[Tex/LaTex] Set longtable to fit the page-width

fitlongtabletableswidth

I would like to set a longtable to fit correctly the page-witdh. From now, I've this situation:

longtable-width-error

and the related tex code is:

\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage[tableposition=below]{caption}

[…]

We now present a table that summarises the possible scenarios that can happen in the overlap zone.
{\small \begin{center}
\begin{longtable}{|c|c|c|}

\hline \textbf{Type of movement in the overlap zone} & \textbf{State of the object in camera 1} & \textbf{State of the object in camera 2}  \\ \hline
\endfirsthead

\hline \textbf{Type of movement in the overlap zone} & \textbf{State of the object in camera 1} & \textbf{State of the object in camera 2}  \\ \hline
\endhead

\hline
\caption{Table title.}
\endfoot

\caption{Table title.}
\endlastfoot

Object moving from camera 1 to camera 2 & Object will eventually be in the \emph{exiting} state and the be \emph{deleted} & Object will be recognised as a \emph{new} object, then become \emph{to be classified} and eventually \emph{classified} \\ \hline
\end{longtable}  
\end{center}
}

How can I fix the error?

Best Answer

Use the tabu with its environment

\begin{longtabu} to \textwidth {|X|X|X|}
…
\end{longtabu}

For more information, see the documentation of tabu.

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] fit table on page width

Please always post complete small documents that show the problem. It is hard to offer advice for such a frament however

\begin{table}[H]

avoid using H as it disables the float mechanism (which is the whole point of the table environment)

{1.8\textwidth}{2\textheight}

You should avoid scaling tables as it makes inconsistent font sizes, better to use \small or another suitable size (I see you have tried \scriptsize but teh \resizebox would negate any effects of the size change. But here you are scaling the table to be twice as big as the page so it has no chance of fitting.

You are using c columns which are as wide as their widest entry, perhaps you want p{1cm} columns for some width, to allow text in the entries to wrap to multiple lines. It is impossible to say given your fragment.

[Tex/LaTex] Make longtable automatically fit page (line width)

(Without knowing much about your cell contents), You can use ltablex package and convert your long table in to breakable tabularx. Here one can use X column type that will be evenly wider.

\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{ltablex} % uncommenting this line will work
\keepXColumns

\title{MyTitle}
\author{Me}

\begin{document}

    \maketitle

    \section{First}
    %some words here

    \begin{landscape} %landscape mode
        \begin{tabularx}{1.5\textheight}{l|l|l|X|X}
            head1 & head2 & head3 & head4 & head5 \\
            \hline
            \endhead % all the rows above this will be repeated on every page

            %col5 goes out of the page (the real text is much longer)
            foo & foo & foo bar & foo bar foo bar foo bar & foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar \\ \hline
            foo & foo bar foo & foo bar foo bar foo bar foo & foo bar & foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar \\ \hline
            foo & foo & foo bar foo bar foo bar foo & foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar &  foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar foo bar \\ \hline

            %some more rows here

        \end{tabularx}
    \end{landscape}
\end{document}

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