Using \color in a paragraph column inside a tabular environment results in a line break

Question

Some of my documents are compiled into multiple outputs. Some Versions contain certain parts, while other versions contain only a placeholder. For this purpose I have a macro \markup that colors its argument red in some versions and omits it in others. Obviously that macro should work just about anywhere, for example in normal text, inside tables, in captions or headlines, etc.

Now when I use \markup (or just \color) in a p column inside a tabular environment, it creates an odd line break that shouldn't really be there. When used in other column types such as c, there is no line break:

Broken line breaks

I know I could use \textcolor instead of \color (which fixes the issue) but then my macro wouldn't work when the argument contains paragraphs, since \textcolor is not \long. Are there other ways to fix that weird linebreak, accept lone arguments, and still have a macro that works in (nearly) all situations?

\documentclass[margin=1pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{xcolor}

% The actual \markup macro is a bit more complicated and contains an \if
\newcommand\markup[1]{{\color{red}#1}}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{| p{2cm} | c |} 
        \hline
        p\{2cm\}   & c          \\ \hline
        \markup{1} & 2          \\ \hline
        3          & \markup{4} \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

Possible duplicate: Change text color in table, preserve ability. — Heiko Oberdiek, Jun 18 '13 at 17:44
True, but there's a lot more clutter in that question (which is probably the reason I didn't find it). ;-) — Fritz, Jun 18 '13 at 17:50

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '13 at 17:40

8

Define \markup to start with \leavevmode. Sorry it's not my fault:-)

answered Jun 18 '13 at 17:40

David Carlisle

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Why would it be your fault? – Fritz Jun 18 '13 at 17:47
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@Fritz I did the colour support in latex:-) – David Carlisle Jun 18 '13 at 20:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '13 at 17:40

If a manual correction is enough...

\documentclass[margin=1pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{xcolor}

% The actual \markup macro is a bit more complicated and contains an \if
\newcommand\markup[1]{{\color{red}#1}}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{| p{2cm} | c |} 
        \hline
        p\{2cm\}   & c          \\ \hline
      \noindent\markup{1} & {2}          \\ \hline
        3          & \markup{4} \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

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Using \color in a paragraph column inside a tabular environment results in a line break

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