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How can I introduce some vertical spaces in the table before the headers in Latex. The method I use below has introduced a gap, but the gap is too big. How can I have a more controllable vertical gap?

\begin{table}
    \begin{tabular*}{0.95\columnwidth}{l|l}
        \hline
         Parameters & ~ \\ \hline
         \rule{0pt}{3pt} & ~ \\

        ~ & ~ \\
        \hline
    \end{tabular*}
    \caption{}
\label{Tbl:X}
\end{table}
David Carlisle
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Androidian
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1 Answers1

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LaTeX doesn't really have a perfect answer for it. You can add or substract space vertically by using \\[<value>]. However this will appear above the rule if you use \hline.

So a poor man's solution would be:

\begin{tabular*}{0.95\columnwidth}{l|l}
    \hline
     Parameters & ~ \\ \hline
       &            \\[-5pt]        % adjust value as necessary                            
     x & y \\ \hline
Frank Mittelbach
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  • anyway to get this below the line? – Androidian Jun 01 '12 at 09:46
  • @Androidian my solution shows a way to get a space below the line by producing an empty table row and backtrack. That is the only "out-of-the-box" solution available. The array package also has \extrarowheight, but that applies to all rows not to individual ones. – Frank Mittelbach Jun 01 '12 at 10:14