Multicolumn at the beginning of moderncv

Question

I changed the beginning of my CV as

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}        

\moderncvstyle{classic}                             

\moderncvcolor{blue}                               

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}                       

\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\makecvtitle}{%
  \recomputecvlengths%
  % detailed information box
  \newbox{\makecvtitledetailsbox}%
  \savebox{\makecvtitledetailsbox}{%
    \addressfont\color{color2}%
    \begin{tabular}[b]{@{}p{10cm}@{}}%
      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@addressstreet}}{}{\makenewline\addresssymbol\@addressstreet %
        \ifthenelse{\equal{\@addresscity}{}}{}{\makenewline\@addresscity}} % 
      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@mobile}}{}{\makenewline\mobilesymbol\@mobile} %
      \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@email}}{}{\makenewline\emailsymbol\emaillink{\@email}}%
    \end{tabular}
  }%
  % name and title
  \newlength{\makecvtitledetailswidth}\settowidth{\makecvtitledetailswidth}{\usebox{\makecvtitledetailsbox}}%
  \ifthenelse{\lengthtest{\makecvtitlenamewidth=0pt}}% 
    {\setlength{\makecvtitlenamewidth}{\textwidth-\makecvtitlepicturewidth
}}%
    {}%
    \raggedright\namestyle{\@firstname\ \@familyname}\par\medskip%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{\@title}{}}{}{{\centering\titlestyle{\@title}\par}\medskip}%
\usebox{\makecvtitledetailsbox}%
  \par}% 
\makeatother

\name{John}{Doe}

\address{street and number}{postcode city}{country}

\email{[email protected]}                               

\begin{document}

\makecvtitle

\end{document}
 

The output (in overleaf) is

For some reason, it does not work in WinEdt!

But the problem is that the name is not in the center.

I also would like to have "street and number" and "postcode city" in one column (on left) and email and phone number in another column (on right) next to it.

Could someone help me with this?

Answer 1

I agree with some of the comments that if you want to completely restyle everything, there's no reason to use moderncv.

But if you like moderncv in other ways and just want to change the \makecvtitle command, it should be doable. You can do it with simpler code than what you were using—not sure where you got that code since I doubt you made it yourself… A lot of the complexity of the redefinition you were giving are eliminated if you know in advance which contact data is going to be supplied.

Here I'm separating the two "columns" of the address/contact information with \hfills, which right aligns the second column to the right side of the page. You may not want that, in which case something different would have to be done, but things can be fairly simply.

I also redefined the \mobile command since it wasn't properly setting \@mobile.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\mobile}[1]{\renewcommand{\@mobile}{#1}}

\renewcommand*{\makecvtitle}{%
{\centering\namestyle{\@firstname\ \@lastname}\par}\medskip
\leavevmode{\addressfont\color{color2}\addresssymbol\@addressstreet
\hfill
\mobilesymbol\@mobile\\
\@addresscity
\hfill
\emailsymbol\@email\\
}}
\makeatother
\name{John}{Doe}

\address{street and number}{postcode city}{country}

\mobile{(555) 555-5555}
\email{[email protected]}

\begin{document}

\makecvtitle

\end{document}