How can I make a table with colored rows without the column headings being drawn over?

Question

I have been trying to make this table

but I have a problem with the first row, the text "P kanal" and "Q kanal" aren't in the center here is what I get

The code I used:

\begin{tabular}{c c c c}
\hline
\hline
\rowcolor[RGB]{77,77,77}\color{white}\multirow{1}{}{Modulacijska} & \color{white}\multirow{1}{}{Biti na izlazu} & \color{white}\multirow{2}{}{\emph{I} kanal} & \color{white}\multirow{2}{}{\emph{Q} kanal} \\ 
\rowcolor[RGB]{77,77,77}\color {white} tehnika & \color{white} kanalnog prepletača & & \\
\hline
\hline
BSPK & $x_{0}$ & $x_{0}$ & - \\
\end{tabular}

Welcome to TeX.SX! Please show what your tried so far in the forma of a minimal working example (MWE) that allows others to reproduce the output you get. — leandriis, May 09 '20 at 14:27
Does `\documentclass{article} \usepackage[table]{xcolor} \usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{cc} \rowcolor{gray} text & \multirow{2}{*}{covered text} \ \rowcolor{gray} text & \ \end{tabular}

\begin{tabular}{cc} \rowcolor{gray} text & \ \rowcolor{gray} text & \multirow{-2}{*}{correctly shown text} \ \end{tabular } \end{document}`help you? — leandriis, May 09 '20 at 14:30
Probably related: Color running over text in multirow column — leandriis, May 09 '20 at 14:39
All your \multirow commands are missing the second argument. You can not leave that pair of {} empty. Depending on the desired output, use a width * or = there. — leandriis, May 09 '20 at 16:28
@Sabina: Can you choose a better title for your question? Something that is specific to the problem? — Werner, May 13 '20 at 16:49
With multirow you need to move the chopped text to the second row, with a negative rows parameter. — Quetzylcoatyl, May 09 '20 at 16:04

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 09 '20 at 16:54

5

No \multirow:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\newcommand{\splitcell}[1]{\begin{tabular}{@{}c@{}}#1\end{tabular}}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{c c c c}
\hline\hline
\rowcolor[RGB]{77,77,77}\color{white}\splitcell{Modulacijska \\ tehnika} &
\color{white}\splitcell{Biti na izlazu \\ kanalnog prepletača} &
\color{white}\emph{I} kanal &
\color{white}\emph{Q} kanal \\
\hline \hline
BSPK & $x_{0}$ & $x_{0}$ & -
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

I'd remove the double \hline commands: the big gray bar just serves the purpose. Actually I'd avoid the big bar, but that's personal preference.

answered May 09 '20 at 16:54

egreg

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Thank you for your advice – Sabina May 09 '20 at 16:59
I also prefer you solution over multirow. However, \makecell{} does the same and has particular features: it applies line spread found in regular paragraphs, and \makecell{} is not affected by arraystretch, which sometimes helps with visual distinction of cells containing group of data. I think it's not possible to do that with regular tabular, is it? – Celdor Jul 18 '22 at 12:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 09 '20 at 16:30

Here is the corrected version of your code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c} 
\hline \hline 
\rowcolor[RGB]{77,77,77}
\color{white} Modulacijska 
  & \color{white} Biti na izlazu 
    & 
      &  \\ 
\rowcolor[RGB]{77,77,77}
\color{white} tehnika
  &\color{white} kanalnog prepletača 
    & \color{white}\multirow{-2}{*}{\emph{I} kanal} 
      & \color{white}\multirow{-2}{*}{\emph{Q} kanal}\\
      \hline \hline 
BSPK 
  & $x_{0}$ 
    & $x_{0}$ 
      & - \\ 
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

F. Pantigny · Answer 3 · 2022-07-18T11:25:09.340

With {NiceTabular} of nicematrix (≥ 6.11).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\begin{document}
\doublerulesepcolor{white}
\begin{NiceTabular}{cccc}[cell-space-limits=2pt]
\hline\hline
\RowStyle[color=white,rowcolor=[RGB]{77,77,77}]{}
\Block{}{Modulacijska \ tehnika} &
\Block{}{Biti na izlazu \ kanalnog prepletača} &
\emph{I} kanal &
\emph{Q} kanal \
\hline \hline
BSPK & $x_{0}$ & $x_{0}$ & -
\end{NiceTabular}
\end{document}

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

How can I make a table with colored rows without the column headings being drawn over?

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