General ⇒ Vertical centering of text in a table containing images

[Scribe]

Hello,

Trying to center text vertically on the first column of a 4-column table containing images on the remaining 3 columns. I have as preamble a convenient definition for including three images on a line :

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% COMMAND FOR PUTTING THREE IMAGES SIDE BY SIDE
\newcommand{\threeimg}[3]{\includegraphics{#1} & \includegraphics{#2} & \includegraphics{#3}\\
}

% COMMAND FOR PUTTING THREE LABELS SIDE BY SIDE
\newcommand{\threelabels}[3]{#1 & #2 & #3 \\[2mm]}

Then later the figure with the problem :

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\begin{figure*}[!t]
    \centering
    \setkeys{Gin}{width=50mm}
    \begin{tabular}{m{0.12in}ccc}
     & \threelabels{Label 1}{Label 2}{Label 3}
      \begin{sideways}Text 1\end{sideways} & \threeimg{image1.png}{image1.png}{image1.png}
      \begin{sideways}Text2 \end{sideways} & \threeimg{image1.png}{image1.png}{image1.png}
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{fig:ChangeComp}
\end{figure*}

I would like the text of the first column to be centered vertically compared to the vertical extent of the images on the same line. The code here produces text somehow in-between two lines. Replacing "m{0.12in}" by "c" gives slightly better result - bottom aligned. Top alignment "p{0.12in}" doesn't work in that case. Would there be another solution than to use \hspace ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Scribe,

welcome to the LaTeX Community Forum!

You could use m-columns for the remaining columns too. Their horizontal center alignment could be forced by \centering:

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\begin{tabular}{m{0.12in}>{\centering}m{1in}>{\centering}%
  m{1in}>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{1in}}
...
\end{tabular}

Stefan

[Scribe]

Thanks, worked like a charm when adapting the column width.

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\begin{tabular}{m{0.12in}>{\centering}m{50mm}>{\centering}m{50mm}>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{50mm}}