Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Colored Box with Width of Paper

[gmsotavio]

Hello,

I'm formatting an article, and I'd like a hint to draw a colored box on page, such as in the attached PDF file.

The colored box should cover the page, starting in the left edge and finishing in the right edge, independently of the text width size, in other words, a box which has the same width of the page.


Regards!

[localghost]

Please show what you have tried so far in form of a self-contained and minimal example.


Thorsten

[gmsotavio]

localghost, the attached file, was done using a basic office suite, like LibreOffice. I do not tried nothing because I dont have any idea how to do it.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

It could be done using atbegshi, eso-pic and similar packages with a picture environment.

I prefer TikZ for such things. It provides a current page node which we can use for drawing, using an overlay.

Here's an example, which I posted some time ago on my blog, showing a similar thing, i.e. a rectangle over the page width with a title text. You could take this as a start any modify it. Just tell us if you have any question regarding it.

Compile at least twice to get the correct overlay position. Or click on Open in writeLaTeX above the code box.

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\documentclass[svgnames]{report}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
\newcommand*\chapterlabel{}
\titleformat{\chapter}
  {\gdef\chapterlabel{}
   \normalfont\sffamily\Huge\bfseries\scshape}
  {\gdef\chapterlabel{\thechapter\ }}{0pt}
  {\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    \node[yshift=-3cm] at (current page.north west)
      {\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
        \draw[fill=LightSkyBlue] (0,0) rectangle
          (\paperwidth,3cm);
        \node[anchor=east,xshift=.9\paperwidth,rectangle,
              rounded corners=20pt,inner sep=11pt,
              fill=MidnightBlue]
              {\color{white}\chapterlabel#1};
       \end{tikzpicture}
      };
   \end{tikzpicture}
  }
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{50pt}{-60pt}
 
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Introduction}
Text
\chapter{Main}
\section{Section}
Text
\begin{thebibliography}{99}
\bibitem{Test} test reference
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}

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Stefan

[gmsotavio]

Stefan, I performed a simple adaptation in the Latex Code which you posted, for my purposes and it works perfectly. So useful! Thanks a lot Stefan!!