[Tex/LaTex] Increasing the height of the Beamer footline

beamerheader-footertablesthemes

When I add a tabularenvironment to the footline of my presentation, only the first line is shown. How can I increase the heigth of the footline to show the whole table?

example

\documentclass[12pt,ngerman]{beamer}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

\begin{document}

\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
{
\tiny\begin{tabular}{p{0.25\textwidth}p{0.25\textwidth}p{0.45\textwidth}}
First line & John Doe & fsdfs\\ 
second line \& Title of the talk & dsdfsd\\
some third line & & 
\end{tabular}
}}

\frame{
\frametitle{fdfsdgdf}

\begin{itemize}
\item 
\item 
\item 
\end{itemize}
}

\end{document}

Best Answer

One option would be to patch the \beamer@calculateheadfoot command (defined in the file beamerbaseframecomponents.sty) to add some space for the new footline:

\documentclass[12pt,ngerman]{beamer}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\beamer@calculateheadfoot}{\advance\footheight by 4pt}{\advance\footheight by 20pt}{}{}
\makeatother

\setbeamertemplate{footline}{
{%
\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=1.5ex,dp=20pt,leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm]{author in head/foot}
\tiny\begin{tabular}[t]{@{}p{0.25\textwidth}p{0.25\textwidth}p{0.38\textwidth}@{}}
First line & John Doe & fsdfs\\ 
second line \& Title of the talk & dsdfsd\\
some third line & & 
\end{tabular}
\end{beamercolorbox}
}}

\begin{document}

\frame{
\frametitle{Test Frame}
\lipsum[4]
}

\end{document}

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I also added a beamercolorbox to the definition, but this is completely optional.

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You can use the \fontsize{size}{skip} command, where size is your desired fontsize, and skip is the distance between lines (multiplied by \baselineskip)

\setbeamerfont{footline}{size=\fontsize{10}{12}\selectfont}

The height of footline is computed to fit the font. Is this what you want?

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One way is to shift up the skip prior to the mid-height \tabucline with a \\[-1pt]. See below for 2nd approach.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5} 
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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Alternately, if you want the thin line to bisect the thick line, then the approach: \\[-1pt] \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]\hline works.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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