[Tex/LaTex] Increase row height of tabularx

tablestabularx

I'm using the tabularx package from within memoir for creating a table. I'm trying to set the row height and found for tabular the command

\setlength{\extrarowheight}{40pt}

However, with my tabularx table it doesn't seem to work and I can't find any way to do it (except maybe by manually setting each newline to a certain height)

Is there a better way to set the row height of all rows within a tabularx?

Best Answer

`\extrarowheight`

The dimen register \extrarowheight is provided by package array, which is automatically loaded by package tabularx. Thus \extrarowheight works as expected in the following example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\setlength{\extrarowheight}{40pt}
\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{X}
Hello\\
World
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}

`\arraystretch`

A different method is the redefinition of the factor \arraystretch. It is applied to the automatic struts, inserted in the tabular, see the question "Column padding in tables", found by Werner.

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\documentclass{article}
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\hline 
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\end{tabular}


\end{document}

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