Tables: vertical alignment of cell

Question

I have a tabu-table and my default row-style is and has to be p. But I want the head-row (Column 1 and Column 2 in the MWE) to be vertically centered. How can I achieve that?

MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{tabu}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\tabulinesep =0.5em
\newcommand*{\mytext}{\RaggedRight This is some blindtext with words and letters.}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabu} to\textwidth{|X[1,l,p]|X[1,l,p]|X[1,l,p]|}% m is not allowed!!!
    \hline
    Column 1 & Column 2 & Long Long very long caption, more than one line \\
    \hline
    \mytext & \mytext & \mytext \\
    \mytext & \mytext & \mytext \\
    \mytext & \mytext & \mytext \\
    \hline
\end{tabu}
\end{document}

output

See my edited answer @musicman – subham soni Apr 27 '14 at 17:11 — subham soni, Apr 27 '14 at 17:11

Gonzalo Medina · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-27T16:54:42.163

2

Since, for some reason, changing from p type columns to m type is not allowed, you can use \raisebox:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{tabu}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\tabulinesep =0.5em
\newcommand*{\mytext}{\RaggedRight This is some blindtext with words and letters.}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabu} to\textwidth{|X[1,l,p]|X[1,l,p]|X[1,l,p]|}
    \hline
    \raisebox{-\baselineskip}[0pt][0pt]{Column 1} 
      & \raisebox{-\baselineskip}[0pt][0pt]{Column 2} 
      & Long Long very long caption, more than one line \\
    \hline
    \mytext & \mytext & \mytext \\
    \mytext & \mytext & \mytext \\
    \mytext & \mytext & \mytext \\
    \hline
\end{tabu}
\end{document}

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edited Apr 27 '14 at 16:54

answered Apr 27 '14 at 16:48

Gonzalo Medina

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@musicman please see my updated answer. – Gonzalo Medina Apr 27 '14 at 16:55
Thank you. This is not so bad, but very "manually". I had to recalculate the first raisebox-param everytime the number of lines changes. Any way to automate this? – musicman Apr 27 '14 at 17:01
@musicman without using "m", I don't know if there's a better way. – Gonzalo Medina Apr 27 '14 at 17:03
See my edited answer @GonzaloMedina – subham soni Apr 27 '14 at 17:12
@subhamsoni I already did? What's the point on giving the same answer I gave? – Gonzalo Medina Apr 27 '14 at 17:13
Please see my answer clearly..... – subham soni Apr 27 '14 at 17:15
@GonzaloMedina I will accept your answer, I think there won't come more. I put your code into a more useable command: \newcommand{\vcorrect}[2][1]{\raisebox{-#1\baselineskip}[0pt][0pt]{#2}} So I just have to write \vcorrect[0.5]{Column1} for example, if the biggest text has 2 lines. – musicman Apr 28 '14 at 10:20

Tables: vertical alignment of cell

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