Macro for custom tabular, using tikz?

Question

While following some company's graphic guidelines, I tried to make a custom tabular using tikz.

Here is the MWE:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{CustomBlue}{RGB}{13,88,129}
\definecolor{CustomBlue2}{RGB}{90,111,131}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}

\begin{document}
    \begin{table}[h]
        \centering
        \newcommand{\filler}[1]{
            \coordinate[xshift=.5cm] (sw) at (#1.south west);
            \coordinate[xshift=-0.35cm, yshift=-1pt] (1) at (#1.south east);
            \filldraw[white, ultra thin, transform canvas={yshift=0.5pt}] (#1.south east) -- (sw) -- ++(0,-1pt) -- (1) -- ++(0,-1pt) -- ++(0.35,0) --cycle;
        }
        \tikzset{header/.style={draw, fill, rectangle, color=CustomBlue, text=white, minimum width=3cm, minimum height=.5cm, text width=3.8cm, align=left}}
        \tikzset{table/.style={draw, fill, rectangle, color=#1, text=black, minimum width=3cm,text width=3.8cm, align = left},
            table/.default={CustomBlue!20}}
        \begin{tikzpicture}
        \node[header] (A1) {\begin{tabular}{l}
            \textbf{Some header}
            \end{tabular}};
        \node[table=CustomBlue2!70, text=white, below=0 of A1](A2) {
            \begin{tabular}{l}
            Some item \\
            Another item
            \end{tabular}
        };
        \filler{A1}

        \node[table=CustomBlue2!70, text= white, below=0 of A2] (A3) {
            \begin{tabular}{l}
            A total
            \end{tabular}
        };
        \filler{A2}

        \node[header, right= .15cm of A1] (B1) {\begin{tabular}{l}
            \textbf{Another header}
            \end{tabular}};
        \node[table, below=0 of B1] (B2) {
            \begin{tabular}{l}
            Some value \\
            Some other value
            \end{tabular}
        };
        \filler{B1}
        \node[table, below=0 of B2] (B3) {
            \begin{tabular}{l}
            ~
            \end{tabular}
        };
        \filler{B2}

        \node[header, right= .15cm of B1] (C1) {
            \bfseries
            \begin{tabular}{l}
            Last header
            \end{tabular}
        };
        \node[table, below=0 of C1] (C2) {
            \begin{tabular}{l}
            Almost the last item\\
            The last one
            \end{tabular}
        };
        \filler{C1}
        \node[table, below=0 of C2] (C3) {
            \begin{tabular}{l}
            Oh, forgot that one
            \end{tabular}
        };
        \filler{C2}

        \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

That code is somewhat inelegant and long (not really reusable several times in a document). I'm trying to make a custom tabular environment which would basically look like:

\begin{customTabular}{l|l|l}
    Some header & Another header & Last header\\
    \customLine\\
        Some item & Some value & Almost the last item\\
    Another item & Some other value & The last one\\
    \customLine \\
    A total & & Oh, forgot that one
\end{customTabular}

Any hint on how I may do that? (I'm not really asking for a full code, but rather guidelines). Many thanks!

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 22 '16 at 11:56

Just an starting point:

\documentclass[tikz,border=2mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning, matrix}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[mynode/.style={minimum width=4cm, minimum height=6mm, 
    outer sep=0pt, text width=3.5cm, align=left,    fill=blue!30, anchor=center},
    header/.style={mynode, fill=blue!30!black, text=white, font=\bfseries},
    firstcol/.style={mynode, fill=black!30, text=white} ]

    \matrix (A) [matrix of nodes, column sep=2mm, row sep=0pt,
        nodes in empty cells,
        nodes=mynode,
        row 1/.style={nodes=header},
        column 1/.style={nodes=firstcol},
        row 1 column 1/.style={nodes=header}]
        {Some header & Another header & Last header \\
        Some item & Some value & Almost the last item \\ 
        Another item & Some other value & The last one \\ 
        A total &  & Oh, forgot that one \\ };

    \foreach \i in {1,...,3}{
        \draw[line width=1mm, white, shorten >=5mm] (A-1-\i.south east) --  (A-1-\i.south west);    
        \draw[line width=1mm, white, shorten >=5mm] (A-4-\i.north east) --  (A-4-\i.north west);    
        }
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Some more evolved way (also using matrix), perhaps with some more work can be made into a command or an environment.

