tabularx inside tcolorbox not centered properly












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I am trying to put a tabularx inside a tcolorbox but it's not centered properly, it's shifted slightly to the right. Here is the code I am using. I am using figure environment for the caption. Is there a better way to do this?



documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1.5in, right=1in, left=1in]{geometry}
usepackage{tabularx}
usepackage{tcolorbox}
usepackage{chemfig}

newcolumntype{Y}{>{centeringarraybackslash}X}

begin{document}

begin{figure}[ht]
centering
begin{tcolorbox}
begin{tabularx}{1linewidth}{YYYY}
{}chemfig{C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:180,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H) -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C=[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:180,.6]H) ~[,.6]C -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} \[5ex]

(a) Ethane & (b) Ethylene & (c) Propadiene & (d) Propyne\
end{tabularx}

end{tcolorbox}
vspace{-1.5ex}
caption{caption}
label{fig:my_label}
end{figure}

end{document}


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    it is centred but as yiou have forced all the columns to be the same width, entries with smaller structures have more space around them. (if you used |Y|Y|Y|Y| so it added rules it would be clearer that the table itself is centred but there is white space inside the first column

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I am trying to put a tabularx inside a tcolorbox but it's not centered properly, it's shifted slightly to the right. Here is the code I am using. I am using figure environment for the caption. Is there a better way to do this?



documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1.5in, right=1in, left=1in]{geometry}
usepackage{tabularx}
usepackage{tcolorbox}
usepackage{chemfig}

newcolumntype{Y}{>{centeringarraybackslash}X}

begin{document}

begin{figure}[ht]
centering
begin{tcolorbox}
begin{tabularx}{1linewidth}{YYYY}
{}chemfig{C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:180,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H) -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C=[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:180,.6]H) ~[,.6]C -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} \[5ex]

(a) Ethane & (b) Ethylene & (c) Propadiene & (d) Propyne\
end{tabularx}

end{tcolorbox}
vspace{-1.5ex}
caption{caption}
label{fig:my_label}
end{figure}

end{document}


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    it is centred but as yiou have forced all the columns to be the same width, entries with smaller structures have more space around them. (if you used |Y|Y|Y|Y| so it added rules it would be clearer that the table itself is centred but there is white space inside the first column

    – David Carlisle
    19 hours ago














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I am trying to put a tabularx inside a tcolorbox but it's not centered properly, it's shifted slightly to the right. Here is the code I am using. I am using figure environment for the caption. Is there a better way to do this?



documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1.5in, right=1in, left=1in]{geometry}
usepackage{tabularx}
usepackage{tcolorbox}
usepackage{chemfig}

newcolumntype{Y}{>{centeringarraybackslash}X}

begin{document}

begin{figure}[ht]
centering
begin{tcolorbox}
begin{tabularx}{1linewidth}{YYYY}
{}chemfig{C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:180,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H) -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C=[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:180,.6]H) ~[,.6]C -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} \[5ex]

(a) Ethane & (b) Ethylene & (c) Propadiene & (d) Propyne\
end{tabularx}

end{tcolorbox}
vspace{-1.5ex}
caption{caption}
label{fig:my_label}
end{figure}

end{document}


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I am trying to put a tabularx inside a tcolorbox but it's not centered properly, it's shifted slightly to the right. Here is the code I am using. I am using figure environment for the caption. Is there a better way to do this?



documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1.5in, right=1in, left=1in]{geometry}
usepackage{tabularx}
usepackage{tcolorbox}
usepackage{chemfig}

newcolumntype{Y}{>{centeringarraybackslash}X}

begin{document}

begin{figure}[ht]
centering
begin{tcolorbox}
begin{tabularx}{1linewidth}{YYYY}
{}chemfig{C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:180,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H) -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C=[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
{}chemfig{C(-[:180,.6]H) ~[,.6]C -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} \[5ex]

(a) Ethane & (b) Ethylene & (c) Propadiene & (d) Propyne\
end{tabularx}

end{tcolorbox}
vspace{-1.5ex}
caption{caption}
label{fig:my_label}
end{figure}

end{document}


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    it is centred but as yiou have forced all the columns to be the same width, entries with smaller structures have more space around them. (if you used |Y|Y|Y|Y| so it added rules it would be clearer that the table itself is centred but there is white space inside the first column

