a beamer frame
The beamer frames optinal argument [c] seems to be ignored in the following example:
\begin{frame}[c, fragile, shrink] %seems to be ignored, not aligning vertically
\makebox[\textwidth][c]{ % ...
4
votes
2answers
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How to anchor labels in tikz for baseline alignment
LaTeX handles subscripts and superscripts nicely, automatically correcting for various sizing and placement issues. I am trying to build a function that works like subscripts and superscripts, but ...
4
votes
1answer
194 views
LaTeX align/distribute objects à la InDesign?
I'm trying to replicate, in LaTeX, InDesign's align and distribute tools. This is a snapshot of ID's toolbar:
Say I want first to align vertically two objects (texts, graphics, boxes,...), and ...
5
votes
3answers
119 views
Vertically align multiple labels
I have a sketch with two aligned lines. These lines have a label each. When you look on my example, you will see, that the labels "Top" and "Inlet" do not share the same baseline. Both labels are ...
4
votes
1answer
235 views
\resizebox shifts tikzpicture up when in a subfloat environment
Why when I try to re-scale a tikz figure using \resizebox the baseline is shifted up (regardless of how small the scale factor is), and two horizontal floats are not aligned properly.
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6
votes
1answer
224 views
Aligning TikZ graphic vertically to neighbor in multicol
For my documentation of a blocks world problem in Prolog, I'd like to show the example code (using the listing package) next to the real world equivalent, which I made using TikZ. For this I used the ...
4
votes
2answers
208 views
Text block near image
I'm creating a photo address book for the community. Near the photo there are 3 text blocks 1. Names, 2. Address/phone/email and 3. native place). I want each of this blocks to be at top, center and ...
9
votes
2answers
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Why is picture and matrix not drawn at the same height
I'm trying to put a adjacency matrix beneath a graph using subfloat. The graph is drawn with tikz. No matter what I do, the matrix is put below the graph as shown here:
The code is here:
...
6
votes
1answer
226 views
Beamer: column alignment with tikzpicture inside
I am having trouble with using columns in Beamer class. For some reason, I have to display a plot in the left column, then replacing it with another plot to display additional data on it (I can not ...
5
votes
1answer
163 views
Using a table: alignment issues and cell labels
I'm using tables with the tabular environment, with cells containing tikzpicture. I would like to center the contents of the cells both vertically and horizontally, and have little labels in the top ...
4
votes
1answer
174 views
How to draw hierarchical boxes with vertical lines of sight? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Creating a node fitting the horizontal width of two other nodes
I would like to draw a hierarchy of boxes where the borders of the boxes are vertically in the same line ...
2
votes
1answer
333 views
Alignment of nodes and scopes in tikz matrix?
I am trying to fix the positions of the arrows of the following diagram without much success. I would like the arrows to be centered (both horizontally and vertically) in the matrix cell no matter ...
1
vote
1answer
172 views
How to put tikzpicture aligned with the footerline?
I would like to put a tikzpicture near the footer line. The tikzpicture is used to show the page number on top of an image. The problem i am having is the tikzpicture is centered on the footer.
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7
votes
1answer
574 views
Aligning a Tikz Picture in line with the surrounding Text
I'd like to align a Tikz Picture in line with the surrounding Text. Here is a MWE Example:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
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9
votes
2answers
444 views
Horizontal alignment within an equation using Tikz
I am trying to center horizontally the first terms of a system of equations inside the alignat environment. I don't know if Tikz is the right way to go, but as I might have to add some other ...
12
votes
1answer
889 views
Inline TikZ - vertical centering
If I inline a bounded line segment like this:
the distance \tikz{ \draw [|-|] (0,0) -- (5ex,0); } overarching the activities
how can I make the line appear vertically centered on the line ...
2
votes
2answers
385 views
Aligning tikz node at bottom of page (not paper; including margin)
I already know about \par\vspace*{\fill} to align a piece of text at the bottom of page (image below, left); but how do I do this with tikz?
Only thing close I can find is aligning to current ...
2
votes
2answers
509 views
How to align rows in Tikz nodes & tabular environment
In the attached image, you can see the text is not aligning properly. At the end it started to align as required. Sorry I can not reduce the MWE any more.
since the preamble in big so I will put ...
1
vote
1answer
284 views
Aligning trees built with tikzpicture
I want to align some trees I am creating. I want the root node of all the trees to be on the same line. Currently for each tree I create, the root node of each subsequent tree is on a line after the ...
