[Tex/LaTex] \cline doesn’t work

rulestables

I'd like to draw a partial horizontal line just below of 'first second third' row, but \cline doesn't work. Any suggestion?

\documentclass[table]{beamer}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{xcolor,multirow}

\begin{document}
%%%
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{table example}
  \begin{table}[h]
    \centering
    \rowcolors[]{2}{blue!20}{blue!10}
    \begin{tabular}{|c|cccccc|} \hline
      \rowcolor[gray]{.9}
      &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c}{first} &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c}{second} &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c|}{third} \\
      \cline{2-7}
      \rowcolor[gray]{.9}
      \multirow{-2}{*}{left}
      & $x_1$ & $x_2$ & $x_3$ & $x_4$ & $x_5$ & $x_6$ \\ \hline
      A & a1 & a2 & a3 & a4 & a5 & a6 \\ 
      B & b1 & b2 & \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor{blue!20}}c}{b34} & b5 & b6 \\
      C & c1 & c2 & c3 & c4 & c5 & c6 \\
      D & d1 & d2 & d3 & d4 & d5 & d6 \\ \hline
    \end{tabular}
  \end{table}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Best Answer

As I mentioned in the comments, the \cline is working but is hidden due to the coloring of the rows, and it seems to me to be a bit of an overkill to use both a horizontal rule along with coloring to separate a row.

My suggestion would be to remove the row color in the second row, and use \cellcolor to ensure that the \multirow text is properly colored:
Another option is to use \cmidrule from the booktabs package (see Known Issues below). This package highly recommends that you not use vertical lines in tables, but have left them in as that was in the original MWE. Note that this also requires setting

\setlength{\aboverulesep}{0pt} and \setlength{\belowrulesep}{0pt}
Use the \hhline package which provides a command similar to \hline which takes a parameter similar to a tabular specification, so that vertical lines can be properly handled. The output of this is similar to that produced in #2 above. (see Known Issues below)

Known Issues

Both the booktabs and hhline solutions have an issue in that there is a white line in the \multirow text which I do not know how to fix.

Code: Remove row color from second row:

\documentclass[table]{beamer}
\usepackage{xcolor,multirow}

\begin{document}
%%%
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{table example}
  \begin{table}[h]
    \centering
    \rowcolors[]{2}{blue!20}{blue!10}
    \begin{tabular}{|c|cccccc|} \hline
      \rowcolor[gray]{.9}
      &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c}{first} &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c}{second} &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c|}{third} \\
      \cline{2-7}
      \rowcolor[gray]{1}
      \multirow{-2}{*}{left\cellcolor[gray]{.9}}
      & $x_1$ & $x_2$ & $x_3$ & $x_4$ & $x_5$ & $x_6$ \\ \hline
      A & a1 & a2 & a3 & a4 & a5 & a6 \\ 
      B & b1 & b2 & \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor{blue!20}}c}{b34} & b5 & b6 \\
      C & c1 & c2 & c3 & c4 & c5 & c6 \\
      D & d1 & d2 & d3 & d4 & d5 & d6 \\ \hline
    \end{tabular}
  \end{table}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Code: Use `booktabs` package:

\documentclass[table]{beamer}
\usepackage{xcolor,multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\setlength{\aboverulesep}{0pt}
\setlength{\belowrulesep}{0pt}

\begin{document}
%%%
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{table example}
  \begin{table}[h]
    \centering
    \rowcolors[]{2}{blue!20}{blue!10}
    \begin{tabular}{|c|cccccc|} \hline
      \rowcolor[gray]{.9}
      &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c}{first} &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c}{second} &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c|}{third} \\
      \cmidrule{2-7}
      \rowcolor[gray]{.9}
      \multirow{-2}{*}{left}
      & $x_1$ & $x_2$ & $x_3$ & $x_4$ & $x_5$ & $x_6$ \\ \hline
      A & a1 & a2 & a3 & a4 & a5 & a6 \\ 
      B & b1 & b2 & \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor{blue!20}}c}{b34} & b5 & b6 \\
      C & c1 & c2 & c3 & c4 & c5 & c6 \\
      D & d1 & d2 & d3 & d4 & d5 & d6 \\ \hline
    \end{tabular}
  \end{table}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Code: `hhline` package:

\documentclass[table]{beamer}
\usepackage{xcolor,multirow}
\usepackage{hhline}

\begin{document}
%%%
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{table example}
  \begin{table}[h]
    \centering
    \rowcolors[]{2}{blue!20}{blue!10}
    \begin{tabular}{|c|cccccc|} \hline
      \rowcolor[gray]{.9}
      &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c}{first} &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c}{second} &
      \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor[gray]{.9}}c|}{third} \\
      %\cline{2-7}
      \hhline{~|------}
      \rowcolor[gray]{.9}
      \multirow{-2}{*}{left}
      & $x_1$ & $x_2$ & $x_3$ & $x_4$ & $x_5$ & $x_6$ \\ \hline
      A & a1 & a2 & a3 & a4 & a5 & a6 \\ 
      B & b1 & b2 & \multicolumn{2}{>{\columncolor{blue!20}}c}{b34} & b5 & b6 \\
      C & c1 & c2 & c3 & c4 & c5 & c6 \\
      D & d1 & d2 & d3 & d4 & d5 & d6 \\ \hline
    \end{tabular}
  \end{table}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] tabular – \cline not working