    – David Carlisle
    19 hours ago














  • 2





    it is centred but as yiou have forced all the columns to be the same width, entries with smaller structures have more space around them. (if you used |Y|Y|Y|Y| so it added rules it would be clearer that the table itself is centred but there is white space inside the first column

    – David Carlisle
    19 hours ago








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it is centred but as yiou have forced all the columns to be the same width, entries with smaller structures have more space around them. (if you used |Y|Y|Y|Y| so it added rules it would be clearer that the table itself is centred but there is white space inside the first column

– David Carlisle
19 hours ago





it is centred but as yiou have forced all the columns to be the same width, entries with smaller structures have more space around them. (if you used |Y|Y|Y|Y| so it added rules it would be clearer that the table itself is centred but there is white space inside the first column

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Since line breaking inside the cells is neither expected nor desirable, and since the natural widths of the four columns are quite different, using a tabularx environment seems wrong. I suggest you use a tabular* environment instead.



enter image description here



documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1.5in, hmargin=1in]{geometry}
usepackage{tcolorbox,chemfig}

begin{document}

begin{figure}[ht]
setlengthtabcolsep{0pt} % let LaTeX figure out intercolumn spacing
begin{tcolorbox}
begin{tabular*}{1linewidth}{@{extracolsep{fill}} cccc }
chemfig{C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:180,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H) -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C=[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:180,.6]H) ~[,.6]C -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} \[5ex]
(a) Ethane & (b) Ethylene & (c) Propadiene & (d) Propyne\
end{tabular*}
end{tcolorbox}
vspace{-2ex}
caption{caption}
label{fig:my_label}
end{figure}

end{document}





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    @Tanton - One of the main differences between tabularx and tabular* is that whereas the former works by adjusting the widths of the columns, the latter works by adjusting the amount of intercolumn whitespace. Since there is no reason for why the 4 columns should occupy equal widths, the tabular* environments seems to be the more natural device to employ.

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    18 hours ago













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Since line breaking inside the cells is neither expected nor desirable, and since the natural widths of the four columns are quite different, using a tabularx environment seems wrong. I suggest you use a tabular* environment instead.



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documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1.5in, hmargin=1in]{geometry}
usepackage{tcolorbox,chemfig}

begin{document}

begin{figure}[ht]
setlengthtabcolsep{0pt} % let LaTeX figure out intercolumn spacing
begin{tcolorbox}
begin{tabular*}{1linewidth}{@{extracolsep{fill}} cccc }
chemfig{C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:180,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H) -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C=[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:180,.6]H) ~[,.6]C -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} \[5ex]
(a) Ethane & (b) Ethylene & (c) Propadiene & (d) Propyne\
end{tabular*}
end{tcolorbox}
vspace{-2ex}
caption{caption}
label{fig:my_label}
end{figure}

end{document}





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  • Thank you so much! It was bugging me for a long time.

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    @Tanton - One of the main differences between tabularx and tabular* is that whereas the former works by adjusting the widths of the columns, the latter works by adjusting the amount of intercolumn whitespace. Since there is no reason for why the 4 columns should occupy equal widths, the tabular* environments seems to be the more natural device to employ.

    – Mico
    18 hours ago


















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Since line breaking inside the cells is neither expected nor desirable, and since the natural widths of the four columns are quite different, using a tabularx environment seems wrong. I suggest you use a tabular* environment instead.



enter image description here



documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1.5in, hmargin=1in]{geometry}
usepackage{tcolorbox,chemfig}

begin{document}

begin{figure}[ht]
setlengthtabcolsep{0pt} % let LaTeX figure out intercolumn spacing
begin{tcolorbox}
begin{tabular*}{1linewidth}{@{extracolsep{fill}} cccc }
chemfig{C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:180,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H) -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C=[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:180,.6]H) ~[,.6]C -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} \[5ex]
(a) Ethane & (b) Ethylene & (c) Propadiene & (d) Propyne\
end{tabular*}
end{tcolorbox}
vspace{-2ex}
caption{caption}
label{fig:my_label}
end{figure}

end{document}





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  • Thank you so much! It was bugging me for a long time.

