tabularray – How to Set Padding Per Cell in Tabularray

Question

In tabular, a cell can have a \multicolumn{1}{@{\hspace{1em}}l}{Some text} to set some left padding to that cell alone. In tabularray, the \SetCell command can be used to span columns but not to set some space to the left, like I mentioned.

Tabularray does allow to set the left and right space for that column, but that of course affects all cells in that column.

Is there a way to achieve this currently in tabularray?

It's a matter of \SetCell having something like the colspec key that supports the @{} syntax. In general it is a way to insert space for a single cell. Inserting space with preto wouldn't work, as it would be the same as setting an \hspace in the cell body and that only moves the first line.

Answer 1

You can change \leftskip for some cell:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\begin{document}
\begin{tblr}{|m{2cm}|m{2cm}|m{3cm}|}
  Alpha & Beta & Gamma Gamma Gamma Gamma Gamma \\
  Alpha & Beta & \leftskip=1em Gamma Gamma Gamma Gamma Gamma \\
  Alpha & Beta & \leftskip=-3pt Gamma Gamma Gamma Gamma Gamma \\  
\end{tblr}
\end{document}