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I'm trying to align a specific content of a single cell. For example,
\begin{tabular}{|r|r|}
\hline
1 & 2
\hline
right & to_the_left
\hline
1 & 2
\hline
\end{tabular}
Is it possible to_the_left to be aligned to the left, but to leave all others on the right? Is it even possible to align (cell contents) inside an already defined tabular environment?
You can use \multicolumn{1}{l}{<content>} for to_the_left to switch the cell alignment just for this cell. If you want to have a vertical line you need to use l| instead, otherwise the line is missing for this cell.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|r|r|}
\hline
111111 & 222222 \\
\hline
right & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{left} \\
\hline
1 & 2 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
\multicolumn. You could define yourself a shorter macro for this, but that's all.
– Martin Scharrer♦
Nov 2 '11 at 20:49
There is a "solution" that avoids \multicolumn{1}{l}{...} but it's really a hack:
right & left\hfill\vadjust{} \\
The \hfill alone won't do, because LaTeX works hard to remove all space from the end part of a cell. Instead of \vadjust{} also \penalty0 or \nobreak can be used.
A \multicolumn{1}{l}{...} is, probably, more visible and easier to change in case it's not needed any more.
\documentclassand any packages, so that those trying to help don't have to recreate it. – Peter Grill Nov 2 '11 at 19:59\begin{tabularx}{15cm}{|p{3cm}|X|X|m{3cm}|}), then you can use this solution. Unfortunately, this does not seem to work with simplel,corrcolumns. – Josse Apr 18 '19 at 14:27