Force text in minipage to top

Question

Hi I am trying to force text to the top of a minipage, but nothing seems to be working. I am still new to Latex do I dont know much. I am using overleaf to edit the file I put two minipages side by side, the right side is what I expect, but the left side is keeping everything in the center of the minipage. this is what the text looks like (I want B862a to go to the top of the page)

the code that is supposed to generate this part is this:

\documentclass{article}     
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{lipsum}  

\begin{document}

{
    \vspace*{\fill}                 % Posição vertical
    %\hrule                         % Linha horizontal
    \begin{center}
        \begin{minipage}[c]{11.5cm}
            \begin{center}
                \lipsum[3]   
            \end{center}
        \end{minipage}
    \end{center}
    \vspace{5 mm}
    \fbox{
        \begin{center}                  % Minipage Centralizado
            \begin{minipage}[]{12.5cm}        % Largura
                \begin{minipage}[t]{.1\textwidth}
                    B862a
                    \vspace{\fill}
                \end{minipage}
                \begin{minipage}[]{.80\textwidth}
                    \lipsum[2]
                    \hspace{2mm}
                \end{minipage}
            \end{minipage}
        \end{center}
    }
    %\hrule
}


\end{document}

Please make your snippet compilable. I expect you want to adjust the alignment of the minipages rather than of their contents. — cfr, Oct 10 '19 at 01:14
ok, I changed the code to something runnable outside of my original document, sorry — user169808, Oct 10 '19 at 13:06

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '19 at 17:24

The code posted gives me an error as written. When that's corrected, I get overfull boxes, but Peter Grill's answer seems to work fine.

Do you want something like this?

\documentclass[]{article}     
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{lipsum}  

\begin{document}
\vspace*{\fill}%                 % Posição vertical
\begin{center}
  \begin{minipage}[c]{11.5cm}
    \begin{center}
      \lipsum[3]\bigskip
    \end{center}
  \end{minipage}
\bigskip\par% skips are better than absolute dimensions like 5mm when you can use them
\noindent% don't indent this paragraph
\fbox{\centering% the center environment gives an error here. Change the padding of the box or insert e.g. \smallskip\par if you want more spacing
  \begin{minipage}[]{.95\textwidth}% 12.5cm is too wide for the page layout  % Largura
    \begin{minipage}[t]{.1\textwidth}
      B862a
    \end{minipage} % note the space between the minipages here (a new line is a space unless commented)
    \begin{minipage}[t]{.80\textwidth}
      \lipsum[2]
    \end{minipage}
  \end{minipage}%
}
\end{center}
\end{document}

Note that you really don't need csquotes for the example.

thanks, thats exactly what I was after, I wonder why the code I posted runs on my account. — user169808, Oct 11 '19 at 00:18

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

3

Using a [t] alignment option for the minipage seems to work for this case:

References

The answers at Understanding minipages - aligning at top are a useful reference.

Code:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{minipage}[t]{.1\textwidth}
    B862a
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}[t]{.75\textwidth}
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\end{minipage}
\end{document}

edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

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answered Oct 10 '19 at 03:41

Peter Grill

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thanks, I tried adding [t], but it didnt change the results – user169808 Oct 10 '19 at 13:07
@user169808: Adding the \t option to both of the minipages in your current MWE seems to work fine (after using the \centering macro instead of center environment). You should also use \fbox{% instead of \fbox{ (ie, add a trailing %). – Peter Grill Oct 10 '19 at 20:11

Force text in minipage to top

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