Your table, after suitable completion, will compile with some warnings about over/under full boxes which I solved with the following modifications:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[textwidth=17cm]{geometry}% just for the example
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}

\noindent\begin{tabular}{ | p{2cm} | p{4cm} | p{4cm} | p{4cm} | }
\hline
Název & \multicolumn{3}{ l|}{vypsatZapojeniResiteluDoProjektu}\\
\hline
Popis & \multicolumn{3}{ l|}{Vedouci pracovnik}  \vline \\
\hline
Priorita & 1 = vysoka & \textbf{Frekvence} & nekolikrat denne \\
\hline
\parbox[t]{2cm}{Vstupni\\ podminky} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}|}{sdgsdgsg.}\\
\hline
\parbox[t]{2cm}{Vystupni\\ podminky} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}|}{sdgsdgsga.}\\
\hline
Uzivatele & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}|}{sdgsdgsdg.}\\
\hline
\multirow{3}{2cm}{Zakladni\\ posloupnost} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}|}{sgdsgsdg.}\\
\cline{2-4}
& \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}|}{sdgsdgg.}\\
\cline{2-4}
& \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sgsdggdsg.} \vline \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

And here's the result:

enter image description here

I would like to suggest you, however, some changes to your table, using the features provided by the booktabs package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[textwidth=16cm]{geometry}% just for the example
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

\noindent\begin{tabular}{@{}p{2cm}p{4cm}@{}p{4cm}@{}p{4cm}@{}}
\toprule
Název & \multicolumn{3}{ l }{vypsatZapojeniResiteluDoProjektu} \\
\midrule
Popis & \multicolumn{3}{ l }{Vedouci pracovnik}  \\
\midrule
Priorita & 1 = vysoka & \textbf{Frekvence} & nekolikrat denne \\
\midrule
\parbox[t]{2cm}{Vstupni\\ podminky} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sdgsdgsg.} \\
\midrule
\parbox[t]{2cm}{Vystupni\\  podminky} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sdgsdgsga.} \\
\midrule
Uzivatele & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sdgsdgsdg.} \\
\midrule
\multirow{4}{2cm}{Zakladni\\ posloupnost} & \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sgdsgsdg.} \\
\cmidrule{2-4}
& \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sdgsdgg.} \\
\cmidrule{2-4}
& \multicolumn{3}{p{12cm}}{sgsdggdsg.} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

Now the table has the following aspect:

enter image description here

As you can see, the spacing between the horizontal lines and the cell contents has improved; also, the absence of vertical rules improves the readability (vertical rules are superfluous). Depending on the actual content of the cells, it would even be possible to remove more lines; refer to the package documentation to see additional features provided by booktabs.

[Tex/LaTex] Colored tables and cline/hhline

enter image description here

You shouldn't need the \noalign{\vskip and the amounts in the fudge factor probably depend on which pdf viewer you use, but sometimes it helps to keep the rules a little bit away from the coloured panels.

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} 
\usepackage{colortbl} 
\usepackage{hhline} 
\usepackage{multirow} 

\begin{document} 


\begin{figure}[hbt]
\centering
\small\sf
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|>{\columncolor[gray]{.8}}c|c|c|c|} \hhline{|*6{-}|}\noalign{\vskip.2pt}
\rowcolor[gray]{.8} &  &  & \multicolumn{3}{c|}{Year} \\ \hhline{|*6{-}|}\noalign{\vskip.2pt}
\rowcolor[gray]{.8} Country & GOR & UA &  2006 &  2007 &  2008 \\ \hhline{|*6{-}|}\noalign{\vskip.2pt}
\cellcolor[gray]{.8} & \cellcolor[gray]{.8} &  Milton Keynes & 92 & 94 & 96 \\\hhline{|*2{>{\arrayrulecolor[gray]{.8}}-}>{\arrayrulecolor{black}}|*4{-}|}
\cellcolor[gray]{.8} & \multirow{-2}{*}{\cellcolor[gray]{.8}South East} & Reading & 58 & 58 & 60 \\\hhline{|*1{>{\arrayrulecolor[gray]{.8}}-}*5{>{\arrayrulecolor{black}}-}|}
\multirow{-3}{*}{\cellcolor[gray]{.8}England} & \cellcolor[gray]{.8} South West &  Bournemouth& 71 & 72 & 73 \\ \hline
\cellcolor[gray]{.8} & \cellcolor[gray]{.8} & Cardiff & 132.1 & 134.2 & 136.7 \\ \hhline{|*2{>{\arrayrulecolor[gray]{.8}}-}*4{>{\arrayrulecolor{black}}-}|}
\multirow{-2}{*}{\cellcolor[gray]{.8}Wales} & \multirow{-2}{*}{\cellcolor[gray]{.8}Wales} & Newport & 58.7 & $\perp$ & 59.6 \\ \hhline{|*6{-}|}
\end{tabular}  
\caption{Now there is a white line where it shouldn't be}
\end{figure}    

\end{document}

Best Answer

Known Issues

Code: Remove row color from second row:

Code: Use booktabs package:

Code: hhline package:

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] tabular – \cline not working

[Tex/LaTex] Colored tables and cline/hhline

Related Question

Code: Use `booktabs` package:

Code: `hhline` package: