[Tex/LaTex] Alignment of CV Reference in ModernCV

horizontal alignmentmoderncvspacing

I'm using the latex template for CV from here CV Template.

For reference, I added these lines

\newcommand{\cvdoublecolumn}[2]{%
  \cvline{}{%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}#1\end{minipage}%
  \hfill%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}#2\end{minipage}%
 }%
}

\newcommand{\cvreference}[7]{%
\textbf{#1}\newline% Name
\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{}{\addresssymbol~#2\newline}%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#3}{}}{}{#3\newline}%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#4}{}}{}{#4\newline}%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#5}{}}{}{#5\newline}%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#6}{}}{}{\emailsymbol~\texttt{#6}\newline}%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#7}{}}{}{\phonesymbol~#7}}

Everything is fine. To add 2 two references, it works nicely side-by-side. But adding another reference, it comes next line and the alignment breaks and also a new page is created.

Reference Alignments

How can I fix this ?

I have fixed it other way, where I put 3 columns in minipage

\newcommand{\cvdoublecolumn}[3]{%
  \cvline{}{%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}#1\end{minipage}%
  %\hfill%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}#2\end{minipage}%
  %\hfill%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}#3\end{minipage}%
  }%
}

Best Answer

You can provide the necessary definitions for three columns:

\newlength\listtripleitemmaincolumnwidth

\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\recomputecvlengths}{%
  \setlength{\quotewidth}{0.65\textwidth}%
  \setlength{\maincolumnwidth}{\textwidth-\separatorcolumnwidth-\hintscolumnwidth}%
  \setlength{\listitemmaincolumnwidth}{\maincolumnwidth-\listitemsymbolwidth}%
  \setlength{\doubleitemmaincolumnwidth}{\maincolumnwidth-\hintscolumnwidth-\separatorcolumnwidth-\separatorcolumnwidth}%
  \setlength{\doubleitemmaincolumnwidth}{0.5\doubleitemmaincolumnwidth}%
  \setlength{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}{\maincolumnwidth-\listitemsymbolwidth-\separatorcolumnwidth-\listitemsymbolwidth}%
  \setlength{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}{0.5\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}%
  \setlength\listtripleitemmaincolumnwidth{.66\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}%
  \renewcommand{\headwidth}{\textwidth}%
  \setlength{\parskip}{0\p@}%
}
\makeatother

\newcommand{\cvtriplecolumn}[3]{%
  \cvline{}{%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listtripleitemmaincolumnwidth}#1\end{minipage}%
  \hfill%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listtripleitemmaincolumnwidth}#2\end{minipage}%
  \hfill%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listtripleitemmaincolumnwidth}#3\end{minipage}%
 }%
}

A complete example:

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

\newlength\listtripleitemmaincolumnwidth

\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\recomputecvlengths}{%
  \setlength{\quotewidth}{0.65\textwidth}%
  \setlength{\maincolumnwidth}{\textwidth-\separatorcolumnwidth-\hintscolumnwidth}%
  \setlength{\listitemmaincolumnwidth}{\maincolumnwidth-\listitemsymbolwidth}%
  \setlength{\doubleitemmaincolumnwidth}{\maincolumnwidth-\hintscolumnwidth-\separatorcolumnwidth-\separatorcolumnwidth}%
  \setlength{\doubleitemmaincolumnwidth}{0.5\doubleitemmaincolumnwidth}%
  \setlength{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}{\maincolumnwidth-\listitemsymbolwidth-\separatorcolumnwidth-\listitemsymbolwidth}%
  \setlength{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}{0.5\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}%
  \setlength\listtripleitemmaincolumnwidth{.66\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}%
  \renewcommand{\headwidth}{\textwidth}%
  \setlength{\parskip}{0\p@}%
}
\makeatother

\newcommand{\cvdoublecolumn}[2]{%
  \cvline{}{%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}#1\end{minipage}%
  \hfill%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listdoubleitemmaincolumnwidth}#2\end{minipage}%
 }%
}

\newcommand{\cvtriplecolumn}[3]{%
  \cvline{}{%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listtripleitemmaincolumnwidth}#1\end{minipage}%
  \hfill%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listtripleitemmaincolumnwidth}#2\end{minipage}%
  \hfill%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\listtripleitemmaincolumnwidth}#3\end{minipage}%
 }%
}

\newcommand{\cvreference}[7]{%
  \textbf{#1}\newline% Name
  \ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{}{\addresssymbol~#2\newline}%
  \ifthenelse{\equal{#3}{}}{}{#3\newline}%
  \ifthenelse{\equal{#4}{}}{}{#4\newline}%
  \ifthenelse{\equal{#5}{}}{}{#5\newline}%
  \ifthenelse{\equal{#6}{}}{}{\emailsymbol~\texttt{#6}\newline}%
  \ifthenelse{\equal{#7}{}}{}{\phonesymbol~#7}}

\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}

\nopagenumbers

\begin{document}

\section{References}

\cvdoublecolumn{\cvreference{A}{B}{C}{D}{E}{F}{G}}{\cvreference{A}{B}{C}{D}{E}{F}{G}}
\cvtriplecolumn{\cvreference{A}{B}{C}{D}{E}{F}{G}}{\cvreference{A}{B}{C}{D}{E}{F}{G}}{\cvreference{A}{B}{C}{D}{E}{F}{G}}

\end{document}

The result:

enter image description here

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In the following example I defined a \ccvitem command that behaves as \cvitem, but with vertical alignment of the columns content (instead of p{...} columns, \ccvitem uses m{...} columns available through the array package):

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}

\moderncvtheme[grey]{casual}
\usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}                 
\usepackage{array}

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\familyname{Name}

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\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\ccvitem}[3][.25em]{%
  \begin{tabular}{@{}m{\hintscolumnwidth}@{\hspace{\separatorcolumnwidth}}m{\maincolumnwidth}@{}}%
    \raggedleft\hintstyle{#2} &{#3}%
  \end{tabular}%
  \par\addvspace{#1}}
\makeatother

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    \maketitle
    \section{Languages}
    \cvitem{German}{Hallo, mein Name ist Fritz, Ich would like to haben ein Sauerkraut with Schnitzel, bitte. Und dazu ein deutsches Weizenbier. Bitte wo ist der Schlossmuseum? I know a little German, he's sitting over there.}
    \cvitem{German Sign Language (DGS)}{Basics}
    \ccvitem{German}{Hallo, mein Name ist Fritz, Ich would like to haben ein Sauerkraut with Schnitzel, bitte. Und dazu ein deutsches Weizenbier. Bitte wo ist der Schlossmuseum? I know a little German, he's sitting over there.}
    \ccvitem{German Sign Language (DGS)}{Basics}

\end{document}

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By the way, you could use \cvitem instead of \cvline that appears to be still around just for compatibility with older versions of moderncv.

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You can change all this from inside the argument to the \quote command. For more complicated stuff (for example if you need to change the width of the quote block), the moderncv class does offer some customization variables, but it lacks some proper documentation.

For even more complicated stuff, like for example if you want the quote to appear above your name (why would you want to do that, but that's an example), you might need to modify the \makecvtitle command. However, this should always be done in your document, using \renewcommand. In most cases, editting the source code of a package isn't needed, and should be avoided.

\documentclass{moderncv}

\moderncvstyle{casual}

\definecolor{dark-gray}{gray}{0.20}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\quote{{\raggedright\color{dark-gray}\lipsum[1]}} % Replace "\lipsum[1]" with your quote

\begin{document}

\makecvtitle

\end{document}

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