Questions tagged [booktabs]
A package providing some additional commands to enhance the quality of tables in LaTeX.
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Excess vertical space when using booktabs cmidrule in math align environment
I'm using booktabs cmidrule in a math align environment. It's working but it's producing too much vertical space. How can I reduce that vertical space.
Here's a simple demo
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Unwanted irregular layout when using \multirow
I am an experienced user of latex but new to constructing tables. My problem is illustrated with this example:
\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{tabularx}
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Vertically align vertical text in booktabs and multirows
I am trying to create a table such as the one presented here, but the text within the first two columns should be centered vertically. However, I am not able to achieve it. What am I doing wrong? I ...
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algorithm2e with booktabs style and listing the algorithms in toc
I'm using the solution that @egreg provided on this answer, but I'm using the algorithm2e package instead of algorithms.
I'd like to retain the design from booktabs but the command \listofalgorithms ...
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Help rendering booktabs tables in RStudio
Can I use the booktabs package in R? I am using RStudio and could not find a way to install a version of the booktabs package.
The table I am trying to render in a .Rmd file is provided below:
%----- ...
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How to make a list in table cell to show multiple items in a better way?
I am trying to show multiple-choice questions in a table along with a description & percent. Here is my attempt:
\begin{table*}
\small
\centering
\begin{tabular}{rrr}
\toprule
{\bf Question Type} ...
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How to omit vertical realignment when using cmidrule in different colors AND widths
The problem
Let's say I want to have more than rules in two different colors in the same row ... how can I make it work?
Here is a minimal example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\...
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How can I make these table columns adaptive so that they remain centered?
I'm trying to create a table that can adapt its column height so that when the text length increases, column-width stays the same but column height adapts. Also, I'd like this table to have the text ...
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latex (pdflatex, xelatex, and latex command) seems hanging on error with `-interaction=nonstopmode`
The following code will result in command pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode file.tex hanging when encounter the error. Could someone give me some reason?
It only happens when the backslash \ goes ...
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Fix background cellcolor to match the borders
How can I fix the booktabs borders to match the cell color or vice versa?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\usepackage[svgnames,table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\...
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LaTeX booktabs package cmidline gets pushed up if another column heading requires more than one line
Compiling the following code shows the problem. The first table is given in the booktabs documentation. The column following the cmidrule-spanned columns requires a single line of text. The second ...
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Text overflows cell
"Endomorphism" overflows cell even though I have provided a hyphenation for it. What could be the cause of this?
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{array, tabularx, ragged2e, ...
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Long text string wrapping in a LaTeX table
I am currently trying to create a simple 4-column table and I've been trying to sort out the wrapping issue.
\begin{table}[ht]
\centering
\caption{- Main silicate HFSE-hosting minerals from ...
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Booktabs and multicolumns
I want to exend the line in xltabular to cover as well the definitons of @{}. For this question I found a solution with the optional parameter (lr) which is more or less documented in the booktabs ...
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4 decimal place S table to 3 decimal % table
I have the following table which reports the values to four decimal places. However I wish to change it to 3 decimal places and in % format. For example, from say 0.9919 to 99.1. Any thoughts on how ...
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Two tabulars not coming out same width despite every column width specified with p{}
I have two tabulars in a single table environment. They should be aligned but they are not (see photo), despite me having specified all the column widths and given them the exact same setup. Can ...
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booktabs' bottomrule fails with table content via \input [duplicate]
Below code compiles as-is but fails when commenting out the \input statement. Why, and how to fix this?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{filecontents*}{mwe-bottomrule}
abc \\
\...
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Booktabs Table overflows the page
Hope you’re all having a great day. I have the following table which just doesn’t fit the page, do you happen to know which command should I be using so that it fits the page? Thanks in advance.
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Booktabs Cell Coloring Overflow and Position Bias
I want to fill booktabs table cells in a custom manner. I did two examples as below, one with kerning and the other is straight booktabs table. The first problem is in both tables, coloring that is ...
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How to align decimal point of table entries having units and no units
I have the situation, that I have to present some metrics of many different signals. However, some metrics have units others are unitless and some are percent values. In the example the values using \...
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threeparttable: How to change font size of threeparttable's table notes when also using flushleft?
I want to modify the font size of tnotes in threeparttables based on this approach of user egreg.
Minimum Working Example (MWE) of functional approach:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\...
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booktabs: \dotrule as \midrule
I'd like to have a dotted rule like \midrulefrom the booktabs package.
I took code from the booktabs.sty, simplified it and have:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
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Latex multirow table text and borders messed up
I have the following table (code below):
\documentclass[a4paper,fleqn]{cas-sc}
%\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
%\usepackage[authoryear]{natbib}
\usepackage[authoryear,longnamesfirst]{natbib}
\...
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Ideas for a better style for this table? [closed]
I have drawn the table showed in this post, but I don't like the style too much. Do you have any idea for better design, or does it seem like it might be okay after all?
Thank you all in advance!
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babel clashing with booktabs and tabularx in custom environment
I have a document like this, that is compiled normally:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\newenvironment{myenv}
{\tabularx{\columnwidth}{X}\toprule}
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Styling sphinx LaTeX tables with booktabs package
I am trying to improve the look of LaTeX tables generated from Sphinx. In particular, I'd like to use the booktabs top, mid, and bottom rules and suppress vertical cell separators.
