What is the space around a parbox?

Asked Jan 16 '14 at 15:24

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I write a short macro which put a picture on the left and a text on the right:

\newlength\largeur

\newcommand{\uneQuestion}[1]{
    \setlength{\largeur}{\columnwidth}
    \addtolength{\largeur}{-16mm}
    \noindent
    \hspace*{2mm}
    \parbox{12mm}{\iconequestion}
    \hspace*{2mm}
    \parbox{\largeur}{\color{CouleurQuestion!95} #1}
}

As you can see largeur will be the width of the text and in order to compute it, I substract to the column width the two \hspaces and the \parbox space.

But If I did that, the text is slightly larger than the \columnwidth. I guess that there is a short space around a \parbox?

edited Jan 16 '14 at 16:22

Werner

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asked Jan 16 '14 at 15:24

Ger

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You have some spurious spaces (after the two \hspaces and both \parboxes), which is removed when you end the line with %. See What is the use of percent signs (%) at the end of lines? – Werner Jan 16 '14 at 15:29
... and the length setting, of course. – Werner Jan 16 '14 at 15:34
If the linked question solved your problem, we can close this question as a duplicate. Please give some feedback if this is not the case. Duplication on this site is fine, and could guide future visitors. – Werner Jan 16 '14 at 16:14
Yes it does. You can mark this question as a duplicate. – Ger Jan 16 '14 at 16:18

What is the space around a parbox?

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