    – Tanton
    18 hours ago






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    @Tanton - One of the main differences between tabularx and tabular* is that whereas the former works by adjusting the widths of the columns, the latter works by adjusting the amount of intercolumn whitespace. Since there is no reason for why the 4 columns should occupy equal widths, the tabular* environments seems to be the more natural device to employ.

    – Mico
    18 hours ago
















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Since line breaking inside the cells is neither expected nor desirable, and since the natural widths of the four columns are quite different, using a tabularx environment seems wrong. I suggest you use a tabular* environment instead.



enter image description here



documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1.5in, hmargin=1in]{geometry}
usepackage{tcolorbox,chemfig}

begin{document}

begin{figure}[ht]
setlengthtabcolsep{0pt} % let LaTeX figure out intercolumn spacing
begin{tcolorbox}
begin{tabular*}{1linewidth}{@{extracolsep{fill}} cccc }
chemfig{C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:180,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H) -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C=[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:180,.6]H) ~[,.6]C -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} \[5ex]
(a) Ethane & (b) Ethylene & (c) Propadiene & (d) Propyne\
end{tabular*}
end{tcolorbox}
vspace{-2ex}
caption{caption}
label{fig:my_label}
end{figure}

end{document}





share|improve this answer















Since line breaking inside the cells is neither expected nor desirable, and since the natural widths of the four columns are quite different, using a tabularx environment seems wrong. I suggest you use a tabular* environment instead.



enter image description here



documentclass[12pt, a4paper]{article}
usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1.5in, hmargin=1in]{geometry}
usepackage{tcolorbox,chemfig}

begin{document}

begin{figure}[ht]
setlengthtabcolsep{0pt} % let LaTeX figure out intercolumn spacing
begin{tcolorbox}
begin{tabular*}{1linewidth}{@{extracolsep{fill}} cccc }
chemfig{C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:180,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H) -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:135,.6]H)(-[:225,.6]H) =[,.6]C=[,.6]C(-[:45,.6]H)(-[:315,.6]H)} &
chemfig{C(-[:180,.6]H) ~[,.6]C -[,.6]C(-[:90,.6]H)(-[:0,.6]H)(-[:270,.6]H)} \[5ex]
(a) Ethane & (b) Ethylene & (c) Propadiene & (d) Propyne\
end{tabular*}
end{tcolorbox}
vspace{-2ex}
caption{caption}
label{fig:my_label}
end{figure}

end{document}






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  • Thank you so much! It was bugging me for a long time.

    – Tanton
    18 hours ago






  • 1





    @Tanton - One of the main differences between tabularx and tabular* is that whereas the former works by adjusting the widths of the columns, the latter works by adjusting the amount of intercolumn whitespace. Since there is no reason for why the 4 columns should occupy equal widths, the tabular* environments seems to be the more natural device to employ.

    – Mico
    18 hours ago





















  • Thank you so much! It was bugging me for a long time.

    – Tanton
    18 hours ago






  • 1





    @Tanton - One of the main differences between tabularx and tabular* is that whereas the former works by adjusting the widths of the columns, the latter works by adjusting the amount of intercolumn whitespace. Since there is no reason for why the 4 columns should occupy equal widths, the tabular* environments seems to be the more natural device to employ.

    – Mico
    18 hours ago



















Thank you so much! It was bugging me for a long time.

– Tanton
18 hours ago





Thank you so much! It was bugging me for a long time.

– Tanton
18 hours ago




1




1





@Tanton - One of the main differences between tabularx and tabular* is that whereas the former works by adjusting the widths of the columns, the latter works by adjusting the amount of intercolumn whitespace. Since there is no reason for why the 4 columns should occupy equal widths, the tabular* environments seems to be the more natural device to employ.

– Mico
18 hours ago







@Tanton - One of the main differences between tabularx and tabular* is that whereas the former works by adjusting the widths of the columns, the latter works by adjusting the amount of intercolumn whitespace. Since there is no reason for why the 4 columns should occupy equal widths, the tabular* environments seems to be the more natural device to employ.

– Mico
18 hours ago












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