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Adding a "%" at the end of the last line works, it should read:

\tabularnewline\bottomrule[2pt]%

The table now has a thicker top and bottom line, which you can specify the thickness of, and with colored table lines. Hope this helps someone in the future.

Here is a minimum lyx file of the two tables I talked about.

Hi,

I'm using booktabs and I'm trying to get the \bottomrule to work, i.e. I want a thicker line at the bottom of the table. I can not figure out where in my table the command should go. If I put it in the 'g' cell it makes a line above the 'ghi' cells. If I put it as in the picture it adds ...

Hi,

I would like to put the current chapter number in a colored background box that is located on the very right edge of the page for right side pages and on the very left edge for left side pages and that I can specify the vertical placement, similar to what you would see in a dictionary where ...