When using \colorbox{color}{text} to put background color for the text in a table, the text with background color seems to take more space and makes the respective cell higher and wider. Is there a way to use \colorbox{color}{text} in a table cell without affecting the dimension of the cell?
[Tex/LaTex] \colorbox{color}{text} without increasing the height and width of the cell in a table
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Do you thing on something like this:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{>{\color{red}}c >{\color{red}}c}
\hline
A & B \\
C & D \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
If you wish in red (or other selected color) entire table (with lines), than before table just put command \color{red}
unfortunately coloring of rows and columns in table doesn't has option for transparency of row colors (as far as i know). so it should be imitated by \cellcolor with appropriate color. for example like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\newcommand\ccg[1]{\cellcolor{gray!30!red!30}{#1}} % for cells in second column
% and gray colored rows
\newcommand\ccw[1]{\cellcolor{red!15}{#1}} % for cells in second column
% white colored rows
\begin{document}
\rowcolors{1}{white}{gray!30}
\begin{tabular}{c c c}
a & \ccw{b} & c \\
\hline
1 & \ccg{2} & 3 \\
4 & \ccw{5} & 6 \\
7 & \ccg{8} & 9 \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Best Answer
You need to set the value of
\fboxsepto zero to remove the extra margin:You don't need the outer braces if it is the whole cell, however then I would use the macros of the
colortblorcolortabpackages. The newtabupackage also provides a lot of new features for tables, including a lot of different color features, but it might be an effort to change to this package.You can also use the
adjustboxpackage for this:which draws a tight frame as well. It has also an extended syntax which allows to set the rule thickness, inner separation and outer margin:
The margin can be negative and if it is -(thickness+inner sep) the original size is kept, e.g.:
(The
{ }around the macros are there to preserve the space behind them.)