Hyperlinks Vertical Alignment Inside tabulary

Question

When trying to create a table using tabulary as:

 \documentclass{article}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

  \begin{tabulary}{6in}{rCJ}
    \toprule
    \textbf{Thing} & \textbf{Another} & \textbf{Thing} \\
    \midrule
    DEF & \hyperlink{def:ABC_DEF}{\texttt{ABC\_DEF}} & Some letters going on over here. \\
    GHIJKL & \hyperlink{def:ABC_GHI}{\texttt{ABC\_GHI}} \hyperlink{def:ABC_JKL}{\texttt{ABC\_JKL}} & This box has enough text inside of it to do some word wrapping I should hope, as that's what happens in my table. \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabulary}

\end{document}

the table entries that are hyperlinks show up as being aligned with the bottom of the cell such that they're offset from the other text in the same row (i.e. DEF is above ABC_DEF in the table). When I remove the hyperlinks, however, the text in the rows are all aligned.

Is there any way I can use hyperlinks in a 'C' column of tabulary and maintain vertical alignment?

Welcome to TeX.sx! A tip: You can use backticks ``` to mark your inline code as I did in my edit. — Mensch, Oct 16 '12 at 01:20
I don't think the text changes its vertical position; the boxes might create this illusion, but the text keeps its baseline. — Gonzalo Medina, Oct 16 '12 at 01:22
Related Question: Adjust vertical spacing in tabular containing \href. — Peter Grill, Oct 16 '12 at 01:40

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 03 '17 at 14:43

But the text is aligned; the boxes from the hyperlinks extend downwards, but the vertical position of the text remains unaltered, as can be seen with some auxiliary lines:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

  \begin{tabulary}{6in}{rCJ}
    \toprule
    \textbf{Thing} & \textbf{Another} & \textbf{Thing} \\
    \midrule
    DEF & \hyperlink{def:ABC_DEF}{\texttt{ABC\_DEF}} & Some letters going on over here. \\
    GHIJKL & \hyperlink{def:ABC_GHI}{\texttt{ABC\_GHI}} \hyperlink{def:ABC_JKL}{\texttt{ABC\_JKL}} & This box has enough text inside of it to do some word wrapping I should hope, as that's what happens in my table. \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabulary}

\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\draw[blue] (0,31.5pt)  -- +(\textwidth,0);
\draw[blue] (0,19.3pt)  -- +(\textwidth,0);
\draw[blue] (0,8pt)  -- +(\textwidth,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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Perhaps you could suppress the hyperlink boxes using some of the hyperref options, as in, for example, \usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[colorlinks,linkcolor=cyan]{hyperref}

\begin{document}

  \begin{tabulary}{6in}{rCJ}
    \toprule
    \textbf{Thing} & \textbf{Another} & \textbf{Thing} \\
    \midrule
    DEF & \hyperlink{def:ABC_DEF}{\texttt{ABC\_DEF}} & Some letters going on over here. \\
    GHIJKL & \hyperlink{def:ABC_GHI}{\texttt{ABC\_GHI}} \hyperlink{def:ABC_JKL}{\texttt{ABC\_JKL}} & This box has enough text inside of it to do some word wrapping I should hope, as that's what happens in my table. \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabulary}

\end{document}

enter image description here

If you want to keep the boxes, but making them tighter, you can use Heiko Oberdiek's suggestions in his answer to \ref with tight box surrounding the reference:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{hyperref}


\begin{document}

\hypersetup{pdflinkmargin=0pt}
  \begin{tabulary}{6in}{rCJ}
    \toprule
    \textbf{Thing} & \textbf{Another} & \textbf{Thing} \\
    \midrule
    DEF & \mbox{\hyperlink{def:ABC_DEF}{\texttt{ABC\_DEF}}} & Some letters going on over here. \\
    GHIJKL & \hyperlink{def:ABC_GHI}{\texttt{ABC\_GHI}} \mbox{\hyperlink{def:ABC_JKL}{\texttt{ABC\_JKL}}} & This box has enough text inside of it to do some word wrapping I should hope, as that's what happens in my table. \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabulary}

\end{document}

enter image description here

Nice! Ugly red frames I would say. Is it possible to do it closer? — Sigur, Oct 16 '12 at 01:36
@Sigur what do you mean? Do you mean to have the boxes tighter? — Gonzalo Medina, Oct 16 '12 at 01:40
@Sigur one can use \hypersetup{pdflinkmargin=0pt} (see http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/77595/3954) but if the surrounding boxes have descenders the hyperlink boxes will still have depth. — Gonzalo Medina, Oct 16 '12 at 01:45
Thank you for the quick response and for making my example into a working one. Weirdly, when I run the example (copied and pasted from what you've posted to ensure no differences), I get a vertical alignment problem again. Screenshot here. — Andrew Baldwin, Oct 16 '12 at 04:06
I found a solution within the provided links, thank you! I ended up using \leavevmode\smash{\hyperlink{...}{...}} for the links, which produces the desired result locally. — Andrew Baldwin, Oct 16 '12 at 04:28

Hyperlinks Vertical Alignment Inside tabulary

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