9
votes
2answers
4k views
tikzpicture alignment and centering
I have several very similar images except some have some extra graphics that enlarge them slightly. This causes some pictures to be offset and not aligned visually when it's clear they should be.
How ...
10
votes
5answers
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How to make a tikz node, top-aligned with the rest of the text?
If I write
before-text \begin{minipage}[t]{5cm} line1\\line2\\line3\\ \end{minipage} after-text
I get a box, whose top is aligned to the top of "before text". I would like to have the same, when ...
15
votes
2answers
372 views
How to center a typewriter (ttfamily) '+'
I would like to draw a circular TikZ node with + in its center, but font=\ttfamily moves it up. Why? How to solve it?
\documentclass[border=3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
...
8
votes
3answers
415 views
Clash between aligned environment and TikZ?
The following code mis-renders the multi-line label:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
\begin{aligned}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node (A) at ...
15
votes
3answers
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Aligning subplots in a pgfplots figure
I have the following figure (a very, very stripped down version of a figure I created using matlab2tikz)
My problem is that the subplots are not aligned correctly due to the fact that the y axis ...
7
votes
1answer
658 views
TikZ: vertically aligning text in nodeparts
I can't seem to vertically align text in different nodeparts of the same node.
This MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
...
6
votes
2answers
173 views
Aligning the bottom of a picture and a chapter title
Consider the following example, where the chapter number is ginormous and put in a blue box:
\documentclass[svgnames]{scrbook}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{tikz}
...
3
votes
2answers
535 views
TikZ, multicolumn, and vertical spacing
My question is related to the vertical spacing of the objects in the page. I think that in my case TikZ can influence it. Here the MWE:
\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{book}
\usepackage{amsmath}
...
3
votes
2answers
526 views
How to make two rectangles top adjusted horizontally in TiKZ?
I have 2 rectangles and an operator between them, the one on the right is longer than the one on the left:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\begin{document}
...
5
votes
1answer
538 views
TIKZ: writing text top downwards
My simple question is how to set some text using tikz in a column e.g.
+---+
| A |
| B |
| C |
+---+
I do not want to rotate the text so I can not use the rotate option or the set text along path ...
5
votes
1answer
758 views
How to vertical align a text and an tikzpicture?
I am using a TikZ picture followed by a text. How do I create a picture that aligns with the top of the text?
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\textwidth}
\tikz[baseline=(current bounding box.north)] {
...
4
votes
3answers
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Center text in TikZ according to the text baseline, not the object itself
As a follow up to Adding TikZ code to TOC, I have a TikZ code added to each index entry. That code may contain these specific letters: A, N, C, P and Q. See the following example:
...
4
votes
1answer
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Vertically center a node with the current line in TikZ
Consider the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
This is a
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[draw, rectangle, align=left] {%
And here \\[.3em]
is
...
3
votes
1answer
431 views
Placing a list of nodes in TikZ
I would like to define a macro, which would take a list of node definitions, like this
\mymacro[boxes={{\node[rectangle] {foo};},
{\node[rectangle] {bar};},
...
5
votes
1answer
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Aligning subcaptions with tikz pictures vertically
A simple follow-up question to this one How to place and scale TikZ pictures in subfigure? I shamelessly copied the same code that was presented in the answer there because it fits my needs exactly as ...
5
votes
3answers
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Problem with TikZ and vertical alignment of text inside nodes
I have a problem in TikZ with the vertical alignment of text inside nodes.
With a very minimal example like this:
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,positioning,shapes.geometric}
\begin{tikzpicture}[%
->,
...
3
votes
1answer
1k views
Vertical align in tikz matrix
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{square matrix/.style={
matrix of nodes,
column ...
7
votes
2answers
1k views
Centering a TikZ picture around an area
I often find myself in the following situation: A tikzpicture of mine consists of a main area and some outer material like text labels which are hardly symmetric around the main area. If such a ...
4
votes
1answer
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Why is the left column of this table vertically-aligned to the bottom, no matter how I specify the column?
This document produces a table that mostly looks like I want it to look... except that I can't get the text in the left-hand column to be aligned in the vertical center. What I would really like is ...
6
votes
3answers
1k views
How can I save the bounding box of a TikZpicture and use in other TikZpicture
I need 2 different TikZpictures with the same bounding box (the one of the first TikZpicture) because I need a perfect vertical alignment of the subfigures side by side.
Please, how can I handle ...
4
votes
1answer
2k views
Vertical alignment of tikzpicture with text?
I have some text, and a corresponding tikzpicture, both of which are to be part of a test question, and which are thus included as part of an \item in an enumerate environment.
Like this:
\item
...
