[Tex/LaTex] \multirow and \bigstrut[b] not working together

multirow

\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{bigstrut}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{tabularx}


\begin{document}

    \newcolumntype{R}{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}X}

    \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{X R}

    Column 1 & Column 2 \\ \hline

    1.1 & \multirow{2}[2]{*}{2a} \bigstrut[t] \\
    1.2 &     \bigstrut[b] \\ \hline 

    1.3 & \multirow{3}[2]{*}{2b} \bigstrut[t] \\
    1.4 &   \\
    1.5 &   \bigstrut[b] \\ \hline

    1.6 & 2c \bigstrut \\ \hline

    \end{tabularx}

\end{document}

The output for this code I'm getting is:
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My question is:

Notice how in the 1st two sections, viz. 2a and 2b, \bigstrut[b] is adding an extra amount of space when used in conjunction with \multirow. I checked some table tutorials online where they make use of this same construct, yet with no difficulty! Why is this happening?

Best Answer

I don't think you should normally put anything other than the \multirow arguments in the initial cell, nor anything at all in the cells that are spanned. Also you need a \noindent before the table so that the full width table fits on a line.

I don't know if this is the layout you wanted but it doesn't have the big gaps. I just moved the struts to the first column.

\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{bigstrut}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{tabularx}


\begin{document}

    \newcolumntype{R}{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}X}

    \noindent
    \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{X R}

    Column 1 & Column 2 \\ \hline

    1.1\bigstrut[t] & \multirow{2}[2]{*}{2a} \\
    1.2\bigstrut[b] &     \\ \hline 

    1.3\bigstrut[t] & \multirow{3}[2]{*}{2b} \\
    1.4 &   \\
    1.5\bigstrut[b] &   \\ \hline

    1.6\bigstrut & 2c \\ \hline

    \end{tabularx}

\end{document}

result

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