If I have a minipage
\begin{minipage}{5cm}
content
\end{minipage}
How can I determine its height and save this value as a length?
[Tex/LaTex] How to determine the height of a minipage
dimensionsheightminipage
Related Solutions
\begin{minipage}[t][10cm][t]{\textwidth}
will make a top aligned minipage that is 10cm tall.
You can do it by boxing the content and then adding the depth and height of the box to obtain the total height:
\setbox0=\vtop{%
\begin{block}{Block 1}
Other text
\end{block}%
}
\setlength{\myheight}{\ht0}%
\addtolength{\myheight}{\dp0}%
Code:
\documentclass{beamer}
\mode<presentation>
{
\usetheme{Frankfurt}
}
\newlength{\myheight}
\begin{document}
\setbox0=\vtop{%
\begin{block}{Block 1}
Other text
\end{block}%
}
\setlength{\myheight}{\ht0}%
\addtolength{\myheight}{\dp0}%
\begin{frame}
Some text
\begin{overlayarea}{\textwidth}{\myheight} %\myheight is the quantity to be determined
\only<1>{
\begin{block}{Block 1}
Other text
\end{block}
\begin{block}{Block 2}
Still more text
\end{block}
}
\only<2>{
\begin{block}{Block 3}
Yet more text
\end{block}
}
\end{overlayarea}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
Best Answer
If you also want to typeset the minipage you may want to save it in a box and instead say
rather than typesetting it twice once just for measuring purposes.