[Tex/LaTex] Including “boxes inside boxes” in baposter

baposterblockboxes

I have divided my poster into \headerbox correctly.

I would like to modify the following example because in the results section I would like to make subdivisions or boxes in order to show different results. By the way, I have chosen this template but if you think it would be better to use a different one please say it. Any ideas?

\documentclass[portrait,final,a0paper,fontscale=0.32]{baposter}

\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{relsize}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{multicol}



\usepackage{palatino}


\graphicspath{{images/}{../images/}}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

\newcommand{\SET}[1]  {\ensuremath{\mathcal{#1}}}
\newcommand{\MAT}[1]  {\ensuremath{\boldsymbol{#1}}}
\newcommand{\VEC}[1]  {\ensuremath{\boldsymbol{#1}}}
\newcommand{\Video}{\SET{V}}
\newcommand{\video}{\VEC{f}}
\newcommand{\track}{x}
\newcommand{\Track}{\SET T}
\newcommand{\LMs}{\SET L}
\newcommand{\lm}{l}
\newcommand{\PosE}{\SET P}
\newcommand{\posE}{\VEC p}
\newcommand{\negE}{\VEC n}
\newcommand{\NegE}{\SET N}
\newcommand{\Occluded}{\SET O}
\newcommand{\occluded}{o}

\newcommand{\blank}[1]{\hspace*{#1}}


\setlength{\columnsep}{1.5em}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0mm}


\newcommand{\compresslist}{%
\setlength{\itemsep}{1pt}%
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}%
\setlength{\parsep}{0pt}%
}


\begin{document}

\definecolor{lightblue}{rgb}{0.145,0.6666,1}
\hyphenation{resolution occlusions}

\begin{poster}%
  % Poster Options
  {
  % Show grid to help with alignment
  grid=false,
  % Column spacing
  colspacing=1em,
  % Color style
  bgColorOne=white,
  bgColorTwo=white,
  borderColor=lightblue,
  headerColorOne=black,
  headerColorTwo=lightblue,
  headerFontColor=white,
  boxColorOne=white,
  boxColorTwo=lightblue,
  textborder=roundedleft,
  eyecatcher=true,
  headerborder=closed,
  headerheight=0.15\textheight,
  headershape=roundedright,
  headershade=shadelr,
  headerfont=\Large\bf\textsc, %Sans Serif
  textfont={\setlength{\parindent}{1.5em}},
  boxshade=plain,
  background=plain,
  linewidth=2pt
  }
  % Eye Catcher
  {}
  %{\includegraphics[height=5em]{images/logoUPM.pdf}} 
  % Title
  {\bf\textsc{Tittle}\vspace{0.5em}}
  % Authors
  {Authors\\
   University\\
    mail@mail.com}


    \newcommand{\colouredcircle}{%
      \tikz{\useasboundingbox (-0.2em,-0.32em) rectangle(0.2em,0.32em); \draw[draw=black,fill=lightblue,line width=0.03em] (0,0) circle(0.18em);}}

  \headerbox{Abstract}{name=problem,column=0,span=3, row=0}{
Text

    }
  \headerbox{Introduction}{name=introduction,column=0,  below=problem}{
Text

  }

  \headerbox{References}{name=references,column=0, above=bottom}{
Text

  }

  \headerbox{Conclusions}{name=results,column=1,span=2, above=bottom}{
Text

 } 
 \headerbox{Results}{name=Shaped-Beam,below=problem, above=results,column=1,span=2,row=0}{
Text
  }

  \headerbox{Some Maths}{name=method,column=0,below=introduction,above=references}{

Text

  }

\end{poster}

\end{document}

Best Answer

You could always use plain old \section* to make subheadings. If that is too plain, use for example tcolorbox and customize the box to your liking. For the code below, I just copied an example from the manual and changed the colors and text a bit.

Please add a comment if you have any more specific guidelines.

(I removed most of your preamble, because I don't really think it was relevant to the question.)

enter image description here

\documentclass[portrait,final,a0paper,fontscale=0.32]{baposter}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}

