[Tex/LaTex] Subtable spanning over several pages

subcaptiontables

I have a table composed of 2 subtables. I would like to be able to break the table to display the subtables on different pages. It seems it is not working like subfigures and \ContinuedFloat as it it presented here. It seems to me that the \longtable environment is not suited for that purpose either.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[!h]
\caption{General caption. \label{tab:mytable}

\begin{subtable}{1\textwidth}
\caption{Caption subtable 1}\label{cst1}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l|l|}
Name & Description\\
\hline
a & This is a \\ 
b & This is b \\ 
\end{tabular} 
\end{subtable}

\vspace{1cm}

\begin{subtable}{1\textwidth}
\caption{Caption subtable 2}\label{cst2}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l|l|}
Name & Description\\
\hline
c & This is c \\ 
d & This is d \\ 
\end{tabular} 
\end{subtable}

\end{table}

\end{document}

Best Answer

In the exact same way as https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/278748/36296 you can use \ContinuedFloat to split the subtables in two separate floats:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\begin{document}

test

\begin{table}[htbp]
\caption{General caption.} \label{tab:mytable}

\begin{subtable}{1\textwidth}
\caption{Caption subtable 1}\label{cst1}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l|l|}
Name & Description\\
\hline
a & This is a \\ 
b & This is b \\ 
\end{tabular} 
\end{subtable}
\end{table}

\pagebreak

\begin{table}[htbp]
\ContinuedFloat
\caption{General caption, continued.}% remove if the second subtible shall not have a general caption
\begin{subtable}{1\textwidth}
\caption{Caption subtable 2}\label{cst2}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l|l|}
Name & Description\\
\hline
c & This is c \\ 
d & This is d \\ 
\end{tabular} 
\end{subtable}

\end{table}

\end{document}

Off-topic, but I suggest to not use vertical lines in your tables and use the booktabs package instead:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}

test

\begin{table}[htbp]
\caption{General caption.} \label{tab:mytable}

\begin{subtable}{1\textwidth}
\caption{Caption subtable 1}\label{cst1}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ll}
\toprule
Name & Description\\
\midrule
a & This is a \\ 
b & This is b \\
\bottomrule 
\end{tabular} 
\end{subtable}
\end{table}

\pagebreak

\begin{table}[htbp]
\ContinuedFloat
\caption{General caption, continued.}% remove if the second subtible shall not have a general caption
\begin{subtable}{1\textwidth}
\caption{Caption subtable 2}\label{cst2}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ll}
\toprule
Name & Description\\
\midrule
c & This is c \\ 
d & This is d \\
\bottomrule 
\end{tabular} 
\end{subtable}

\end{table}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] tabu package – gaps in vertical lines

One way is to shift up the skip prior to the mid-height \tabucline with a \\[-1pt]. See below for 2nd approach.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5} 
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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Alternately, if you want the thin line to bisect the thick line, then the approach: \\[-1pt] \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]\hline works.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] threeparttable not working with subcaption(subtable), error: table inside subtable

The problem is that the caption package redefines the threeparttable environment to set the caption type to table. caption uses the caption type to check for inappropriate nesting. In this case, it therefore finds an attempt to set caption type to table when it is within the subtable environment. It knows that isn't allowed, so it gives an error.

The simplest solution, especially if some of your threeparttables are not of type subtable, is to use the fact that it works if you put the subtable inside the threeparttable. Alternatively, you can just set the caption type within the threeparttable environment rather than using the subtable environment at all.

However, as your update points out, this sadly restarts the counter for each sub-table. Here is a solution which avoids this difficulty.

Note that the idea here is that you could change the options for threepartsubtable specifically, just as you could change them for threeparttable. I think there must be a way to do this more elegantly, but have not yet found one.

That is, I have precious little clue ...

Caveat emptor.

[Edited in light of comments, although not really in accordance with them.]

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\threepart@subtable{% based on code modified from caption.sty
  \caption@setoptions{threepartsubtable}%
  \caption@ORI@threeparttable
}
\newenvironment{threepartsubtable}{%
  \threepart@subtable
}{%
  \endthreeparttable
}
\makeatother
\captionsetup[threepartsubtable]{subtype}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}
  \centering
  \caption{Standard main caption}
  \begin{subtable}{\textwidth}
    \caption{Caption}
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
      a & b
    \end{tabular}
  \end{subtable}
\end{table}

\begin{table}
  \centering
  \caption{Main caption}
  \begin{threepartsubtable}
    \caption{Caption}
    \begin{tabular}{ccc}
      test 1 & test 1 & test 1
    \end{tabular}
  \end{threepartsubtable}

  \begin{threepartsubtable}
    \caption{Caption}
    \begin{tabular}{ccc}
      test 2  & test 2 & test 2
    \end{tabular}
  \end{threepartsubtable}

  \begin{threepartsubtable}
    \caption{Caption}
    \begin{tabular}{ccc}
      test 3 & test 3 & test 3
    \end{tabular}
  \end{threepartsubtable}

  \begin{threepartsubtable}
    \caption{Caption}
    \begin{tabular}{ccc}
      test 4  & test 4 & test 4
    \end{tabular}
  \end{threepartsubtable}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
  \centering
  \caption{Another main caption}
  \begin{threepartsubtable}
    \caption{Caption}
    \begin{tabular}{ccc}
      test 5 & test 5 & test 5
    \end{tabular}
  \end{threepartsubtable}

  \begin{threepartsubtable}
    \caption{Caption}
    \begin{tabular}{ccc}
      test 6  & test 6 & test 6
    \end{tabular}
  \end{threepartsubtable}
\end{table}


\end{document}

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Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] tabu package – gaps in vertical lines

[Tex/LaTex] threeparttable not working with subcaption(subtable), error: table inside subtable

Caveat emptor.

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