Different block heights in tikzposter

Question

In the code example attached, I have created 2 columns and 2 rows with blocks (see the figure below). The first column and first row, denoted "Test1a" gets a shorter height than the other four blocks.

I presume that I have missed something in the "settings".

The code is listed below:

\documentclass[usenames,dvipsnames,a0paper, subcolspace = 3 mm, colspace = 3 mm, landscape, innermargin = 3 mm,  margin = 7 mm, blockhorizontalspace = 5 mm, blockverticalspace = 5 mm, 25 pt]{tikzposter}


\usetheme{Envelope} % See Section 5 (Rätt okej!)
\usecolorstyle[colorPalette=BrownBlueOrange]{Germany}

\tikzposterlatexaffectionproofoff

\begin{document}

\makeatletter
    \setlength{\TP@blocktop}{.495\textheight}
\makeatother

\settitle{ }

\begin{columns}
    \column{0.5}
    \colorlet{blockbodybgcolor}{MidnightBlue!100}
    \block[bodyoffsetx = 0 mm, bodyoffsety=-2cm,bodyverticalshift = 0 mm,bodyinnersep = 3 mm,titleinnersep = 0em,roundedcorners=0]{}{\color{white} \flushleft  \fontsize{60pt}{60pt}\selectfont Test1a}

    \column{0.5}
    \colorlet{blockbodybgcolor}{MidnightBlue!100}
    \block[bodyoffsetx = 0 mm, bodyoffsety=-2cm,bodyverticalshift = 0 mm,bodyinnersep = 3 mm,titleinnersep = 0em,roundedcorners=0]{}{\color{white} \flushleft  \fontsize{60pt}{60pt}\selectfont Test1b}
\end{columns}

\begin{columns}
    \column{0.3}
    \colorlet{blockbodybgcolor}{MidnightBlue!100}
    \block[bodyoffsetx = 0 mm, bodyoffsety=-2cm,bodyverticalshift = 0 mm,bodyinnersep = 3 mm,titleinnersep = 0em,roundedcorners=0]{}{\color{white} \flushleft  \fontsize{60pt}{60pt}\selectfont Test2a}

    \column{0.7}
    \colorlet{blockbodybgcolor}{MidnightBlue!100}
    \block[bodyoffsetx = 0 mm, bodyoffsety=-2cm,bodyverticalshift = 0 mm,bodyinnersep = 3 mm,titleinnersep = 0em,roundedcorners=0]{}{\color{white} \flushleft  \fontsize{60pt}{60pt}\selectfont Test2b}
\end{columns}

\end{document} 

Can, please, someone help me out with that?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

No idea why exactly, but it works with \raggedright instead of \flushleft.

Unrelated things:

• there is no blockhorizontalspace class option, so that setting of yours doesn't do anything.

• Instead of adding \color{white} everywhere, you can set \colorlet{blockbodyfgcolor}{white}

\documentclass[
  usenames,
  dvipsnames,
  a2paper, 
  subcolspace = 3 mm,
  colspace = 3 mm,
  landscape,
  innermargin = 3 mm,
  margin = 7 mm,
%  blockhorizontalspace = 5 mm, % this is not a valid option, doesn't do anything
  blockverticalspace = 5 mm, 
  25 pt]{tikzposter}


\usetheme{Envelope} % See Section 5 (Rätt okej!)
\usecolorstyle[colorPalette=BrownBlueOrange]{Germany}

\tikzposterlatexaffectionproofoff

\begin{document}

\makeatletter
    \setlength{\TP@blocktop}{.495\textheight}
\makeatother

\settitle{ }
\colorlet{blockbodybgcolor}{MidnightBlue!100}
\colorlet{blockbodyfgcolor}{white} % color of text, no need for \color{white} everywhere
\begin{columns}
    \column{0.5}
    \block[bodyoffsetx = 0 mm,
           bodyoffsety=-2cm,
           bodyverticalshift = 0 mm,
           bodyinnersep = 3 mm,
           titleinnersep = 0em,
           roundedcorners=0]{}{\raggedright\fontsize{60pt}{60pt}\selectfont Test1a}

    \column{0.5}
    \block[bodyoffsetx = 0 mm,
           bodyoffsety=-2cm,
           bodyverticalshift = 0 mm,
           bodyinnersep = 3 mm,
           titleinnersep = 0em,
           roundedcorners=0]{}{\raggedright\fontsize{60pt}{60pt}\selectfont Test1b}
\end{columns}

\begin{columns}
    \column{0.3}
    \block[bodyoffsetx = 0 mm,
           bodyoffsety=-2cm,
           bodyverticalshift = 0 mm,
           bodyinnersep = 3 mm,
           titleinnersep = 0em,
           roundedcorners=0]{}{\raggedright\fontsize{60pt}{60pt}\selectfont Test2a}

    \column{0.7}
    \block[bodyoffsetx = 0 mm,
           bodyoffsety=-2cm,
           bodyverticalshift = 0 mm,
           bodyinnersep = 3 mm,
           titleinnersep = 0em,
           roundedcorners=0]{}{\raggedright \fontsize{60pt}{60pt}\selectfont Test2b}
\end{columns}

\end{document}