Problem coloring an entire table due to \raisebox

Question

I'm trying to make an ENTIRE table gray (see picture enter image description here

but I can't get it to work with \raisebox.

Here's my code:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{color,amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{colortbl}

\definecolor{Gray}{gray}{0.9}

\newcolumntype{g}{>{\columncolor{Gray}}c}
\begin{table}[h]
\begin{center} {\footnotesize
\begin{tabular}{lccg}
\hline
 & \multicolumn{3}{c}{AFC Window 1}    \\
  & \multicolumn{1}{c}{gmt} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{jfk} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{fbi}\\\hline
\rowcolor{Gray}
& $0.025^*$ & -0.002 & $1.155^*$ \\[-2ex]
\rowcolor{Gray}
\raisebox{2ex}{Constant} & (1.22) & (2.22) & (0.56)\\[0ex]
& $0.025^*$ & -0.002 & $1.155^*$ \\[-2ex]
\raisebox{2ex}{Constant} & (1.22) & (2.22) & (0.56)\\[0ex]
& $0.025^*$ & -0.002 & $1.155^*$ \\[-2ex]
\raisebox{2ex}{Log(assets)$^a$} & (1.22) & (2.22) & (0.56)\\[0ex]
\hline
\end{tabular} }
\end{center}
\caption{\footnotesize Number of turns and distance between top and bottom.}
\label{turns}
\end{table}


\end{document}

Thanks guys.

It's not clear what layout you want to achieve. You have negative spacing between the rows, so the coloured panel of one row obscures the text in the previous row. From your title, if you really want a background to the whole table don't use \rowcolor at all just use \colorbox{Gray}{\begin{tabular}..... — David Carlisle, Jul 13 '12 at 15:40

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 19 '17 at 19:37

You have to "smash" the raised box, rather than using negative vertical space

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{color,amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{colortbl}

\definecolor{Gray}{gray}{0.9}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h]
\centering\footnotesize
\begin{tabular}{l*{2}{>{$}c<{$}}>{\columncolor{Gray}$}c<{$}}
\hline
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{AFC Window 1}    \\
& \multicolumn{1}{c}{gmt} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{jfk} &
\multicolumn{1}{c}{fbi}\\\hline
\rowcolor{Gray}%
& 0.025^* & -0.002 & 1.155^* \\
\rowcolor{Gray}%
\smash{\raisebox{1.5ex}{Constant}}& (1.22) & (2.22) & (0.56)\\
& 0.025^* & -0.002 & 1.155^* \\
\smash{\raisebox{1.5ex}{Constant}}& (1.22) & (2.22) & (0.56)\\
& 0.025^* & -0.002 & 1.155^* \\
\smash{\raisebox{1.5ex}{Log(assets)\textsuperscript{\itshape a}}}& (1.22) & (2.22) & (0.56)\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Number of turns and distance between top and bottom.}
\label{turns}
\end{table}


\end{document}

I've made also some other improvements, so that the minus signs appear as they should.

enter image description here

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '23 at 13:17

For information, here is a way to construct that table with {NiceTabular} of nicematrix.

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h]
\centering\footnotesize
\begin{NiceTabular}{lccc}
\CodeBefore
   \rowcolor[gray]{0.9}{3,4}
   \rectanglecolor[gray]{0.9}{3-4}{8-4}
\Body
   \toprule
   & \Block{1-3}{AFC Window 1} \ 
   & gmt & jfk & fbi \
   \midrule
   \Block{2-1}{Constant} & $0.025^$ & $-0.002$ & $1.155^$ \
   & $(1.22)$ & $(2.22)$ & $(0.56)$ \
   \Block{2-1}{Constant} & $0.025^$ & $-0.002$ & $1.155^$ \
   & $(1.22)$ & $(2.22)$ & $(0.56)$ \
   \Block{2-1}{Log(assets)\textsuperscript{\itshape a}}
     & $0.025^$ & $-0.002$ & $1.155^$ \
     & $(1.22)$ & $(2.22)$ & $(0.56)$ \
   \bottomrule
\end{NiceTabular}
\caption{Number of turns and distance between top and bottom.}
\label{turns}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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