Include colored box, rotated text in booktabs styled table

Question

I am trying to make a latex table that looks like the picture. There should basically be 4 columns of rotated text under Header 1, one grey cell that that contains additional information. I am new to latex and have no idea how to make this table in booktabs style.

\documentclass{article}
\newcommand*\turn{\rotatebox[origin=b]{90}}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{array, caption}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{makecell}
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{@{}llllll@{}}
\toprule
& \multicolumn{4}{c}{Header 1} &     \ 
\cmidrule(lr){2-5}
&\turn{Text1}      &\turn{Text2}     &\turn{Text3}     & \turn{Text4}     & \cellcolor{gray!25} \makecell[l]{Some line 1\ Some line 1\ Some line 1\ Some line 1\ Some line 1} \
Header 3 &    &      &        &       &Header 3\
\midrule
&        &       &       &       &    \
&        &       &       &       &    \
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Welcome to TeX SX! What you want to have is not clear from the image. Does each of the columns under Header 1 correspond to a rotated tex? — Bernard, Aug 26 '20 at 12:48
Yes. Each of the columns under header 1 should be rotated and aligned at bottom. — matais, Aug 26 '20 at 12:57
Could you post a code of what you've tried, so we don't have to type everything from scratch? — Bernard, Aug 26 '20 at 13:01
I've compiled your code. What would you like to change, exactly? — Bernard, Aug 26 '20 at 14:12

Zarko · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-26T17:35:31.807

MWE, which reproduce this (unusual) table (as you shown in question) is:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{makecell, multirow, tabularx}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}X}
\usepackage[skip=1ex]{caption}
\begin{document}
    \begin{table}[htb]
    \centering
    \setlength\extrarowheight{2pt}
    \settowidth\rotheadsize{Text 4}
    \renewcommand\rotheadgape{}
\begin{tabularx}{0.6\linewidth}{ l llll c@{,}X }
    \Xhline{1pt}
            & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Header 1} 
                                && \cellcolor{gray!25}   \

    \Xcline{2-5}{0.6pt}
                &   \rothead{Text 1}
                    &   \rothead{Text 2}
                        &   \rothead{Text 3}
                            &   \rothead{Text 4}
                                &&  \cellcolor{gray!25}%
                                    \multirow{-2.2}{=}{\noindent
                                    Some line 1 Some line 2
                                    Some line 3}        \ 
Header 3    &   &   &   &   &&  Header 3                \
    \Xhline{0.6pt}
A           &   &   &   &   &&  1                       \
B           &   &   &   &   &&  2                       \
    \Xhline{1pt}
\end{tabularx}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

Addendum:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{makecell, multirow, tabularx}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}X}
\newcommand\mrrc[1]{\multirow{-2.4}{*}{\rothead{#1}}} % <---
\usepackage[skip=1ex]{caption}
\begin{document}
    \begin{table}[htb]
    \centering
    \setlength\extrarowheight{2pt}
    \settowidth\rotheadsize{Text 4}
    \renewcommand\rotheadgape{}
\begin{tabularx}{0.6\linewidth}{ l llll c@{,}L }
    \Xhline{1pt}
            & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Header 1} 
                            && \cellcolor{gray!25}  \

    \Xcline{2-5}{0.6pt}
            &   &   &   &   &&  \cellcolor{gray!25}                 % <---
                                \small\linespread{0.84}\selectfont  % <---
                                \multirow{-1.8}{=}{\noindent
                                    Some line 1 
                                    Some line 2
                                    Some line 3}    \[1ex]
Header 3    &   \mrrc{Text 1}       % <--- rotated headers moved down
                &   \mrrc{Text 2}
                    &   \mrrc{Text 3}
                        &   \mrrc{Text 4}
                                   &&  Header 3     \
    \Xhline{0.6pt}
A           &   &   &   &   &&  1                   \
B           &   &   &   &   &&  2                   \
    \Xhline{1pt}
\end{tabularx}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

hopefully produce what you like to have:

Thanks a bunch, the requirement of my project is indeed unusual :) As an additional question, do you think it is possible to align the rotated texts to the bottom where header 3 is? — matais, Aug 26 '20 at 15:40

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 26 '20 at 16:37

Is it what you want to have?

\documentclass{article}
\newcommand*\turn{\rotatebox[origin=b]{90}}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{array, caption}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{makecell}
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{@{}llllll@{}}
\toprule
& \multicolumn{4}{c}{Header 1} & \
\cmidrule(lr){2-5}
&\multirowcell{3.5}{\turn{Text1}} &\multirowcell{3.5}{\turn{Text2}} &\multirowcell{3.5}{\turn{Text3}} & \multirowcell{3.5}{\turn{Text4}} & \cellcolor{gray!25} \makecell{Some line 1\ Some line 1\ Some line 1\ Some line 1\ Some line 1} \
\addlinespace
Header 3 & & & & &Header 3\
\midrule
& & & & & \
& & & & & \
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

This is very close. I can take it from here as I almost got I wanted. Thanks a lot for your help, really appreciated. — matais, Aug 27 '20 at 00:55

F. Pantigny · Answer 3 · 2021-07-17T10:06:52.360

Here is a solution with {NiceTabular} of nicematrix.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[htb]
\centering
\setlength\extrarowheight{2pt}
\begin{NiceTabular}{llllll}
\CodeBefore
  \rectanglecolor{gray!20}{1-6}{2-6}
\Body
  \toprule
   & \Block{1-4}{Header 1} &&&
   & \Block{2-1}{Some line 1\ Some line 2 \ Some line 3}  \

  \cmidrule(lr){2-5}
   \RowStyle{\rotate}
   & Text 1
   & Text 2
   & Text 3
   & Text 4 \
  Header 3    &   &   &   &   & Header 3 \
  \midrule
  A           &   &   &   &   &  1 \
  B           &   &   &   &   &  2 \
  \bottomrule
\end{NiceTabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

This solution uses \booktabs (nicematrix is compatible with booktabs). Hence, it's easy to use shorten the \cmidrule with \cmidrule(rl) (there is no need of a dummy column).
The command \Block of nicematrix put its content at the mathematical center of the merge cells. There is no need to adjust manually as in \multirow.
The command \rowstyle applies formatting commands to all the cells of the row.
In nicematrix, the colored panels are drawn before all the rules (the output is better in the PDF viewers: the rules won't seem to disappear at some levels of zoom in some PDF viewers as Adobe Reader).

Thanks a lot for the nice alternative :) – matais Aug 28 '20 at 02:35 — matais, Aug 28 '20 at 02:35

Include colored box, rotated text in booktabs styled table

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