[Tex/LaTex] Spread out selected columns in a table

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I am having troubles (again) with a table in tabularx where I would like to have fixed width for columns 2 to 5 and a table which is wide as the text block.

I also have a problem with the text in the first cell (multirow), which is not vertically centered.

The code I have so far is:

\documentclass[12pt, oneside]{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{5pt}
\usepackage{caption} 
\captionsetup[table]{skip=5pt}
\newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}p{#1}}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\caption{\label{Table}Indices}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{l c c @{\extracolsep{8pt}} c c}
\toprule
\multirow{2}{*}{\textbf{\textit{Index}}}    &   \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{\textit{Method 1}}}  &   \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{\textit{Method 2}}}  \\
\cmidrule{2-3}\cmidrule{4-5}
    & {\textbf{\textit{AA}}} & \textbf{\textit{BB}} & {\textbf{\textit{AA}}} & \textbf{\textit{BB}} \\
\midrule
A1      & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    \\ \medskip\smallskip
A2      & 0.19\%    & 0.19\%    & 0.21\%    & 0.21\%    \\
B1  & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    \\
B2  & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    \\ \medskip\smallskip
B3          & 98.51\%   & 98.53\%   & 98.51\%   & 98.46\%   \\
C1  & 0.84\%    & 0.83\%    & 0.85\%    & 0.84\%    \\
C2  & 0.70\%    & 0.70\%    & 0.71\%    & 0.71\%    \\
C3  & 0.66\%    & 0.66\%    & 0.67\%    & 0.67\%    \\
C4  & 0.61\%    & 0.61\%    & 0.62\%    & 0.61\%    \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Obtaining the following results:

I tried also using simple \tabular environment, but I have problems with the @{\extracolsep{8pt}} and I do not think it is the most correct way to handle this problem.

Please note this is a table in a big document, which is separated in chapters and many packages are used for different needs. The style of the table should also remain the same to be consistent with the rest of the document.

Thanks a lot!

EDIT

I think I am getting closer using tabular environment:

\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\caption{\label{Table}Indices}
\begin{tabular}{m{3.50cm} x{2.3cm} x{2.3cm} @{\extracolsep{8pt}} x{2.3cm} x{2.3cm}}
\toprule
\multirow{2}{*}{\textbf{\textit{Index}}}    &   \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{\textit{Method 1}}}  &   \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{\textit{Method 2}}}  \\
\cmidrule{2-3}\cmidrule{4-5}
    & {\textbf{\textit{AA}}} & \textbf{\textit{BB}} & {\textbf{\textit{AA}}} & \textbf{\textit{BB}} \\
\midrule
A1sometext here     & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    \\ 
A2      & 0.19\%    & 0.19\%    & 0.21\%    & 0.21\%    \\  \medskip\smallskip
B1  & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    \\
B2  & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    \\ 
B3          & 98.51\%   & 98.53\%   & 98.51\%   & 98.46\%   \\  \medskip\smallskip
C1  & 0.84\%    & 0.83\%    & 0.85\%    & 0.84\%    \\
C2  & 0.70\%    & 0.70\%    & 0.71\%    & 0.71\%    \\
C3  & 0.66\%    & 0.66\%    & 0.67\%    & 0.67\%    \\
C4  & 0.61\%    & 0.61\%    & 0.62\%    & 0.61\%    \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Still I have the problem with the vertical centering of the first cell and the space between the rows (A2 to B1 and B3 to C1).

Best Answer

You are loading siunitx but not using it to align the table columns which makes the 98.xx entries look out of line.

I show first with tabular, if you really want to distort the table to full width use tabular* but the main effect of that is to make the table harder to read.

\documentclass[12pt, oneside]{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{5pt}
\usepackage{caption} 
\captionsetup[table]{skip=5pt}


\begin{document}
\begin{table}\centering
\caption{\label{Table}Indices}
\begin{tabular}{l S S !{\hspace{2em}} S S}
\toprule
\multirow{2}{*}{\textbf{\textit{Index}}}    &   \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{\textit{Method 1}}}  &   \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{\textit{Method 2}}}  \\
\cmidrule{2-3}\cmidrule{4-5}
    &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textit{AA}}} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textit{BB}}} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textit{AA}}} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textit{BB}}} \\
\midrule
A1      & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    \\ \medskip\smallskip
A2      & 0.19\%    & 0.19\%    & 0.21\%    & 0.21\%    \\
B1  & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    \\
B2  & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    \\ \medskip\smallskip
B3          & 98.51\%   & 98.53\%   & 98.51\%   & 98.46\%   \\
C1  & 0.84\%    & 0.83\%    & 0.85\%    & 0.84\%    \\
C2  & 0.70\%    & 0.70\%    & 0.71\%    & 0.71\%    \\
C3  & 0.66\%    & 0.66\%    & 0.67\%    & 0.67\%    \\
C4  & 0.61\%    & 0.61\%    & 0.62\%    & 0.61\%    \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\begin{table}\centering
\caption{\label{Table2}Indices}
\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}
l S S !{\hspace{2em}} S S
@{}}
\toprule
\multirow{2}{*}{\textbf{\textit{Index}}}    &   \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{\textit{Method 1}}}  &   \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{\textit{Method 2}}}  \\
\cmidrule{2-3}\cmidrule{4-5}
    &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textit{AA}}} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textit{BB}}} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textit{AA}}} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\textbf{\textit{BB}}} \\
\midrule
A1      & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    & 0.12\%    \\ \medskip\smallskip
A2      & 0.19\%    & 0.19\%    & 0.21\%    & 0.21\%    \\
B1  & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    & 0.06\%    \\
B2  & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    & 0.14\%    \\ \medskip\smallskip
B3          & 98.51\%   & 98.53\%   & 98.51\%   & 98.46\%   \\
C1  & 0.84\%    & 0.83\%    & 0.85\%    & 0.84\%    \\
C2  & 0.70\%    & 0.70\%    & 0.71\%    & 0.71\%    \\
C3  & 0.66\%    & 0.66\%    & 0.67\%    & 0.67\%    \\
C4  & 0.61\%    & 0.61\%    & 0.62\%    & 0.61\%    \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular*}
\end{table}


