Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ colortbl, tabulary | Strange black Rectangle in merged Cell

[arstaer]

Hey guys,

When I run this MWE I have a strange black rectangle in the first row right after the Innovations. The original code for the table is by Excel2LaTeX. I'm just trying to highlight rows, columns, and cells using colortbl (which took me three hours just to get more or less working).

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\documentclass{article}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[newcommands]{ragged2e}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabulary}{1\textwidth}{LLLLLLL}
\toprule
 \multicolumn{1}{l}{} &  \multicolumn{1}{l}{Innovations} &   &   & Logs &   &  \\
\midrule
\multicolumn{1}{l}{Variables} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{3} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{1} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{3} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{1} \\
\multicolumn{1}{l}{} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.15)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.79)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.39)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.24)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.65)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.43)} \\
\rowcolor[gray]{0.95}\multicolumn{1}{l}{ $EQ\_VOL_{t}$} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{1.43***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{1.22***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{1.17***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{0.28***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{0.26***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{0.28***} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabulary}
\end{document}

Hmm, somehow the MWE doesn't show up highlighted.

Here is the file list:

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 *File List*
 article.cls    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
  size10.clo    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
tabulary.sty    2008/12/01 v0.9 tabulary package (DPC)
   array.sty    2008/09/09 v2.4c Tabular extension package (FMi)
  xcolor.sty    2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
   color.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
  pdftex.def    2011/05/27 v0.06d Graphics/color for pdfTeX
infwarerr.sty    2010/04/08 v1.3 Providing info/warning/error messages (HO)
 ltxcmds.sty    2011/11/09 v1.22 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO)
colortbl.sty    2012/02/13 v1.0a Color table columns (DPC)
booktabs.sty    2005/04/14 v1.61803 publication quality tables
ragged2e.sty    2009/05/21 v2.1 ragged2e Package (MS)
everysel.sty    2011/10/28 v1.2 EverySelectfont Package (MS)
supp-pdf.mkii
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Any idea what this rectangle might be?

Thank you,

Arsenio

[cgnieder]

Hi.

I'm unsure why this black box appears. But after I removed all the unnecessary \multicolumns (which where all of them, btw) it disappeared:

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\documentclass{article}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[newcommands]{ragged2e}

\begin{document}

\noindent
\begin{tabulary}{1\textwidth}{LCCCCCC}
 \toprule
  & Innovations &   &   & Logs &   &  \\
 \midrule
  Variables & 3 & 2 & 1 & 3 & 2 & 1 \\
   & (-1.15) & (-1.79) & (-1.39) & (-1.24) & (-1.65) & (-1.43) \\
  \rowcolor[gray]{0.95}
   $EQ\_VOL_{t}$ & 1.43*** & 1.22*** & 1.17*** & 0.28*** & 0.26*** & 0.28*** \\
 \bottomrule
\end{tabulary}

\end{document}

Regards

[arstaer]

Clemens,

Thanks for your reply! The \multicolumns are inserted automatically by Excel2Latex when the formatting in the excel cells is anything but the default/general. I can't do much about them. Otherwise, you are correct that erasing them works.

You think this is a bug?

Arsenio

[cgnieder]

An alternative seems to be to add \multicolumns to the empty cells:

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\documentclass{article}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[newcommands]{ragged2e}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabulary}{1\textwidth}{LLLLLLL}
 \toprule
  \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Innovations} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{Logs}\\
 \midrule
  \multicolumn{1}{l}{Variables} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{3} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{1} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{3} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{1} \\
  \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.15)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.79)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.39)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.24)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.65)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.43)} \\
  \rowcolor[gray]{0.95}\multicolumn{1}{l}{ $EQ\_VOL_{t}$} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{1.43***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{1.22***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{1.17***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{0.28***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{0.26***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{0.28***} \\
 \bottomrule
\end{tabulary}

\end{document}

or to add \rowcolor{white} to the first row.

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\documentclass{article}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[newcommands]{ragged2e}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabulary}{1\textwidth}{LLLLLLL}
 \toprule
  \rowcolor{white}
  \multicolumn{1}{l}{} &  \multicolumn{1}{l}{Innovations} &   &   & Logs &   &  \\
 \midrule
  \multicolumn{1}{l}{Variables} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{3} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{1} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{3} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{1} \\
  \multicolumn{1}{l}{} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.15)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.79)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.39)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.24)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.65)} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{(-1.43)} \\
  \rowcolor[gray]{0.95}
  \multicolumn{1}{l}{ $EQ\_VOL_{t}$} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{1.43***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{1.22***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{1.17***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{0.28***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{0.26***} & \multicolumn{1}{l}{0.28***} \\
 \bottomrule
\end{tabulary}

\end{document}

I don't know if it is a bug but it is a very unhappy behavior.

Regards

[arstaer]

Clemens,

\rowcolor{white} for the first row works great!

Thanks,

Arsenio