LaTeX: Align first table line with \item contents

Question

Consider this example:

\begin{enumerate}
    \item Blablabla bla bla bla.
        \begin{tabular}{l}
            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.\\
            Consectetur adipiscing elit.\\
            Donec eu ante non mi sagittis molestie.\\
        \end{tabular}
    \item Next question
\end{enumerate}

LaTeX will vertically center the table, which looks pretty weird. It basically looks like this:

                          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
1. Blablabla bla bla bla. Consectetur adipiscing elit.
                          Donec eu ante non mi sagittis molestie.

How can I manage for the consecutive lignes to line up under the first one (with the same margin)? Something which would look like this:

1. Blablabla bla bla bla. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
                          Consectetur adipiscing elit.
                          Donec eu ante non mi sagittis molestie.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 13 '17 at 08:45

15

The tabular environment has an optional argument to specify the vertical alignment. The default is centered, the other options are t and b for top and bottom.

\begin{enumerate}
    \item Blablabla bla bla bla.
        \begin{tabular}[t]{l}
            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.\\
            Consectetur adipiscing elit.\\
            Donec eu ante non mi sagittis molestie.\\
        \end{tabular}
    \item Next question
\end{enumerate}

edited Jul 13 '17 at 08:45

David Carlisle

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answered Oct 21 '10 at 20:39

Juan A. Navarro

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And how about the same but with a \hline at the top of the table? – Albert Jun 14 '16 at 08:23
@Albert: Use \firsthline (of the package array). – F. Pantigny Mar 15 '21 at 09:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 07 '21 at 16:00

Following Juan A. Navarro answer we can have also results like this one:

with this code:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
    \begin{enumerate}
        \item Blablabla bla bla bla.\\
        \begin{tabular}[t]{l}
            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.\\
            Consectetur adipiscing elit.\\
            Donec eu ante non mi sagittis molestie.\\
        \end{tabular}
        \item Next question with blabla bla.\\
        \begin{tabular}[t]{llr}
            I. &Consectetur adipiscing elit.&125.12\\
            II. &Consectetur adipiscing elit.&3.25\\
            III. &Consectetur  elit.&0.35\\
            IV. &Consectetur adipiscing.&2783.25\\
        \end{tabular}
    \item Next question.\\
    \begin{tabular}[t]{l}
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.\\
        Consectetur adipiscing elit.\\
        Donec eu ante non mi sagittis molestie.\\
    \end{tabular}
    \item Next question with bla.\\
\begin{tabular}[t]{l}
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.\\
    Consectetur adipiscing elit.\\
    Donec eu ante non mi sagittis molestie.\\
    Consectetur adipiscing elit.\\
\end{tabular}
    \end{enumerate} 
\end{document}

LaTeX: Align first table line with \item contents

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