Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Vertical alignment in table cells with revtex4

[charlotte29]

Hi, I have problem with a table when using revtex4. I need the text to be vertically centered in the cells. If I don't use revtex4 (i.e. using class report), it works using \begin{tabular}{ | m{5em} | m{1cm}| m{1cm} | } but if I use revtex4 it doesn't work anymore. Any ideas ? I really need to keep revtex4. Thanks !

Here a dummy example :

\documentclass[aps,amsmath,showkeys,superscriptaddress]{revtex4}
%\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{ | m{5em} | m{1cm}| m{1cm} | }
\hline
cell1 dummy text dummy text dummy text& cell2 & cell3 \\
\hline
cell1 dummy text dummy text dummy text & cell5 & cell6 \\
\hline
cell7 & cell8 & cell9 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

[kaiserkarl13]

The following line exists in revtex4.cls

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\@ifpackageloaded{array}{\switch@array}{\switch@tabular}

The result is, from what I gathered via a quick glance, something that effectively un-does what array is supposed to be doing regarding table layout (and this is one effect/side-effect).

I was able to fake it out putting \parbox[m]{5em}{...} around the text that should wrap lines, and then it worked:

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\documentclass[aps,amsmath,showkeys,superscriptaddress]{revtex4}
%\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{ | m{5em} | m{1cm}| m{1cm} | }
\hline
\parbox[m]{5em}{cell1 dummy text dummy text dummy text} & cell2 & cell3 \\
\hline
\parbox[m]{1cm}{cell1 dummy text dummy text dummy text} & cell5 & cell6 \\
\hline
cell7 & cell8 & cell9 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

Note that booktabs isn't doing any good if you're going to use \hline anyway.

[JBClaypool]

Try \documentclass[aps,amsmath,showkeys,superscriptaddress]{revtex4-2}
Looks like there was an update, and I was able to compile it after doing that.

[kaiserkarl13]

Try \documentclass[aps,amsmath,showkeys,superscriptaddress]{revtex4-2}
Looks like there was an update, and I was able to compile it after doing that.

revtex4-2 does exactly the same thing. My fix above works with 4, 4-1, and 4-2 (and in fact I tested it with 4-2).

[JBClaypool]

kaiserkarl13 had it right. While I wasn't able to initially able to compile his solution with revtex4, I was successful when using revtex4-2

you might not need the \vspace commands I used, but it made it look a little cleaner with my editor.

\documentclass[aps,amsmath,showkeys,superscriptaddress,a4paper]{revtex4-2}
%\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{array,booktabs}

\begin{document}

	\begin{tabular}{ | m{5em} | m{1cm}| m{1cm} | }
		\hline
		\parbox[m]{1cm}{cell1 dummy text dummy text dummy text \vspace*{1pt}}& {cell2} & cell3 \\
		\hline
		\parbox[m]{1cm}{cell1 dummy text dummy text dummy text \vspace*{1pt}} & cell5 & cell6 \\
		\hline
		cell7 & cell8 & cell9 \\
		\hline
	\end{tabular}
	
\end{document}