Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Alignment in tables

[theo moore]

I have tables in which, certain cells have pictures (say, created using pgf/tikz, but I suppose this would also apply to \includegraphics commands). Unfortunately, it seems I can't get the vertical alignment to work out. For example, in the following:

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\begin{tabular}{cc}
 column 1 & column 2 \\ \hline
 
 See how this is not vertically centered? & 
     \begin{tikzpicture}
        \draw (0,0) rectangle (5cm, 1cm);
        \draw[] (2cm,0.5cm) node {Neither is this rectangle};
     \end{tikzpicture}
  \\ \hline
  Moo & Boo
\end{tabular}

We have a 2x2 table with a figure in the (1,2) cell. Unfortunately, everything in the first row (text and picture) are bottom-aligned. How do you fix that?

[theo moore]

I tried the pgflist as well, but nobody had an answer.

Bump! Any ideas?

[localghost]

Perhaps the array package is already sufficient. If not, try the makecell package. Read the manuals and make a first approach on your own.


Best regards
Thorsten

[theo moore]

Perhaps the array package is already sufficient. If not, try the makecell package. Read the manuals and make a first approach on your own.


Best regards
Thorsten

You're right, and I ended up not using the array package, but rather the tabularx package. In searching for the solution, I stumbled across this article, which is nice tutorial on modifying tables in latex.

In my case, the important thing was to use columns with vertically centered entries.