Given a phrase in the middle of which TeX will place a return carriage, if we place this phrase within a \colorbox, TeX no longer places the return carriage and the phrase protrudes in the margin. Is there a way around this or am I missing something trivial?
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Are you asking about a box that is breakable across the page boundary, or just a coloured box that allows for line-breaks? – Werner May 19 '16 at 3:53
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...for the former, see Breaking framed boxes across pages - or, a better design for a homework problem set? – Werner May 19 '16 at 3:55
Set your content inside a box that has the appropriate width, and place that box inside a \colorbox:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\newcommand{\cbox}[2][yellow]{%
\colorbox{#1}{\parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep}{\strut #2\strut}}%
}
\begin{document}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec imperdiet elementum mi,
sed fermentum metus accumsan vel. Aliquam eu lobortis metus, sed venenatis odio.
Pellentesque ornare nibh augue, sit amet feugiat velit cursus ut.
\noindent
\cbox{In suscipit mattis nunc, vel sagittis risus pulvinar sit amet. Proin faucibus,
neque vitae euismod interdum, nulla arcu semper massa, vitae fermentum turpis mi non
lectus. Donec sed arcu placerat, tristique eros sit amet, varius tellus.}
Nullam varius tincidunt fermentum. Vivamus auctor, nunc vitae luctus semper, tortor
purus efficitur nunc, ut consequat leo ligula quis urna. Aliquam vel nunc leo.
Phasellus euismod lacus quam, vel elementum mi euismod vel.
\noindent
\cbox[blue!30]{Cras vel urna eget sem
tristique malesuada eget et ligula. Sed vitae lectus eleifend, consectetur diam quis,
tristique enim. Phasellus ullamcorper dui rutrum, consectetur mauris eu, elementum
sapien. Ut viverra imperdiet lacinia.}
\end{document}
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Does not do what I would like. In your example, instead of including the whole fourth paragraph in the
\cbox, include just "Sed vitae lectus eleifend". Then, eleifend protrudes in the margin and the box goes at infinitum to the right. What I would like is "Sed vitae lec-" on the first line of the fourth paragraph and "tus eleifend" in the second line to be both in colorboxes. – schremmer May 19 '16 at 4:12 -
@schremmer: Then your question would be a duplicate of Cool text highlighting. – Werner May 19 '16 at 4:20
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Well, yes and no because while
soul's\hl(Caramdir's answer) does indeed almost exactly what I want, I do not see in the doc, page 47, how to choose the color on the spot the way I can do with \colorbox. TheCool text highlightingquestion is really abouttikzwhich I would rather not use as my setup is already quite heavy. Not to mention that Spector-Zabusky's four caveats are forbidding. – schremmer May 19 '16 at 5:07 -
@schremmer: You can define yourself a command like \hl which accepts an argument to set the color. – Ulrike Fischer May 19 '16 at 7:50
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@ Ulrike Fischer Of course, that would do it but I do not know how to do that! And, I found out,
\hldoes not accept math so ... – schremmer May 19 '16 at 13:08
