I'm struggling with this piece of LaTeX code:
\begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
\begin{tabu} to \textwidth {>{\itshape}r c}
Foo:&\makebox[5cm]{}\\
\cline{2-2}\\[-0.5em]
& Foo
\end{tabu}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
\begin{tabu} to \textwidth {>{\itshape}r c}
Bar:&\makebox[5cm]{}\\
\cline{2-2}\\[-0.5em]
& Bar
\end{tabu}
\end{minipage}
It has an overfull hbox of 17.62482pt too wide
, just to the right of the minipages (see screenshot below). I can fix it by setting the width to 0.45\textwidth
, but that's obviously not the right way.
How do I pin down what is causing this? Or is there some obvious error in my code that I am missing?
Best Answer
Sigur pointed out the answer in the comments:
Every paragraph is indented as default. Since the minipage begins a new paragraph it too will be indented. This behaviour can be prohibited by putting
\noindent
just before the new paragraph (the minipage environment), or by using\setlength{\parindent}{0cm}
in the top matter.