\end{document}

\end{document}

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Your table is wider then the available \linewidth and the tabularx is used without any X column.

One possibility to get the table right is using \small and defining the first column as an X column:

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Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem} 
\usepackage{siunitx}
%\usepackage{bm}
\begin{document}
\begin{table*}[htb]
  \label{tbl:stats-and-correlations}
  \small\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{X*{8}{c}}
    \toprule
    & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Panel A:}} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Panel B:}}\\ \cmidrule(r){2-5} \cmidrule(l){6-9}
    & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} 
    & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} \\ [0.5ex]
    & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) \\
    \midrule
    Variable~1 &    0.78 &    0.37 &    0.48 &    0.10 &    0.13 &    0.58 &    0.41 &    0.10\\
    Variable~2 &    0.46 &    0.86 &    0.96 &    0.44 &    0.15 &    0.56 &    0.31 &    0.10\\
    Variable~3 &    0.03 &    0.75 &    0.11 &    0.44 &    0.71 &    0.06 &    0.26 &    0.10\\
    Variable~4 &    0.21 &    0.25 &    0.38 &    0.88 &    0.24 &    0.52 &    0.46 &    0.10\\
    Variable~5 &    0.20 &    0.93 &    0.54 &    0.96 &    0.55 &    0.82 &    0.62 &    0.10\\
    Variable~6 &    0.67 &    0.85 &    0.74 &    0.99 &    0.27 &    0.48 &    0.85 &    0.10\\
    Variable~7 &    0.82 &    0.89 &    0.68 &    0.06 &    0.02 &    0.30 &    0.10 &    0.10\\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabularx}
\end{table*}
\end{document}

Note that I have changed \hline to \midrule.

Another possibility is using \small together with tabular* and @{\extracolsep{\fill}} behind the first column definition.

\small\begin{tabular*}{\linewidth}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}*{8}{c}}
...
\end{tabular*}

will stretch all columns so that the width of the table fits \linewidth.

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Or you can use \resizebox from the graphics bundle if your table width differs not so much from line width.

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Code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}% loads also graphicx
\usepackage{siunitx}
%\usepackage{bm}
\begin{document}
\begin{table*}[htb]
  \label{tbl:stats-and-correlations}
  \resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{\begin{tabular}{l*{8}{c}}
    \toprule
    & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Panel A:}} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Panel B:}}\\ \cmidrule(r){2-5} \cmidrule(l){6-9}
    & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} 
    & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} \\ [0.5ex]
    & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) \\
    \midrule
    Variable~1 &    0.78 &    0.37 &    0.48 &    0.10 &    0.13 &    0.58 &    0.41 &    0.10\\
    Variable~2 &    0.46 &    0.86 &    0.96 &    0.44 &    0.15 &    0.56 &    0.31 &    0.10\\
    Variable~3 &    0.03 &    0.75 &    0.11 &    0.44 &    0.71 &    0.06 &    0.26 &    0.10\\
    Variable~4 &    0.21 &    0.25 &    0.38 &    0.88 &    0.24 &    0.52 &    0.46 &    0.10\\
    Variable~5 &    0.20 &    0.93 &    0.54 &    0.96 &    0.55 &    0.82 &    0.62 &    0.10\\
    Variable~6 &    0.67 &    0.85 &    0.74 &    0.99 &    0.27 &    0.48 &    0.85 &    0.10\\
    Variable~7 &    0.82 &    0.89 &    0.68 &    0.06 &    0.02 &    0.30 &    0.10 &    0.10\\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}}
\end{table*}
\end{document}

Additionally you can save space by removing the left \tabcolsep of the first column and the right \tablcolsep of the last column: add @{} at the begin and the end of the column definitions. That means for the last example

\resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{\begin{tabular}{@{}l*{8}{c}@{}}
...
\end{tabular}}

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