How can i set the width of a table?

Question

How can i set the minimum width of a table? I want to have a series of tables that are all the same width?

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

24

I would use the tabularx package. An argument to the tabularx environment specifies the table width, X columns share the available space.

A simple example:

\usepackage{tabularx}

\begin{tabularx}{.8\textwidth}{lXXr}
left column & text & text & right column
\end{tabularx}

See also:

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

Community

answered Apr 27 '11 at 18:00

Stefan Kottwitz

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@user1709076 It's setting the table width depending on the text width, as 80% of the current text width. – Stefan Kottwitz Oct 19 '19 at 13:18
is there any way to set the width of the table in inches? – user1709076 Oct 19 '19 at 13:22
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@user1709076 Sure, such as \begin{tabularx}{4in}{lXXr} – Stefan Kottwitz Oct 19 '19 at 13:27

score 12 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 15 '17 at 15:11

12

Use a tabular* environment, with @{\extracolsep{\fill}}, as in

\begin{tabular*}{.5\linewidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}}ccc}
  One& Two& Three\\
  Four& Five& Six
\end{tabular*}

(where you replace .5\linewidth with something wide enough for all of the tables).

edited Jul 15 '17 at 15:11

David Carlisle

answered Apr 27 '11 at 17:24

Phil Hirschhorn

2 Answers2