I use tikz to create pictures in latex. My picture consists of set of nodes. Every node has its own text inside the node, for example, "This node is valuable":
\node (mynode) [mystyle,right=of anothernode] {This node is valuable};
When I compile the document I see the description as one line.
This node is valuable
Is it possible to split the line into multiple lines? Like this:
This node
is
valuable
Which commands should one apply in order to achieve this?
A short example derived from the pgf/tikZ 2.10 manual.
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{automata,positioning}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[%
>=stealth,
node distance=3cm,
on grid,
auto
]
\node[state] (A) {A};
\node (B) [right of=A,fill=blue!25,text width=3cm]{This is a demonstration text for showing how line breaking works.};;
\path[->] (A) edge (B);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
For text alignment there is also the align option.
varwidth to constrain the node dynamically. When you say text width=3cm the node will always have space for 3cm of text, which makes nodes with little text too big. The varwidth environment grows with the text up to the given width and only then constrains.
– kongo09
Aug 24 '11 at 13:33
Yes, you can have more than one node part (for more information, refer to the TikZ manual 48.6, p. 447, pgf/tikz 2.10).
A simple example would be like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.multipart}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[every text node part/.style={align=center}]
\node (test) [rectangle, draw] {this node \\ has \\ four \\lines};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
ever text node part/.style={align=center} with text centered and it should work!
– Matten
Dec 12 '10 at 09:52
You can just put a simple tabular environment, if you want to control the break. For instance, use
\node (mynode) [mystyle,right=of anothernode] {\begin{tabular}{c} This node \\ is \\ valuable \end{tabular}};
