Right Indentation with Tabbing

Question

I would like to know how to right indent (for the first column only) while using tabbing. My code is

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabbing}
\hspace{1cm}=\hspace{1cm}=\kill
    300&gt;g&gt;Fleisch oder Fisch nach Wahl\
    1&gt;EL&gt;Currypaste, rote\
    200&gt;ml&gt;Wasser\
    400&gt;ml&gt;Kokosmilch\
    800&gt;g&gt;Gemüse nach Wahl\
    2&gt;EL&gt;Fischsauce\
    2&gt;EL&gt;Sojasauce, helle\
    1&gt;EL&gt;Palmzucker oder brauner Rohrzucker\
    2&gt;St.&gt;Peperoni, rot oder grün, schräg geschnitten\
    2&gt;St.&gt;Chilischote(n), kleine scharfe (nach Belieben)\
    6&gt;St.&gt;Thai-Basilikum Blätter\
    2&gt;EL&gt;Rapskernöl oder Erdnussöl
\end{tabbing}
\end{document}

But the result should look like this.

Welcome to TeX.SX! Please make your code compilable (if possible), or at least complete it with \documentclass{...}, the required \usepackage's, \begin{document}, and \end{document}. That may seem tedious to you, but think of the extra work it represents for TeX.SX users willing to give you a hand. Help them help you: remove that one hurdle between you and a solution to your problem. — TobiBS, Jul 23 '20 at 16:30
Well what you posted is not really a MWE, this is why it looks messy. ;-) Just keep it to the minimum, like I did in my answer and even there when you wouldn't use Umlauts, you could get rid of the inputenc. — TobiBS, Jul 23 '20 at 16:37

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 23 '20 at 18:23

2

I suggest, that instead of the tabbing environment, you make use of tabular and then define the columns as rll. A complete example would be:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{rll}
    300 & g & Fleisch oder Fisch nach Wahl\
    1 & EL & Currypaste, rote\
    200 & ml & Wasser\
    400 & ml & Kokosmilch\
    800 & g & Gemüse nach Wahl\
    2 & EL & Fischsauce\
    2 & EL & Sojasauce, helle\
    1 & EL & Palmzucker oder brauner Rohrzucker\
    2 & St. & Peperoni, rot oder grün, schräg geschnitten\
    2 & St. & Chilischote(n), kleine scharfe (nach Belieben)\
    6 & St. & Thai-Basilikum Blätter\
    2 & EL & Rapskernöl oder Erdnussöl
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

It results in:

Your additional question asks to keep the first two columns 1cm wide. This can be achieved with the help of the w column type provided by the array package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{array} % for 'w' column type
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{@{}
                w{r}{1cm} % 1st col.
                @{\hspace{0.5\tabcolsep}} % only a small amount of sep.
                w{l}{1cm} % 2nd col.
                @{}
                l % 3rd and final col.
                @{}}
    300 & g  & Fleisch oder Fisch nach Wahl\
      1 & EL & Currypaste, rote\
    200 & ml & Wasser\
    400 & ml & Kokosmilch\
    800 & g  & Gemüse nach Wahl\
      2 & EL & Fischsauce\
      2 & EL & Sojasauce, helle\
      1 & EL & Palmzucker oder brauner Rohrzucker\
      2 & St.& Peperoni, rot oder grün, schräg geschnitten\
      2 & St.& Chilischote(n), kleine scharfe (nach Belieben)\
      6 & St.& Thai-Basilikum Blätter\
      2 & EL & Rapskernöl oder Erdnussöl
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

edited Jul 23 '20 at 18:23

Mico

506,678

answered Jul 23 '20 at 16:33

TobiBS

5,240

Hi, thanks for your help. If I may ask one more question: how can I make the first and second column 1cm in length? – Reynan Henry Jul 23 '20 at 16:36
+1. You beat me to this tabular-based answer by a couple of minutes. :-) The only thing I'd change in your answer is to reduce the amount of whitespace between the first two columns by inserting, say, @{\hspace{0.5\tabcolsep}} between r and l (and, in the preamble, load the array package). – Mico Jul 23 '20 at 16:38
@Mico do you want to go ahead and do that through an edit? I approve it! And I am happy that I am not the last to a party, at least once. It is sometimes really hard here on TeX.SE to be the first. :-) Especially on weekends at European night time, when there is a swarm of people that are helpful within minutes. ;-) – TobiBS Jul 23 '20 at 16:47
@ReynanHenry If it is a new question, please accept this answer and open a new one. If it adds up to this one, please edit this question. – TobiBS Jul 23 '20 at 16:54
@TobiBS - I've taken you up on your offer. Feel free to revert. :-) – Mico Jul 23 '20 at 18:24
@Mico Looks good, thanks for the improvement. I am always a bit undecided on whether it is worth to load another package or not. ;-) But I didn't know about the w column type yet, so it seems it's worth it sometimes. – TobiBS Jul 23 '20 at 18:27
@Mico everything is good, my question is already answered in this comment section. I appreciate all of your explanations. It really helps me so much. – Reynan Henry Jul 26 '20 at 10:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '20 at 16:47

A tabular would be more flexible and versatile, but if you prefer to use tabbing, you can still achieve what you want using a \makebox[0pt][r]{..}.

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabbing}
\hspace{1cm}=\hspace{1cm}=\kill
  \makebox[0pt][r]{300}&gt;g&gt; Fleisch oder Fisch nach Wahl\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{1}&gt;EL&gt; Currypaste, rote\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{200}&gt;ml&gt; Wasser\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{400}&gt;ml&gt; Kokosmilch\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{800}&gt;g&gt; Gemüse nach Wahl\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{2}&gt;EL&gt; Fischsauce\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{2}&gt;EL&gt; Sojasauce, helle\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{1}&gt;EL&gt; Palmzucker oder brauner Rohrzucker\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{2}&gt;St.&gt; Peperoni, rot oder grün, schräg geschnitten\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{2}&gt;St.&gt; Chilischote(n), kleine scharfe (nach Belieben)\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{6}&gt;St.&gt; Thai-Basilikum Blätter\
  \makebox[0pt][r]{2}&gt;EL&gt; Rapskernöl oder Erdnussöl
\end{tabbing}
\end{document}

Right Indentation with Tabbing

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