This rST table:
+---...
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How to prevent overflow of row/cell colors in booktabs? [duplicate]
Based on this answer you know how to easily create rows with background colors. This also works for booktabs.
Edit: This is how it looks by default with \begin{tabular}{lccc}:
But we want to change ...
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Not enough vertical spacing with booktabs and siunitx [duplicate]
I am using siunitx and booktabs, but I need a bit more vertical space between my units.
Here is a picture of my problem:
Here is a MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{...
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Include colored box, rotated text in booktabs styled table
I am trying to make a latex table that looks like the picture. There should basically be 4 columns of rotated text under Header 1, one grey cell that that contains additional information. I am new to ...
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My table corners are not connected. how to solve this issue
\begin{tabular}{|p{4.25em}|p{15.125em}|p{12.315em}|p{8.565em}|}
\toprule
\textbf{Variables} & \textbf{Definition} & \textbf{Formula} & \textbf{Source} \\
\midrule
Credit ...
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rows of alternating colors in longtable: filling whitespace depending on the row number
I'm using the longtable package along with booktabs-style rules and alternating row colors. The MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[a6paper]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{...
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Multicolumn error: I expect to see \omit only after tab marks or the \cr of an alignment
I made the following table:
\begin{table}[htp]
\caption{ABC}
\label{tab:info}
\centering
\begin{tabularx}{0.48\textwidth}{lX}
\scriptsize
\multicolumn{2}{c}{A Information} \\ \toprule
Attribute & ...
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How to include skewed text in a table
I would like to make a table like this one, in which the columns have skewed text (I use booktabs):
I tried to search everywhere, but couldn't find an answer.
Any advice on this?
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How to stop latex from starting a new page?
I am writing a two-column style report, and the house style mandates that references be printed at the end under a bottom rule. And what happens is that this bibliography (containing a single ...
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Divide table line by two, rather than resizing table
I've created the following table that contains long DNA sequences, represented as a long string of characters, with their name in the left column. The way it is formatted now, all sequences get ...
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The \toprule, \midrule and \bottomrule do not extend past the first column when also using `xltabular` [duplicate]
I am making a correlation matrix with booktabs. However, the toprule and similar commands do not extend past the first column when also using \usepackage{xltabular}. I tried to remove the xltabular ...
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booktabs table column seperation
Struggling with fitting a table on a beamer slide.
Why is there so much spave between columns?!
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Recovering GR}
\begin{table}
\centering
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
\...
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How to increase the gap between only 2 columns in a tabular without skewing the centering?
The Problem
How to adjust the gap between just two columns in a tabular environment while automatically retaining the centering of headings?
I know the length columnsep is used to adjust the ...
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How to combine bottom alignment and top alignment in a single table?
I would like to construct very long comparison table, which includes a lot of points to compare, each of which may include multiple subcateogries. This is how I want the table to look
The comparison ...
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longtable, landscape, and booktabs throw up errors in combination — please help!
I'm not really sure what my problem is, but I'll do my best to explain. I've been trying to put together a large, landscaped table summarizing some data. It all comes from a similar kind of source, so ...
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Put a symbol to the side of a row in a booktabs table
I would like to annotate one or more rows of a table with a star; the star should not be part of the table. I am using booktabs, so I cannot just add another column, or add the star to the rightmost ...
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When coloring table rows, there is white space between the line and the \toprule and the \bottomrule
As stated in the headline, I am trying to add color to my tables but it seems the booktab package leave extra white space between \toprule and \bottomrule that are not covered by \xcolor
\...
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Using numprint to round numbers within a single column in a table
I like to use numprint to format my tables with numerical values, as it improves readability and alignment. However, sometimes I want to use a different rounding setting for a particular column, and ...
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Rowcolor overhang with makecell
When I trim the sides of tables using @{}, the \rowcolor hangs over the sides. I've fixed this with <{\kern-\tabcolsep} on the first and last column (according to this question). However, if \...
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Rowcolors in a longtable with three parts
I have a longtable inside a ThreePartTable environment and I want to have alternating row colors across page breaks. I want to have no color on the first row, since the header is also colored. The ...
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How to remove blank spaces around table rules
I am trying to produce a colored table but the separation lines and the border lines are creating blank spaces that ruins the aesthetics of the table. I wish to remove them.
Here is the code I'm ...
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Using booktabs and \tabular I get a heavy vertical rule on the right edge only
My table is filled and all boxes are filled. I have made similar tables elsewhere in the document with no issues. (It is a conjugation table for verbs in a conlang I'm making, if you're wondering.)
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Adding rules to the tabularx environment
How does one automatically add a \bottomrule at the end of a tabularx environment?
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\newenvironment{...
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\toprule is not spanning the width of the table
I am trying to create a landscape table that spans the vertical length of a page. The following is what I get:
The table almost looks good, except for the following:
The \toprule, \midrule and \...
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Why this simple booktabs code does not work?
I have the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{SSSS}
1& small copper ring & small aluminum ring & ...
