Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Row color error

[workerbee]

Hi All,

So I was creating a table where the contents of the column are aligned by their decimals and then I wanted to highlight a row. Unfortunately, when I "highlight" with the \rowcolor option, I end up losing a part of the entry.

Attached is a screen capture of what happened (the left "0" ends up looking like a left parenthesis).

Here's part of the code I'm using:

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\usepackage{colortbl}
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\begin{tabular}[t]{| l | r@{.}l r@{.}l r@{.}l | r@{.}l r@{.}l r@{.}l |}
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stubborn & \textbf{0}&\textbf{815*} & -0&046 & 0&011 & \textbf{0}&\textbf{880*} & 0&031 & -0&217 \\
breaks rules & 0&467* & 0&343* & 0&013 & \textbf{0}&\textbf{756*} & 0&064 & -0&166 \\
\rowcolor[gray]{.85}\color{black}harms others \& property & -0&007 & \textbf{0}&\textbf{628*} & 0&307* & 0&448* & 0&025 & 0&359 \\
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*I don't know if the entire code for the table is needed here since it pretty much follows what's there with different numbers and labels.

[walleeva]

hello I have the same problem, just wonder have you got the solution yet? Many thanks. I'm a newbie to LaTex

[workerbee]

Sorry for the long wait in my reply. No, I don't believe I found a solution for this. I think we ended up bolding the left column entry to indicate the rows which would have been highlighted.

[shadgrind]

Use the dcolumn package:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\newcolumntype{.}{D{.}{.}{-1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}[t]{| l | . . . | . . . |}
stubborn & \textbf{0}.\textbf{815*} & -0.046 & 0.011 & \textbf{0}.\textbf{880*} & 0.031 & -0.217\\
breaks rules & 0.467* & 0.343* & 0.013 & \textbf{0}.\textbf{756*} & 0.064 & -0.166\\
\rowcolor[gray]{.85}\color{black}harms others \& property & -0.007 & \textbf{0}.\textbf{628*} & 0.307* & 0.448* & 0.025 & 0.359\\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{document}

[pisoir]

I have exactly the same problem. I believe there is a bug in the colortbl package. Until someone doesn't fix the bug in the package, all other solutions are not good.

[localghost]

[…] I believe there is a bug in the colortbl package. Until someone doesn't fix the bug in the package, all other solutions are not good.

If you think so, you should send a bug report to the maintainer of the package. It is very unlikely that he reads this thread or that someone else fixes the supposed bug.


Thorsten

[fharteaga]

Any solution yet?