Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ arrows in tabularx environment

[lkro]

Hello there!
My first post, so first: sorry for any etiquette errors. Actually I rarely need a lot of time to find solutions, the amount of information that people out there share is incredible... anyway, this time I got stock.

I have the following table:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{pst-node}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{ X X X }
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\textbf{Title}} \\
\hline
\small\textbf{I} & \small\textbf{II} & \small\textbf{III} \\

    \multirow{3}{*}{A} & 1 & \multirow{2}{*}{X}\\
    & 2 &						\\
    & 3 & \multirow{2}{*}{Y}		\\
    \multirow{3}{*}{B} & 4 & 	\\
    & 5 & \multirow{2}{*}{Z}	\\
    & 6 &\\

\end{tabularx}
\caption{Caption}\label{tab:danos}
\end{table}

\end{document}

So, it's basic with some minor tweaks. I'm trying to do the following: Have simple, black, default arrows pointing from cell A to 1, 2 and 3, from B to 3, 4, 5 and 6; from 1 - 3 to X, from 3 - 5 to Y and from 4-6 to Z. Zou get the point... I tried to adapt the pst-node (define the nodes, then \ncline...) solutions found in a great variety in the internets to my case. No luck. Don't know if I'm being stupid or lazy, which incompatibilities I might be overlooking....but I feel like giving up.

Any help?

Thanks a lot in advance!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi lkro,

welcome to the forum!

I would use TikZ for this, since I'm not so very experienced with PSTricks. Would you accept a Tikz solution?

Stefan

[lkro]

Would I accept that you help me? Of course!! (Unless you are implying that I should know something about compatibility etc. - which I don't. So let's try!)

Thanks!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Here's a quick solution, I hope it's readable. \tm stands for "tikzmark" and sets markers using TikZ with a name. Later we use those for drawing arrows.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand{\tm}[1]{\tikz[overlay, remember picture,
  baseline=(#1.base), anchor=west] \node [inner sep=0pt] (#1) {#1};}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{ X X X }
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\textbf{Title}} \\
\hline
\small\textbf{I} & \small\textbf{II} & \small\textbf{III} \\
    \multirow{3}{*}{\tm{A}} & \tm{1} & \multirow{2}{*}{\tm{X}}\\
    & \tm{2} &                                               \\
    & \tm{3} & \multirow{2}{*}{\tm{Y}}            \\
    \multirow{3}{*}{\tm{B}} & \tm{4} &    \\
    & \tm{5} & \multirow{2}{*}{\tm{Z}}    \\
    & \tm{6} &\\
\end{tabularx}
\caption{Caption}\label{tab:danos}
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]
  \draw[->] (A) edge (1) edge (2) edge (3)
            (B) edge (3) edge (4) edge (5) edge (6)
            (3) edge (Y) (4) edge (Y) (5) edge (Y)
            (4) edge (Z) (5) edge (Z) (6) edge (Z);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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Stefan