Vertical centering in several columns in longtable

Question

I would like to change the vertical alignment of the second column in this table (the names of the hypotheses) to be centered, just as in the 1st column.

My mininal example:

\documentclass[a4paper,fontsize=12pt,a4paper,DIV=10,BCOR=10mm,twoside,titlepage=false,openany,pagesize]{scrbook}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\setkomafont{disposition}{\normalfont\bfseries}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[font=normalsize,labelfont=sc,singlelinecheck=false,justification=raggedright]{caption}
\usepackage[hyphens]{url}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{longtable}
\setlength\LTleft{0pt}
\setlength\LTright{0pt}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks,
    citecolor=black,
    filecolor=black,
    linkcolor=black,
    urlcolor=black
}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{booktabs} 
\usepackage{feyn}
\usepackage[authoryear]{natbib}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\fontsize{10pt}{11pt}\selectfont
\begin{longtable}[c]{l>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{0.2\textwidth}>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{0.4\textwidth}}
\captionsetup{justification=raggedright,width=.82\textwidth}
\caption{Hypotheses}
\label{tab:hypotheses}
\endfirsthead
\multicolumn{3}{c}{{\bfseries \tablename\ \thetable{} -- continued from previous page}}\\
\endhead
\midrule
\multirow{3}{*}{H1} & \textit{`lalalala' hypothesis} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
\multirow{7}{*}{H2} & \textit{`lalalala' hypothesis} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec. \\ 
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
\multirow{6}{*}{H2a} & \textit{`lalalalalalalalala' hypothesis} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
\multirow{6}{*}{H2b}& \textit{`lalalalalalalala' hypothesis} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. \\ 
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\small{\emph{Source: Author's depiction}}}\\
\end{longtable}
\normalsize

\end{document}

score 1 · Answer 1 · 2014-08-15T12:54:56.223

You are abusing \multirow anyway, hence do it once more ;-).

\documentclass[a4paper,fontsize=12pt,a4paper,DIV=10,BCOR=10mm,twoside,titlepage=false,openany,pagesize]{scrbook}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\setkomafont{disposition}{\normalfont\bfseries}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[font=normalsize,labelfont=sc,singlelinecheck=false,justification=raggedright]{caption}
\usepackage[hyphens]{url}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{longtable}
\setlength\LTleft{0pt}
\setlength\LTright{0pt}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks,
    citecolor=black,
    filecolor=black,
    linkcolor=black,
    urlcolor=black
}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{feyn}
\usepackage[authoryear]{natbib}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newcommand{\level}[1]{%
  \begin{tabular}{@{}>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{0.2\textwidth}@{}}
  \strut#1\strut
  \end{tabular}%
  }

\begin{document}

\fontsize{10pt}{11pt}\selectfont
\begin{longtable}[c]{l>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{0.2\textwidth}>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{0.4\textwidth}}
\captionsetup{justification=raggedright,width=.82\textwidth}
\caption{Hypotheses}
\label{tab:hypotheses}
\endfirsthead
\multicolumn{3}{c}{{\bfseries \tablename\ \thetable{} -- continued from previous page}}\\
\endhead
\midrule
\multirow{3}{*}{H1} & \multirow{3}{*}{\level{\textit{`lalalala' hypothesis}}} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
\multirow{7}{*}{H2} & \multirow{7}{*}{\level{\textit{`lalalala' hypothesis}}} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec. \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
\multirow{6}{*}{H2a} & \multirow{6}{*}{\level{\textit{`lalalalalalalalala' hypothesis}}} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
\multirow{6}{*}{H2b}& \multirow{6}{*}{\level{\textit{`lalalalalalalala' hypothesis}}} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. \\
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\small{\emph{Source: Author's depiction}}}\\
\end{longtable}
\normalsize

\end{document}

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The following does not abuse \multirow.

\documentclass[a4paper,fontsize=12pt,a4paper,DIV=10,BCOR=10mm,twoside,titlepage=false,openany,pagesize]{scrbook}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\setkomafont{disposition}{\normalfont\bfseries}
\usepackage[font=normalsize,labelfont=sc,singlelinecheck=false,justification=raggedright]{caption}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{longtable}
\setlength\LTleft{0pt}
\setlength\LTright{0pt}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\newcommand{\level}[1]{%
  \begin{tabular}{@{}>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{0.4\textwidth}@{}}
  \strut#1\strut
  \end{tabular}%
  }
\newcommand{\levell}[1]{%
  \begin{tabular}{@{}>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{0.2\textwidth}@{}}
  \strut#1\strut
  \end{tabular}%
  }

\begin{document}

\fontsize{10pt}{11pt}\selectfont
\begin{longtable}[c]{l>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{0.2\textwidth}>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{0.4\textwidth}}
\captionsetup{justification=raggedright,width=.82\textwidth}
\caption{Hypotheses}
\label{tab:hypotheses}
\endfirsthead
\multicolumn{3}{c}{{\bfseries \tablename\ \thetable{} -- continued from previous page}}\\
\endhead
\midrule
H1 & \levell{\textit{`lalalala' hypothesis}} & \level{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor.} \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
H2 & \levell{\textit{`lalalala' hypothesis}} & \level{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec.} \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
H2a & \levell{\textit{`lalalalalalalalala' hypothesis}} & \level{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.} \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
H2b& \levell{\textit{`lalalalalalalala' hypothesis}} & \level{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.} \\
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\small{\emph{Source: Author's depiction}}}\\
\end{longtable}
\normalsize

\end{document}

Note that \level and \levell are different.

Dean Serenevy · Answer 2 · 2014-08-15T16:47:26.637

The m{} tabular alignment from the array package (which you already load) was made for this. Change your table spec to:

\begin{longtable}[c]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{0.1\textwidth}>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{0.2\textwidth}>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{0.4\textwidth}}

Then you can remove all of your \multirow kludges:

\documentclass[a4paper,fontsize=12pt,a4paper,DIV=10,BCOR=10mm,twoside,titlepage=false,openany,pagesize]{scrbook}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\setkomafont{disposition}{\normalfont\bfseries}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[font=normalsize,labelfont=sc,singlelinecheck=false,justification=raggedright]{caption}
\usepackage[hyphens]{url}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{longtable}
\setlength\LTleft{0pt}
\setlength\LTright{0pt}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    colorlinks,
    citecolor=black,
    filecolor=black,
    linkcolor=black,
    urlcolor=black
}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{feyn}
\usepackage[authoryear]{natbib}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\fontsize{10pt}{11pt}\selectfont
\begin{longtable}[c]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{0.1\textwidth}>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{0.2\textwidth}>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{0.4\textwidth}}
\captionsetup{justification=raggedright,width=.82\textwidth}
\caption{Hypotheses}
\label{tab:hypotheses}
\endfirsthead
\multicolumn{3}{c}{{\bfseries \tablename\ \thetable{} -- continued from previous page}}\\
\endhead
\midrule
H1  & \textit{`lalalala' hypothesis} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
H2  & \textit{`lalalala' hypothesis} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec. \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
H2a & \textit{`lalalalalalalalala' hypothesis} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. \\
\cmidrule(lr){2-2}\cmidrule(l){3-3}
H2b & \textit{`lalalalalalalala' hypothesis} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. \\
\bottomrule
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\small{\emph{Source: Author's depiction}}}\\
\end{longtable}
\normalsize

\end{document}

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Vertical centering in several columns in longtable

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