horizontal alignmentmoderncv
I'm using moderncv to write my CV but right now, the name is in the top-left of the page, and the information (Age, address, email etc…) in the top-right.
Is that possible to align name and information in the top-middle of the page ? I'd like something like this:
- Full name
- Adress
- Phone number
(Centred).
If you could explain me how to do it (I don't know how to use '\renewcommand').
The bullet is stored in the macro \makeheaddetailssymbol and is inserted between every element of the title. By default it's defined to be
\newcommand*{\makeheaddetailssymbol}{%
{~~~{\rmfamily\textbullet}~~~}}% the \rmfamily is required to force Latin Modern fonts when using sans serif, as OMS/lmss/m/n is not defined and gets substituted by OMS/cmsy/m/n
% internal command to add an element to the footer
% it collects the elements in a temporary box, and checks when to flush the box
You could update this to
\renewcommand*{\makeheaddetailssymbol}{~~~}
to insert 3 spaces between elements, or however you wish.
The name etc. are placed in a \begin{minipage}[b]...\end{minipage} and the information on the right is in a \begin{tabular}[b]..\end{tabular}. You can remove or change the alignment arguments [b] with the patching commands from etoolbox. The following will give vertical centering, which was your preferred option.
Updated for newer versions of moderncv:
\documentclass{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\name{John}{Doe}
\address{Street St., 167}{8888 Town}{Country}
\phone{+1~(234)~567~890}
\homepage{xxx.ddd.cc.ee}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\patchcmd{\makecvhead}{{minipage}[b]}{{minipage}[c]}{}{}
\patchcmd{\makecvhead}{{tabular}[b]}{{tabular}[c]}{}{}
\begin{document}
\makecvtitle
\end{document}
Use [t] arguments aligns at the top, but this with respect to baselines of the first line of each box, so is often not what you expect.
Working a bit harder we get top alignment as follows:
\documentclass{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\name{John}{Doe}
\address{Street St., 167}{8888 Town}{Country}
\phone{+1~(234)~567~890}
\homepage{xxx.ddd.cc.ee}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\patchcmd{\makecvhead}{{minipage}[b]}{{minipage}[t]}{}{}
\newsavebox{\mytempbox}
\newlength{\mytitleoffset}
\savebox{\mytempbox}{\addressfont S}
\setlength{\mytitleoffset}{\ht\mytempbox}
\patchcmd{\makecvhead}{\raggedleft\fi}{\raggedleft\fi\vspace{-\mytitleoffset}}{}{}
\patchcmd{\makecvhead}{{tabular}[b]}{{tabular}[t]}{}{}
\begin{document}
\makecvtitle
\end{document}
Note that we have measured the height of the largest character S in the first line of the address. With other material in that block you would have find something appropriate to measure.
Best Answer
At the time of writing,
moderncvcurrently has 5 default themes (casual,classic,banking,oldstyle, andfancy).Of these 5 default themes,
bankingis the only one that puts the title/header information in the top center of the page, like you want:To use this theme, you just need to declare
\moderncvstyle{banking}in your preamble.The following MWE produces the document in the screen shot above:
While it is possible to customize
moderncv, if you're not satisfied withbanking, it might ultimately be easier to build your own template.