boxescolorminipage
I would like to have something like a minipage with colored background, i.e. a box where you can predefine the width and the background color. My attempt
\colorbox{green}{\begin{minipage}{\slwidth}
Some text
\end{minipage}}
lead to a box which was a bit wider than the original minipage. Any suggestions?
Here is a tikz only approach. Adjust exs suitably.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz,mathtools}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows}
\newcommand*{\ident}[1]{\texttt{\small #1}}
\tikzstyle{refines} = [->, >=open triangle 45]
\newcommand{\refi}[3]{%
\( #1 \)
\tikz[baseline={([yshift=-0.5ex]a.south)}]{%
\node[minimum width=2em,align=center] (a) {$#2$}; %%<<---- width here
\draw[refines] (a.south west) -- ([xshift=1ex]a.south east);} %% <<---- shift here
\(#3 \)}
\begin{document}
This is a test \refi{\ident{1}}{\text{t}}{\ident{2}}\ident{2} that continues here.
This is a test \refi{1}{\text{longer text}}{1} that continues here.
A further test \refi{j_2}{\alpha-x e^{p/q}}{a^2} with more text.
\end{document}
The magic word here is minimum width=2em option for the node. I have also used some xshift for the arrow head to make it more symmetric. Adjust these values as you need.
By using tikzpicture (remove showframe to see the header like you want ) :
\documentclass[a0, landscape]{a0poster}
\usepackage[margin={1cm,1cm}]{geometry}
\usepackage{mwe}
\usepackage{multicol} % This is so we can have multiple columns of text side-by-side
\columnsep=100pt % This is the amount of white space between the columns in the poster
\columnseprule=0pt % This is the thickness of the black line between the columns in the poster
\usepackage[svgnames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[framemethod=TikZ]{mdframed}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{path}} % Location of the graphics files
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption}
\usepackage{amsfonts, amsmath, amsthm, amssymb}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% POSTER HEADER
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% The header is divided into three boxes:
% The first is 55% wide and houses the title, subtitle, names and university/organization
% The second is 25% wide and houses contact information
% The third is 19% wide and houses a logo for your university/organization or a photo of you
% The widths of these boxes can be easily edited to accommodate your content as you see fit
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
\node[rectangle, fill=cyan, anchor=north west, xshift=1cm, yshift=-1cm] at (current page.north west)
{
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.55\linewidth}
\veryHuge \color{BrickRed} \textbf{Title of Poster} \color{Black}\\ % Title
\huge \textbf{Authors}\\ % Author(s)
\huge University\\ % University/organization
\end{minipage}
%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.25\linewidth}
\color{DarkSlateGray}\Large \textbf{Contact Information:}\\
University \\
Address\\\\
Phone: (800)-999-9999\\
Email: email@domain.com\\
\end{minipage}
%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.19\linewidth}
\begin{flushright}
% \includegraphics[width=20cm]{"/Users/hgducharme/Documents/School/Projects/Calculus II Honors/Poster Board/figures/logo"}
\includegraphics[width=20cm]{example-image}
\end{flushright}
\end{minipage}
};
\end{tikzpicture}
\vspace{1cm} % A bit of extra whitespace between the header and poster content
\end{document}
Best Answer
You have to set
\fboxsep=0ptto avoid the extra padding around the minipage. Try this: