positioningtablesvertical alignment
some content
\begin{table}[t]
\begin{tabular}{c c c}
tabular content
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\chapter{new chapter}
The output is:
First page:
some content
Second page:
table centered vertically
Third page:
new chapter
The problem is that table is centered vertically although its position is set to top [t] and second page's content is only table. How to force it to set it really on top?
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{array,ragged2e}
\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\Centering}m{#1}}
\begin{document}
{\def\arraystretch{1.5}
\begin{tabular}{ C{1.8cm} | C{1cm} }
Problem & $\beta$ \\\hline
LCR-1 & 0.25 \\\hline
LCR-10 & 0.05 \\\hline
LCR-0.2 & 0.575 \\\hline
Airplane & 0.05 \\\hline
DR & 0.27
\end{tabular}}
\end{document}
use tabularx with a redefinition of the X columntype, then you do not need the calc package:
\documentclass[a4paper,div=calc]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{booktabs,tabularx}
\renewcommand\tabularxcolumn[1]{m{#1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabularx}{0.5\linewidth}{>{\raggedleft}m{2.5em} X m{5.5em}}%
\toprule\textbf{\#}&\textbf{Name}&\textbf{Notes}\\\midrule%
A & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit&\\
B & An\newline even\newline higher\newline
row\newline with\newline linebreaks & \\
2 & Short Entry &
\\\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}
Best Answer
If LaTeX doesn't find the way to put the table on top, it will keep the float until it finds a
\clearpagecommand. In this case it's issued by\chapter. It's better to give more than one choice, [tp] should suffice.It all depends on how much copy follows the table before the new chapter; if the
tableends the chapter, there won't be many possibilities to place the float on top. Move thetableenvironment back by some paragraphs, until it will be placed on top of the last page of the section.