Some key aspects:

Uses the nodes-families tikz library (from user @Qrrbrbirlbel) to ensure all nodes from the same column have the same width and from the same row have the same height (like it's done here)
Uses backgrounds library to draw the bakgrounds.
Uses pbox to make the paragraphs text cells.
If the \tikzsets can be made to work within the \foreaches it will be fairly easy to make a command out of this.
The built in styles column <num> don't work to set up the Minimum Width node family, that's why it has to be given explicitly (issue is brought up in the previous linked question).

MWE

\documentclass{standalone}

\usepackage{tikz,pbox}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix,backgrounds,nodes-families}

\definecolor{CustomBlue}{RGB}{13,88,129}
\definecolor{CustomBlue2}{RGB}{90,111,131}

\tikzset{%
    hline/.style={white, thick, shorten >=10pt},
    vline/.style={white, ultra thick}
}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \def\nrows{3}\def\ncols{3}
    %\foreach \i in{1,...,\nrows}{\tikzset{row \i/.style={Minimum Height=r\i,Text Height=th\i,Text Depth=td\i}}}; % This does not work (some expansion issue maybe)
    %\foreach \i in {1,...,\ncols}{\tikzset{col \i/.style={Minimum Width=c\i}}}; % This does not work (some expansion issue maybe)
    \tikzset{col 1/.style={Minimum Width=c1}}
    \tikzset{col 2/.style={Minimum Width=c2}}
    \tikzset{col 3/.style={Minimum Width=c3}}
    \tikzset{row 1/.style={Minimum Height=r1,Text Height=th1,Text Depth=td1}}
    \tikzset{row 2/.style={Minimum Height=r2,Text Height=th2,Text Depth=td2}}
    \tikzset{row 3/.style={Minimum Height=r3,Text Height=th3,Text Depth=td3}}
    \matrix (M) [matrix of nodes, nodes in empty cells,
    inner sep=0pt,
    nodes={text=white, inner sep=1ex, font=\bfseries}]{
    |[col 1]| Some header & |[col 2]| Another header & |[col 3]| Last header\\
    |[col 1]| \pbox{6cm}{Some item \\ Another item} & |[col 2]| \pbox{6cm}{Some value \\ Some other value} & |[col 3]| \pbox{6cm}{Almost the last item \\ The last one} \\
    |[col 1]| A total & |[col 2]| & |[col 3]| Oh, forgot that one\\
    };
    \pgfmathparse{\nrows-1}
    \foreach \i in {1,...,\pgfmathresult} \foreach \j in {1,...,\ncols} \draw[hline] (M-\i-\j.south east) ++(0,-\pgflinewidth) -- ++(-10pt,0) (M-\i-\j.south east) -- (M-\i-\j.south west);
    \pgfmathparse{\ncols-1}
    \foreach \j in {1,...,\pgfmathresult} \draw[vline] (M-1-\j.north east) -- (M-\nrows-\j.south east);
    \begin{scope}[on background layer]
      \fill[CustomBlue!20] (M.north west) rectangle (M.south east);
      \fill[CustomBlue2!70] (M.north west) rectangle (M-\nrows-1.south east);
      \fill[CustomBlue] (M.north west) rectangle (M-1-\ncols.south east-|M.north east);
    \end{scope}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

That's exactly what I was looking for, some small tweaks and it will be perfect. Many thanks! — MiniBN, Jan 04 '17 at 08:39

Macro for custom tabular, using tikz?

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MWE