\setlength{\columnsep}{1.5em}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0mm}

\begin{document}

\definecolor{lightblue}{rgb}{0.145,0.6666,1}
\hyphenation{resolution occlusions}

\begin{poster}%
  % Poster Options
  {
  % Show grid to help with alignment
  grid=false,
  % Column spacing
  colspacing=1em,
  % Color style
  bgColorOne=white,
  bgColorTwo=white,
  borderColor=lightblue,
  headerColorOne=black,
  headerColorTwo=lightblue,
  headerFontColor=white,
  boxColorOne=white,
  boxColorTwo=lightblue,
  textborder=roundedleft,
  eyecatcher=true,
  headerborder=closed,
  headerheight=0.15\textheight,
  headershape=roundedright,
  headershade=shadelr,
  headerfont=\Large\bf\textsc, %Sans Serif
  textfont={\setlength{\parindent}{1.5em}},
  boxshade=plain,
  background=plain,
  linewidth=2pt
  }
  % Eye Catcher
  {}
  %{\includegraphics[height=5em]{images/logoUPM.pdf}} 
  % Title
  {\bf\textsc{Tittle}\vspace{0.5em}}
  % Authors
  {Authors\\
   University\\
    mail@mail.com}


  \headerbox{Abstract}{name=problem,column=0,span=3, row=0}{
Text

    }
  \headerbox{Introduction}{name=introduction,column=0,  below=problem}{
Text

  }

  \headerbox{References}{name=references,column=0, above=bottom}{
Text

  }

  \headerbox{Conclusions}{name=results,column=1,span=2, above=bottom}{
Text

 } 
 \headerbox{Results}{name=Shaped-Beam,below=problem, above=results,column=1,span=2,row=0}{
\section*{First result}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{tcolorbox}[colback=blue!5!white,colframe=blue!75!black,title=Second result]
Awesome results.
\tcblower
\lipsum[2]
\end{tcolorbox}  }

  \headerbox{Some Maths}{name=method,column=0,below=introduction,above=references}{

Text

  }

\end{poster}

\end{document}

Columns

If you want content side by side there are several options. tcolorboxes can be placed side by side, so that is one option. tcolorbox also has the raster library for setting up matrix-like structure. The example in the code below is copied directly from the manual, and merely to show what the package can do. I don't really have much experience with the package, so if it looks interesting I advise you to search this site for examples, and looking at the manual.

A more mundane setup would be to use the multicols environment from the multicol package. With this, the text will continue from the first to the second column. You can of course place images in here as well.

(This code, as the one above, is of course only intended to show a couple of examples.)

enter image description here

\documentclass[portrait,final,a0paper,fontscale=0.32]{baposter}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\newtcolorbox{demobox}[1][]{colback=blue!5!white,colframe=blue!75!black,width=0.48\linewidth,nobeforeafter,box align=top,before=\noindent,#1}

\tcbuselibrary{raster,skins,fitting}

\setlength{\columnsep}{1.5em}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0mm}

\begin{document}

\definecolor{lightblue}{rgb}{0.145,0.6666,1}
\hyphenation{resolution occlusions}

\begin{poster}%
  % Poster Options
  {
  % Show grid to help with alignment
  grid=false,
  % Column spacing
  colspacing=1em,
  % Color style
  bgColorOne=white,
  bgColorTwo=white,
  borderColor=lightblue,
  headerColorOne=black,
  headerColorTwo=lightblue,
  headerFontColor=white,
  boxColorOne=white,
  boxColorTwo=lightblue,
  textborder=roundedleft,
  eyecatcher=true,
  headerborder=closed,
  headerheight=0.15\textheight,
  headershape=roundedright,
  headershade=shadelr,
  headerfont=\Large\bf\textsc, %Sans Serif
  textfont={\setlength{\parindent}{1.5em}},
  boxshade=plain,
  background=plain,
  linewidth=2pt
  }
  % Eye Catcher
  {}
  %{\includegraphics[height=5em]{images/logoUPM.pdf}} 
  % Title
  {\bf\textsc{Tittle}\vspace{0.5em}}
  % Authors
  {Authors\\
   University\\
    mail@mail.com}


  \headerbox{Abstract}{name=problem,column=0,span=3, row=0}{
Text

    }
  \headerbox{Introduction}{name=introduction,column=0,  below=problem}{
Text

  }

  \headerbox{References}{name=references,column=0, above=bottom}{
Text

  }

  \headerbox{Conclusions}{name=results,column=1,span=2, above=bottom}{
Text

 } 
 \headerbox{Results}{name=Shaped-Beam,below=problem, above=results,column=1,span=2,row=0}{
\begin{demobox}[title=First results]
\lipsum[1]
\end{demobox}\hfill
\begin{demobox}[title=Second results]
\lipsum[2]
\end{demobox}

