Text wrapping in multirow columns

Question

How do I make the long multirow cell wrap its text? Ideally I'd like to be able to specify a width for the entire column. The text should also be centered both vertically and horizontally.

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
    \hline
    \multirow{2}{*}{looooooong cell} & cell1 & cell2 \\ \cline{2-3}
     & cell3 & cell4 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

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EDIT: Just found a solution for a single cell (answered below). But I'm still wondering if there's any way to do it for an entire column. I'd rather not have to do this for each individual cell.

score 43 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 15 '14 at 12:17

43

\multirow would linewrap if you used the length of the box instead of * in

\multirow{3}{*}.

So,

\multirow{2}{2cm}{\centering looooooong cell}}

edited Mar 15 '14 at 12:17

answered Mar 15 '14 at 11:59

Yoga

531

4

Note that \linewidth and the likes can also be used in the multirow length field. – Sussch Dec 27 '16 at 11:58

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 15 '14 at 12:10

21

Actually just found a solution

\multirow{2}{*}{\parbox{2cm}{\centering looooooong cell}}

works perfectly.

edited Mar 15 '14 at 12:10

Fran

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answered Jun 22 '12 at 20:12

tskuzzy

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score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

7

To expand your answer: Use a paragraph box as in Text wrap in tables (multirow package loaded). I've made the font larger for example purposes and added another row so you can see it's centered in both directions.

\documentclass[crop]{standalone}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}

\Huge
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
  \hline
  \multirow{3}{*}{\parbox{4cm}{looooooong cell}} & cell1 & cell2 \\ \cline{2-3}
   & cell3 & cell4 \\ \cline{2-3}
   & cell5 & cell6 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Community

1

answered Jul 18 '12 at 16:32

sappjw

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Thanks, this worked for me – Goke Obasa Jan 03 '21 at 18:19

Text wrapping in multirow columns

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