rowcolor doesn't fill complete cell

Question

So I'm trying to color the rows in my table, but in the rows where I use \makecell, the colouring doesn't work properly. Somebody knows a solution for this?

\usepackage{xcolor, colortbl} %kleurtjes voor table
\definecolor{TopRow}{rgb}{0.4,0.7,1}
\definecolor{NormalRow}{rgb}{0.8,0.9,1}
\usepackage{makecell}

    \begin{center}
    \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
    \hline
    \rowcolor{TopRow}
    \textbf{Peptide Enrichtments} & \textbf{Hits} & \textbf{Found Genes} \\
    \hline
    \rowcolor{NormalRow}
    Nothing &3 & \makecell[lt]{RAB5C \\ TNKS1BP1 \\ WDR43}\\
    \hline
    20X dilution& 1 & AHCY \\
    \hline
    \rowcolor{NormalRow}
    TiO2& 2 & \makecell[lt]{TNKS1BP1\\ITPR2}\\
    \hline
    TiO2-3 &0& -\\
    \hline
    \rowcolor{NormalRow}
    Fe-NTA & 0&- \\
    \hline
    \end{tabular}
    \end{center}

EDIT:

So I did the following:

Nothing &3 & {\colorbox{NormalRow}{\makecell[lt]{RAB5C \\ TNKS1BP1 \\ WDR43}}}\\

But now the alignment is good anymore. anyone has solutions for that? $After using \colorbox the alignment isn't correct anymore$

Related: How to color column heads determined width makecell and Table cell line break, and rowcolors. Using colorbox around the makecell commands should yield the desired result. — leandriis, Jun 11 '18 at 13:22
Great, that works. Thank you. However now the words aren't left aligned anymore. Do you have a solution for that as well? Can I define the position of the colorbox? — Leo, Jun 11 '18 at 13:40
You are right. I did not notice the slight shift of the text. In your case, I would suggest, that you drop the usage of makecell completely, as the layout in the table can also be achieved by using three separate rows for the first light blue row. This way you can continue using rowcolor. — leandriis, Jun 11 '18 at 13:58
An answer that uses \Gape (that works great for me) has also been written here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/489251/36302 — erb, Oct 13 '21 at 08:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '18 at 14:20

Instead of trying to make makecell and colortbl compatible, I'd suggest dropping the usage of makecell. You can achieve the same layout without it as shown in the following MWE:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\definecolor{TopRow}{rgb}{0.4,0.7,1}
\definecolor{NormalRow}{rgb}{0.8,0.9,1}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|}
  \hline
  \rowcolor{TopRow}
    \textbf{Peptide Enrichtments} & \textbf{Hits} & \textbf{Found Genes} \\
  \hline
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
    Nothing & 3 & RAB5C \\
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
            &   & TNKS1BP1 \\
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
            &   & WDR43 \\
  \hline
    20X dilution& 1 & AHCY \\
  \hline
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
    TiO2 & 2 & TNKS1BP1\\
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
         &   & ITPR2 \\
  \hline
    TiO2-3 &0& -\\
  \hline
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
    Fe-NTA & 0&- \\
  \hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

As you use color as a structuring element in your table, you might also consider dropping all the horizonal and vertical rules. In the following example, I have also added a bit of extra vertical space:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\definecolor{TopRow}{rgb}{0.4,0.7,1}
\definecolor{NormalRow}{rgb}{0.8,0.9,1}

\begin{document}
\begingroup
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
  \rowcolor{TopRow}
    \textbf{Peptide Enrichtments} & \textbf{Hits} & \textbf{Found Genes} \\
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
    Nothing & 3 & RAB5C \\
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
            &   & TNKS1BP1 \\
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
            &   & WDR43 \\
    20X dilution& 1 & AHCY \\
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
    TiO2 & 2 & TNKS1BP1\\
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
         &   & ITPR2 \\
    TiO2-3 &0& -\\
  \rowcolor{NormalRow}
    Fe-NTA & 0&- \\
\end{tabular}
\endgroup

\end{document}

This last example shows a more minimalistic approach without colors and bold text, but with white space and rules from the booktabs packages as structural elements:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
\toprule
    Peptide Enrichtments & Hits & Found Genes \\
\midrule
    Nothing      & 3 & RAB5C    \\
                 &   & TNKS1BP1 \\
                 &   & WDR43    \\\addlinespace
    20X dilution & 1 & AHCY     \\\addlinespace
    TiO2         & 2 & TNKS1BP1 \\
                 &   & ITPR2    \\\addlinespace
    TiO2-3       & 0 & -        \\\addlinespace
    Fe-NTA       & 0 & -        \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 08 '23 at 11:58

Here is a solution with {NiceTabular} of nicematrix. That environment provides a command \rowcolors (in the so-called \CodeBefore) which respect the blocks, created by \Block, when the key respect-blocks is used.

You will have a perfect output in all the PDF viewers, at all the levels of zoom.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nicematrix,xcolor}
\begin{document}
\begin{NiceTabular}{|l|l|l|}
\CodeBefore
  \rowcolor[rgb]{0.4,0.7,1}{1}
  \rowcolors[rgb]{2}{}{0.8,0.9,1}[respect-blocks]
\Body
\Hline
    \textbf{Peptide Enrichtments} & \textbf{Hits} & \textbf{Found Genes} \
\Hline
    \Block{3-1}{}
    Nothing & 3 & RAB5C \
            &   & TNKS1BP1 \
            &   & WDR43 \
\Hline
    20X dilution& 1 & AHCY \
\Hline
    \Block{2-1}{}
    TiO2 & 2 & TNKS1BP1\
         &   & ITPR2 \
\Hline
    TiO2-3 &0& -\
\Hline
    Fe-NTA & 0&- \
\Hline
\end{NiceTabular}
\end{document}

You need several compilations (because nicematrix uses PGF/Tikz nodes under the hood).

rowcolor doesn't fill complete cell

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