\begin{tcbraster}[raster columns=3,raster rows=3,raster height=0.4\linewidth,
enhanced,size=small,sharp corners,arc=8mm,colframe=red!50!black,
colback=yellow!10!white,watermark overzoom=1.0,fit algorithm=hybrid* ]
\begin{tcolorbox}[rounded corners=northwest,boxrule=0pt,
watermark graphics=example-image]\end{tcolorbox}
\tcboxfit{\lipsum[1]}
\begin{tcolorbox}[rounded corners=northeast,boxrule=0pt,
watermark graphics=example-image-a]\end{tcolorbox}
\tcboxfit{\lipsum[2]}
\begin{tcolorbox}[valign=center,center upper]Nine Boxes.\end{tcolorbox}
\tcboxfit{\lipsum[3]}
\begin{tcolorbox}[rounded corners=southwest,boxrule=0pt,
watermark graphics=example-image-b]\end{tcolorbox}
\tcboxfit{\lipsum[4]}
\begin{tcolorbox}[rounded corners=southeast,boxrule=0pt,
watermark graphics=example-image-c]\end{tcolorbox}
\end{tcbraster}

\begin{multicols}{2}
\section*{Stuff}
\lipsum[3-4]
\section*{Other stuff}
\lipsum[5]
\end{multicols}

}

  \headerbox{Some Maths}{name=method,column=0,below=introduction,above=references}{

Text

  }

\end{poster}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] baposter multi-line headerbox

If I'm not mistaken, this is where the title is defined in baposter.cls

\ifbaposter@eyecatcher% Has eye catcher%
  \draw (image.east) node(title)[anchor=west,text width=\baposter@titleimage@textwidth]{%
    \begin{minipage}{\baposter@titleimage@textwidth}%
      \begin{center}%
      \textbf{\Huge #3}\\%
      {\Large #4}%
      \end{center}%
    \end{minipage}
  };%
\else% Has no eye catcher
  \draw (image.east) node(title)[anchor=west]  { {\begin{minipage}{\baposter@titleimage@textwidth}{\bfseries\Huge #3}\\{\Large #4}\end{minipage}} };%
\fi

Obviously, the fontsize used are Huge and Large, while the tikz node where they are ''hosted'' has no specific font size defined, which will cause bad line spacing. I'd recommend doing it slightly differently and modifying this portion of code such as

the font size is correctly set inside the tikz node
the #3 and #4 contents are in two different nodes
the minipage environment is avoided

This would mean some code like this (for the if part, to be adapted for the else part):

  \draw (image.east) node(title)[anchor=west,text width=\baposter@titleimage@textwidth,text badly centered,font=\Huge\bfseries]{#3};
  \node[below of=title,anchor=west,text width=\baposter@titleimage@textwidth,text badly centered,font=\Large]{#4};

Note that the positioning library of tikz might be requested if not already defined in the class header.

[Tex/LaTex] Distance of boxes in baposter

The row placement is defined by the row= key. row takes a real number corresponding to the proportion of the \textheight (here your paper height minus the margins minus the poster header).

So row=0.1 places the box at a distance 0.1\textheight from the top of the poster area. If you use the relative placement keys like below= or align=, this will override the row= definition

In essence, you can place a box anywhere in the column, including overlapping another box (see the example where Box 4 overlaps Box3).

I added the headerfont key to the MWE. It isn't necessary to use formatting macros in the headerbox to set their format. It can be done globally, as indicated.

This is the result:

This is the MWE:

\documentclass[landscape,paperwidth=22in,paperheight=28in, fontscale=.5]{baposter}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{relsize}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{setspace}
\linespread{1}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{ae}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}

\graphicspath{{images/}}
\renewcommand\refname{}

\newcommand{\RotUP}[1]{\begin{sideways}#1\end{sideways}}

 \setlength{\columnsep}{5pt}
 \setlength{\columnseprule}{0mm}

\newcommand{\compresslist}{%
 \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}%
 \setlength{\parskip}{0pt}%
 \setlength{\parsep}{0pt}%
 }

\begin{document}

\begin{poster}{
 grid=false,
 colspacing=0.5em,
 headerColorOne=cyan!20!white!90!black,
 borderColor=cyan!30!white!90!black,
 textborder=faded,
 headerborder=open,
 headershape=roundedright,
 headershade=plain,
 background=none,
 bgColorOne=cyan!10!white,
 boxheaderheight=.5cm,
 headerfont=\bfseries\large,  <-- % Set headerbox format
 headerheight=0.1\textheight}    
{Header}{}{}

\headerbox{Box1:}{name=box1,column=0,row=0,span=2}
{First box}

\headerbox{Box2:}{name=box2,column=0,row=0.05,span=2}
{Second box}

\headerbox{Box3:}{name=box3,column=0,row=0.10,span=2}
{Third box}

\headerbox{Box4:}{name=box4,column=0,row=0.12,span=2}
{Fourth box}

\end{poster}

\end{document}

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Columns

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