tikz: how to create a table with the \matrix command?

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to create a table with the \matrix command.

Almost got it, but not quite:

\documentclass[border=3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\matrix (m) [matrix of nodes,
nodes={draw=black, font={\ttfamily}, align=left, text width=1.5cm},
column sep=0,row sep=0,
column 1/.style={minimum width=2cm},
column 2/.style={minimum width=3cm},
]{
foo & 1 \\
bar & "Wilson"\\
baz & true \\
quux & 8.736e22 \\
};

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

The space between cells is screwed up; how can I fix?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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Set the text height for the nodes, currently the nodes are adjusting their height to the box within them.

See also https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/191240/113380

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

Community

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answered Oct 21 '16 at 01:48

stephematician

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any way to do that on a row-by-row basis in case some rows are oddball? – Jason S Oct 21 '16 at 02:50
This might help: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/191239/how-to-force-nodes-to-have-the-same-size-in-tikz-matrices – stephematician Oct 21 '16 at 03:28
Wait -- this doesn't work, I tried adding minimum height=2cmto line 8 and it does increase the height of all the cells but there's still that damned gap before quux. – Jason S Oct 21 '16 at 04:52
Try setting text height and text depth. See revised answer – stephematician Oct 21 '16 at 06:04

tikz: how to create a table with the \matrix command?

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