Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass[10pt,compress,
xcolor={dvipsnames,table}
]{beamer}
%%%Beameroptions
\usetheme{Luebeck}
\usecolortheme{orchid}
\usefonttheme{default}
\useinnertheme{rectangles}
\useoutertheme{default}
\setbeamercovered{transparent}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{onslide}
\begin{tabular}{l c r}
\hline
letter & number & misc. \\
\hline
\onslide<1->{
A & 10 & ! \\
}
\onslide<2>{
B & 20 & ? \\[-\normalbaselineskip]
}
\\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{onslide+}
\begin{tabular}{l c r}
\hline
letter & number & misc. \\
\hline
\onslide+<1->{
A & 10 & ! \\
}
\onslide+<2>{
B & 20 & ? \\[-\normalbaselineskip]
}
\\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{onslide in every cell}
\begin{tabular}{l c r}
\hline
letter & number & misc. \\
\hline
\onslide<1->{A} & \onslide<1->{10} & \onslide<1->{!} \\
\onslide<2->{B} & \onslide<2->{20} & \onslide<2->{?} \\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{pause}
\begin{tabular}{l c r}
\hline
letter & number & misc. \\
\hline
A & 10 & ! \pause\\
B & 20 & ? \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
What I want to do is uncover a similar table in two steps. Unfortunately I face some problems with that. I have already read this and it does work fantastically. (I also followed these descriptions.)However, once I add \setbeamercovered{transparent} to the preamble it does not work anymore.
Instead of using the whole argument enclosed in \onslide<2->{ ... } only the contents of the first cell is displayed in transparent. I found a workaround here, using \onslide+<2->{ ... },which works fine, but not in the way I would like it to behave: Instead of displaying the argument transparent it is not displayed at all. I could live with this for the moment, but as itemize environments work just fine I would rather switch off transparency entirely. (\visible<2->{ ... } has the same effect. Using \invisible{ ... } is more complicated and has similar effects.)
Another problem arises with the alignment of the first column, but this might just be unfortunate and removed by commenting out line endings. I have not tried this yet because I wanted to focus on the other problem.
I also tried to workaround with putting \onslide<2->{ ... } in every cell, which works 'just' fine, but is a rather nasty workaround. While the example shows a very small table, the actual ones are much more complicated and I would prefer a simpler solution.
I have also tried the pause command, which produces two slides, that are exactly the same. Again if I remove the transparent option it works just fine (as it should).
I expect the problem to be similar to that described in section 23.4 with the alignment in formulas (the code is reprocessed several times, messing things up.). But I have no clue of the internals, hence cannot create a working solution. For that kind of thing was suggested a workaround, which is even more nasty than putting onslide in every cell. (See here.)
I browsed manual and the internet quite a bit but nothing led me to a satisfying conclusion. (Apart from those I already discussed.) Maybe someone can point me in the right direction. I am interested in some more convenient and more elegant solutions than the presented ones. Any ideas are very welcome.
Best Answer
Try updating. The following works fine in
pdflatexfromTeXlive 2016.