Increase row height of tabularx

Question

I'm using the tabularx package from within memoir for creating a table. I'm trying to set the row height and found for tabular the command

\setlength{\extrarowheight}{40pt}

However, with my tabularx table it doesn't seem to work and I can't find any way to do it (except maybe by manually setting each newline to a certain height)

Is there a better way to set the row height of all rows within a tabularx?

Did that solve your problem? If so, we could close this question as a duplicate. Give some feedback. — Werner, Jul 17 '13 at 14:49

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '17 at 17:27

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`\extrarowheight`

The dimen register \extrarowheight is provided by package array, which is automatically loaded by package tabularx. Thus \extrarowheight works as expected in the following example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\setlength{\extrarowheight}{40pt}
\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{X}
Hello\\
World
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}

`\arraystretch`

A different method is the redefinition of the factor \arraystretch. It is applied to the automatic struts, inserted in the tabular, see the question "Column padding in tables", found by Werner.

edited Jun 12 '17 at 17:27

David Carlisle

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answered Jul 17 '13 at 15:16

Heiko Oberdiek

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Strangely extrarowheight doesn't work for me, but arraystretch does. Maybe interference with another package? – navige Jul 17 '13 at 15:53
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@navige: Please create a minimal working example (MWE) that shows the problem. – Heiko Oberdiek Jul 17 '13 at 16:48

Increase row height of tabularx

1 Answers1

\extrarowheight

\arraystretch

`\extrarowheight`

`\arraystretch`