I want to create a LaTeX table with three rows which have different row heights. How can I do this?
The following code
\renewcommand\arraystretch{2.4} \setlength\minrowclearance{2.4pt}
seems make each row has the same height.
4 Answers
Try this:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{cc}
\hline
hi & tall one\\[10ex]
\hline
hi & medium one\\[5ex]
\hline
hi & standard one\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
So you can specify the height of a row with the optional argument
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31how do you vertically centralize the elements in a cell, using the [ex] optional argument?! Commented Nov 21, 2012 at 22:57
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12Using
\\[<space>]adds space to the end of the last cell, so if the last cell of each row has significantly different contents, then the row height can vary. This is easily solved by adding an extra column, and keeping it empty. Then\\[<space>]always makes the row<space>as a minimum. Commented Dec 17, 2012 at 11:03 -
6@NathanaelFarley This won't help when you have hlines as then adding an additional column will produce extra lines at the end. Additionally, it still keeps the contents vertically spaced near the top rather than within the cell in the center vertically Commented Aug 15, 2014 at 13:07
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3@AramPapazian This can be fixed by using columns like
{cc@{}c@{}}as the@{}will make the space either side of the empty column 0 pt. Commented Aug 18, 2014 at 9:12 -
@NathanaelFarley you wrote "Then
\\[<space>]always makes the row<space>as a minimum." but this is not what happens. If I replace your tabular with the following,\begin{tabular}{cc} 1 & \\[0mm] 2 & \\[5mm] \end{tabular}the first row is 4.36mm high while the second measures 9.36mm. The 5mm goes into some equation but it's not the minimum height when leaving the last column blank.– BastianCommented Jun 16, 2021 at 14:56
As none of the current answers address the issue of how to center the content vertically, I here introduce \xrowht[<footprint>]{<length>} to add an extra .5<length> of height above and below a \vphantom of a <footprint>. The default footprint takes the height of a 0 character, which is great if the data has no descenders. For data with descenders, an optionally specified footprint of () makes more sense.
\xrowht can be added to any cell in the row. Here, I add it to the 1st column cells, for convenience.
In the MWE, the 1st row is unmodified, then for successive rows, 10pt, 20pt, 30pt, and 40pt are symmetrically added. I also use an optional footprint in the 2nd row, which contains descenders.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{stackengine}
\newcommand\xrowht[2][0]{\addstackgap[.5\dimexpr#2\relax]{\vphantom{#1}}}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h]
\begin{tabular}{|c|l|}
\hline
col1 & col2 \\
\hline\xrowht[()]{10pt}
1 & 2g \\
\hline\xrowht{20pt}
3 & 4 \\
\hline\xrowht{30pt}
5 & 6 \\
\hline\xrowht{40pt}
7 & 8 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}
answered Apr 3, 2019 at 16:14
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How can I extend the first row? Just natively adding
\xrowht{20pt}afterr the first\hlineresults in\xrowht{20pt}...– TheovaCommented Feb 27, 2020 at 16:56 -
Sorry, copy paste error: ... it results in
main.tex|56 error| Misplaced \noalign. main.tex|56 error| Misplaced \omit.– TheovaCommented Feb 27, 2020 at 17:09 -
1Right, the problem is with including multicol:
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{stackengine} \usepackage{multicol} \newcommand\xrowht[2][0]{\addstackgap[.5\dimexpr#2\relax]{\vphantom{#1}}} \begin{document} \begin{table}[h] \begin{tabular}{|c|l|} \xrowht{20pt} \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{ multicol } \\ \hline\xrowht{20pt} col1 & col2 \\ \hline\xrowht[()]{10pt} 1 & 2g \\ \hline\xrowht{20pt} 3 & 4 \\ \hline\xrowht{30pt} 5 & 6 \\ \hline\xrowht{40pt} 7 & 8 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table} \end{document}– TheovaCommented Feb 27, 2020 at 17:37 -
2@Theova Move the
\xrowhtmacrow inside the\multicolumn, such as\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{ \xrowht{20pt} multicol } \\Commented Feb 27, 2020 at 17:41 -
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It is easy peasy to set row heights and get perfect middle alignment for multirow cells with new LaTeX3 package tabularray:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\NewColumnType{M}[1]{Q[m,c,#1]}
\begin{document}
\begin{tblr}{colspec={M{3cm}M{3.5cm}M{3.5cm}},row{2-4}={7ex}}
\hline
Alpha & Beta & Gamma \\
\hline
\SetCell[r=3]{c} Text & Text & Text \\
\hline
& \SetCell[r=2]{c} Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text & Text \\
\hline
& & Text Text Text Text Text Text Text Text \\
\hline
\end{tblr}
\end{document}
Code for a latex table with adjustable row height. (Credits to previous posts)
\begin{table}[h]
\begin{tabular}{|c|l|}
\hline
col1 & col2 \\%[2ex]
\hline
& \\[-2ex]
1 & 2 \\[0.75ex]
\hline
& \\[-2ex]
3 & 4 \\[2ex]
\hline
& \\[2ex]
5 & 6 \\[3ex]
\hline
& \\
7 & 8 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
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\minrowclearanceis an undefined control sequence. Do you need to load a package?