How to generate a table of figures

Question

How to generate a table of figures like this example below:

Do they all have the same size? – Bernard May 21 '16 at 16:07 — Bernard, May 21 '16 at 16:07
@Bernard all the figures are the same size – rayallen May 21 '16 at 17:31 — rayallen, May 21 '16 at 17:31

AboAmmar · Answer 1 · 2016-05-21T16:31:48.333

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Assuming that all figures could be 6em wide, this can be done using booktabs in a normal tabular environment.

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{graphicx,booktabs,array}
\begin{document}

\newcommand{\addpic}{\includegraphics[width=6em]{example-image}}
\newcolumntype{C}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{6em}}
\begin{table}\sffamily
\begin{tabular}{l*4{C}@{}}
\toprule
Nr. & a & b & c & d \\ 
\midrule
1 & \addpic & \addpic & \addpic & \addpic \\ 
2 & \addpic & \addpic & \addpic & \addpic \\ 
3 & \addpic & \addpic & \addpic & \addpic \\ 
\bottomrule 
\end{tabular}
\caption{caption}
\end{table} 

\end{document}

edited May 21 '16 at 16:31

answered May 21 '16 at 16:24

AboAmmar

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how to make the distance between column a and b smaller than others – rayallen May 21 '16 at 19:34
@rayallen - You can explicitly specify column spacing as you wish, e.g., {lC@{\hspace{4pt}}CCC@{}}. This 4pt can be any length. – AboAmmar May 21 '16 at 20:37

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '16 at 16:25

For a table of figures like this one you can use the package booktabs, like this:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}

\newcommand{\dummyfigure}{\tikz \fill [NavyBlue] (0,0) rectangle node [black] {Figure} (2,2);}

\begin{document}
    \begin{table}
        \centering
        \begin{tabular}{ccccc}
           \toprule
            Nr. & a & b & c & d \\
            \midrule
            1 & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure \\
            2 & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure \\
            3 & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure \\
            \bottomrule
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{Table of figures}
        \label{tbl:table_of_figures}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

But, as you can see in the figure below, the text in the first column will not be vertically aligned.

In order to do this, you need to use the array package and create a new column type:

    \newcolumntype{M}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{#1}}

Then, use this new column type for the columns containing the figures, like this:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}

\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}

\newcommand{\dummyfigure}{\tikz \fill [NavyBlue] (0,0) rectangle node [black] {Figure} (2,2);}
\newcolumntype{M}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{#1}}

\begin{document}
    \begin{table}
        \centering
        \begin{tabular}{cM{20mm}M{20mm}M{20mm}M{20mm}}
           \toprule
            Nr. & a & b & c & d \\
            \midrule
            1 & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure \\
            2 & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure \\
            3 & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure & \dummyfigure \\
            \bottomrule
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{Table of figures}
        \label{tbl:table_of_figures}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

how to decrease the distance between the column Nr. and column a? — rayallen, May 21 '16 at 19:57
@rayallen you can add what you want between columns with @{}, so you can increase/decrease the space between them with @{\hspace{1mm}}. In your case, you need to replace the column types, for example, with: \begin{tabular}{c@{\hspace{1mm}}M{20mm}M{20mm}M{20mm}M{20mm}} — Ronny, May 21 '16 at 21:18

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