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I have a tabular inside an itemize environment:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item[(b)]
        \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
            ...
        \end{tabular}
    \end{itemize}
\end{document}

It looks like this:

wrong

But I want it to look like this:

correct

I.e. I want to align the top of the table to the present item baseline. How?

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  • I've found conflicting information online, one author proposing that top is default, while another suggests "default is alignment on the center of the environment". – alkasm Jun 22 '16 at 19:32
  • @AlexanderReynolds: I think I was wrong: c is the default, so a change to t is correct –  Jun 22 '16 at 19:35

1 Answers1

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Consider using adjustbox to vertically align the tabulars to the \items as the default [t]op and [b]ottom alignments when including horizontal rules - \hlines - influences it:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{adjustbox}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}
  \item
    \adjustbox{valign=t}{\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
      \hline
      Lorem & Ipsum \tabularnewline
      \hline
      One  &\tabularnewline
      Two  & Wow \tabularnewline
      Three& \tabularnewline
      \hline
    \end{tabular}}
    \qquad
    \begin{tabular}[t]{|c|c|}
      \hline
      Lorem & Ipsum \tabularnewline
      \hline
      One  &\tabularnewline
      Two  & Wow \tabularnewline
      Three& \tabularnewline
      \hline
    \end{tabular}

  \item
    \adjustbox{valign=b}{\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
      \hline
      Lorem & Ipsum \tabularnewline
      \hline
      One  &\tabularnewline
      Two  & Wow \tabularnewline
      Three& \tabularnewline
      \hline
    \end{tabular}}
    \qquad
    \begin{tabular}[b]{|c|c|}
      \hline
      Lorem & Ipsum \tabularnewline
      \hline
      One  &\tabularnewline
      Two  & Wow \tabularnewline
      Three& \tabularnewline
      \hline
    \end{tabular}
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}
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