tablesvertical alignment
I have a table like this:
\begin{tabular}[b]{c}
A \\
B \\
C \\
D \\
\end{tabular}E
The code above places "D" and "E" on the same baseline, no matter what size any of the letters are.
Without changing "E" (I can't make changes to this text), how can I adjust the table, such that "C" and "E" are on the same baseline, no matter what size any of the letters are?
If you just add [t] to the tabular, initially it will move down as the top row will align with the bottom of the picture. Then you want to put the baseline of the picture somewhere other than the bottom, eg the baseline of the node a.:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{c|X}
\begin{tikzpicture}[
baseline={(a.base)},
scale=.6,
every node/.style={scale=.6}
]
\path[draw] (0,0) rectangle
+(3,2) node [pos=.5] {rectangle}
+(3,1.5) node[anchor=east] (a) {A}
+(3,0.5) node[anchor=east] (b) {B};
\end{tikzpicture}
&
\begin{tabular}[t]{l}
This line is not aligned vertically top\\
This is another line below the first one
\end{tabular}
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}
Two solutions for vertical centring of cell contents:
makecell package has commands for vertical padding of cell: \setcellgapes to define a value for the padding (in preamble), and \makegapedcells to use is in a given environment.cellspace package works differently: it defines minimal vertical spacings between a cell and the above and below cells: \cellspacetoplimit and cellspacebottomlimit. You have to prefix the corresponding column specifier with the letter S (or C if you use the siunitx package).Here is a code for both ways:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{array, makecell}
\setcellgapes{7.5pt}
\usepackage{cellspace}
\setlength\cellspacetoplimit{7.5pt}
\setlength\cellspacebottomlimit{7.5pt}
\linespread{1.2}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{sideways}
\bgroup
\makegapedcells
\setlength\tabcolsep{10pt}
\begin{tabular}{|*{11}{c|}}
\multicolumn{11}{l}{\texttt{With makecell: }}\\[2ex]
\hline
Column 1 & Column 2 & Column 3 & Column 4 & Column 5 & Column 6 & Column 7 & Column 8 & Column 9 & Column 10 & Column 11 \\
\hline
Row 2 & & & & & & & & & & \\
\hline
Row 3 & & & & & & & & & & \\
\hline
Row 4 & & & & & & & & & & \\
\hline
Row 5 & & & & & & & & & & \\
\hline
Row 6 & & & & & & & & & & \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\egroup
\end{sideways}
\hskip1cm
\begin{sideways}
\bgroup
\setlength\tabcolsep{10pt}
\begin{tabular}{|*{11}{Sc|}}
\multicolumn{11}{c}{\texttt{With cellspace: }}\\[2ex]
\hline
Column 1 & Column 2 & Column 3 & Column 4 & Column 5 & Column 6 & Column 7 & Column 8 & Column 9 & Column 10 & Column 11 \\
\hline
Row 2 & & & & & & & & & & \\
\hline
Row 3 & & & & & & & & & & \\
\hline
Row 4 & & & & & & & & & & \\
\hline
Row 5 & & & & & & & & & & \\
\hline
Row 6 & & & & & & & & & & \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\egroup
\end{sideways}
\end{document}
Best Answer
Assuming no
\hlineand that the table cells have "normal" size, this should work (the setting of\arraystretchis just to show that it can be done):