General ⇒ Color inside a minipage?

[Bozack]

Hi,

I've been trying to make boxes with a backgroundcolor including text and equations - and have found that the minipage environment does this kind of how I want it to. But I still haven't figured out how to make a background color inside a minipage.

Is there anyone who knows this? Or should I actually try with some different environment instead..?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Bozack,

use \colorbox{color}{...}, you can set \parbox and even a minipage as argument into the box.

Stefan

[Bozack]

Hi Bozack,
use \colorbox{color}{...}, you can set \parbox and even a minipage as argument into the box.
Stefan

hmm, but when I use colorbox it makes the color go outside or inside the box I'we maked.. An example of my code might be appropriate:

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\begin{center} 
	\colorbox{red}{
		\fbox{
			\begin{minipage}[t]{1.0\textwidth} 
				text 
			\end{minipage}
		}
	} 
\end{center}

is there any way to make the color be only inside the fbox, but not to go too much inside (which makes a white frame inside the box)?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Bozack,

change \fbox and \colorbox, set \fbox outside:

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\begin{center}
   \fbox{\colorbox{red}{
         \begin{minipage}[t]{1.0\textwidth}
            text
         \end{minipage}
      }
   }
\end{center}

This way you get the white frame. By the way, that example will produce a badbox (overfull \hbox), the width of the minipage should be reduced.

Stefan

[Bozack]

Oh, I think you misunderstood me. I don't want the color outside the box - OR the way so that it will make the white frame.. Is there any way to make the color simply stay inside the box and fill it all out?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Oha. You could remove the \fbox, but if you still want a frame around the colored box you can take \fcolorbox{black}{red}{...}

Stefan

[Bozack]

There it was! Thank you so much

fcolorbox did the job to perfection

[Stefan Kottwitz]

... and you even can change the width of the frame line. like this:

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\setlength{\fboxrule}{1pt}

Stefan

[Bozack]

faaancy

[arota]

Hi! Who knows how to write a "newcommand" or a "newenvironment" that does what is described above?
E.G.:

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\begin{center}
   \fcolorbox{black}{red}{
         \begin{minipage}[t]{1.0\textwidth}
            text
         \end{minipage}
      }
\end{center}

The main problem is to include the minipage in the fbox (when you write a "newenvironment")

Thanks!

Andrea