[Tex/LaTex] Drawing LaTeX boxes

boxes

I want to write something like in the attached file. enter image description here

In particular I want the box to be flexible in such a way that it can contain the text — both in the small box and the bigger one.

Any help will be appreciated.

Best Answer

An example with tcolorbox.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}

\newtcolorbox{mybox}[1]{%
colback=white,
colbacktitle=white,
coltitle=black,
leftrule=0pt,
rightrule=0pt,
toprule=0.4pt,
bottomrule=0.4pt,
boxsep=0pt,
left=0pt,
right=0pt,
top=10pt,
bottom=10pt,
arc=0pt,
breakable,
enhanced,
attach boxed title to top center={yshift=-2mm},
boxed title style={boxrule=0.4pt,arc=0pt},
title=#1}

\usepackage{lipsum} % just for the example

\begin{document}
\begin{mybox}{A title}
\lipsum[1]
\end{mybox}
\end{document}

Output

enter image description here

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[Tex/LaTex] Drawing boxes around words

You can use TikZ with the overlay option and a correct anchor. That would look like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand\mybox[2][]{\tikz[overlay]\node[fill=blue!20,inner sep=2pt, anchor=text, rectangle, rounded corners=1mm,#1] {#2};\phantom{#2}}
\begin{document}
   \noindent
   this is some text \mybox[fill=blue!20]{box} text\\
   this is some text box text
\end{document}

You can specify extra options (like I have done here for the color). By using the overlay option and the text anchor we ensure correct placement and no influence on spacing. The phantom is added to get the normal spacing for the content of the box. This is the result of the example code:

TikZ text box

Edit: To show that the vertical spacing is not affected either, consider the following:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand\mybox[2][]{\tikz[overlay]\node[fill=blue!20,inner sep=2pt, anchor=text, rectangle, rounded corners=1mm,#1] {#2};\phantom{#2}}
\begin{document}
  \begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
    \noindent
    this is some text \mybox[fill=blue!20]{box} text\\
    this is some text box text
  \end{minipage}
  \begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
    \noindent
    this is some text box text\\
    this is some text box text
  \end{minipage}    
\end{document}

Which results in:

TikZ text box vertical spacing

[Tex/LaTex] Add whitespace around a box

The adjustbox package provides \marginbox{<value(s)>}{<content>} which adds an margin, i.e. whitespace around all sites of the content. You can give either one value for all sites, two for left/right and top/bottom or four for left, bottom, right and top. Values must be separated by spaces.

Examples:

\usepackage{adjustbox}
% ...

\marginbox{1pt}{\fcolorbox{blue}{red}{text}}% Adds 1sp space around the box

\marginbox{1pt 0pt}{\fcolorbox{blue}{red}{text}}% Adds 1sp space to the left and right of the box

\marginbox{1pt 0pt 2pt 0pt}{\fcolorbox{blue}{red}{text}}% Adds 1sp space to the left and 2pt to the right of the box

There is also the margin key for \adjustbox{<key=value,...>}{<content>} from the same package. It also provides bgcolor (background color) and cfbox (colored framed box) which can be used as an replacement for \fcolorbox (but you still need to load xcolor).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{adjustbox}

\newcommand{\mybox}{\adjustbox{cfbox=blue,bgcolor=red,margin=1pt}}

\begin{document}

\fcolorbox{red}{green}{text}\fcolorbox{blue}{red}{text}

\adjustbox{cfbox=red,bgcolor=green,margin=1pt}{text}\mybox{text}

\end{document}

Result

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