Vertically centering a tikz graph in beamer

Question

I am wondering how to make a graph vertically centered in a slide. The graph is drawn using tikz. The code is below. Thank you very much!

\documentclass[usenames,dvipsnames,xcolor=table]{beamer}
\mode<presentation>
{
  \usetheme{AnnArbor}      % or try Darmstadt, Madrid, Warsaw, ...
  \usecolortheme{wolverine} % or try albatross, beaver, crane, ...
  \usefonttheme{default}  % or try serif, structurebold, ...
  \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
  \setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]
}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{datetime}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{comment}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\definecolor{plum(traditional)}{rgb}{0.56, 0.27, 0.52}
\definecolor{darkpastelgreen}{rgb}{0.01, 0.75, 0.24}
\definecolor{hotpink}{rgb}{1.0, 0.41, 0.71}
\definecolor{lavenderindigo}{rgb}{0.58, 0.34, 0.92}
\definecolor{mygray1}{gray}{0.8}
\definecolor{mygray2}{gray}{0.6}
\definecolor{mygray3}{gray}{0.4}
\definecolor{mygray4}{gray}{0.2}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{Distraction_slides_reference.bib}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns,arrows,decorations.pathreplacing,calc,intersections,through,backgrounds} 
\usepackage{slashed}
\usepackage{upgreek}
\newdimen\XCoord
\newdimen\YCoord
\newcommand*{\ExtractCoordinate}[1]{\path (#1); \pgfgetlastxy{\XCoord}{\YCoord};}%
\newtheorem{proposition}{Proposition}
\newtheorem{assumption}{Assumption}
\newtheorem{axiom}{Axiom}
\newtheorem{definition}{Definition}
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
\newtheorem{lemma}{Lemma}
\newtheorem{proposition}{Proposition}
\newtheorem{assumption}{Assumption}
\newtheorem{remark}{Remark}
\newtheorem{conjecture}{Conjecture}
\DeclareMathOperator{\argmax}{arg,max}
\providecommand{\ux}[1]{#1}
\renewcommand{\ux}[1]{\underline{#1}}
\setbeamertemplate{theorems}[numbered]
\setbeamercovered{transparent}
\title{A}
\author{B}
\institute{C}
\date{09/03/2021}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}[xscale=0.6,yscale=0.6]
\draw [fill] (-11.5,6) circle [radius=0.7];
\draw [fill=gray] (-10,6) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill=gray] (-8.8,6) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill=gray] (-7.6,6) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill=gray] (-6.4,6) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill] (-3.5,6) circle [radius=0.7];
\draw [fill=gray] (0,2.4) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill=gray] (2,2.4) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill=gray] (4,2.4) circle [radius=0.45];

\draw [fill=gray] (6,2.4) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw (0,7.8) -- (-3,6.2);
\draw (0,7.8) -- (3,6.2);
\draw (3,6.2) -- (1,4);
\draw (3,6.2) -- (5,4);
\draw (1,4) -- (0,2.8);
\draw (1,4) -- (2,2.8);
\draw (5,4) -- (4,2.8);
\draw (5,4) -- (6,2.8);
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{figure}
\end{frame}

Here is the output for the codes of Holger Karl on 2021/9/2:

Related: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/263268 – muzimuzhi Z Sep 01 '21 at 03:49 — muzimuzhi Z, Sep 01 '21 at 03:49

Holger Karl · Answer 1 · 2021-09-02T08:50:38.960

Would \vfill before and after the figure environment work? Something like this, with the code trimmed down:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\mode<presentation>
{
  \usetheme{AnnArbor}      % or try Darmstadt, Madrid, Warsaw, ...
  \usecolortheme{wolverine} % or try albatross, beaver, crane, ...
  \usefonttheme{default}  % or try serif, structurebold, ...
  \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
  \setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]
}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
% possibly add vfill here: 
%\vfill
\begin{tikzpicture}[xscale=0.4,yscale=0.4]
\draw [fill] (-11.5,6) circle [radius=0.7];
\draw [fill=gray] (-10,6) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill=gray] (-8.8,6) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill=gray] (-7.6,6) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill=gray] (-6.4,6) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill] (-3.5,6) circle [radius=0.7];
\draw [fill=gray] (0,2.4) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill=gray] (2,2.4) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw [fill=gray] (4,2.4) circle [radius=0.45];

\draw [fill=gray] (6,2.4) circle [radius=0.45];
\draw (0,7.8) -- (-3,6.2);
\draw (0,7.8) -- (3,6.2);
\draw (3,6.2) -- (1,4);
\draw (3,6.2) -- (5,4);
\draw (1,4) -- (0,2.8);
\draw (1,4) -- (2,2.8);
\draw (5,4) -- (4,2.8);
\draw (5,4) -- (6,2.8);
\end{tikzpicture}
% possibly add vfill here: 
%\vfill
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Hi, I tried this one, but it is still not vertically centered. You can find the output in my edited question. — Ypbor, Sep 02 '21 at 16:15
Looks fine to me. What do you expect to achieve? Maybe we mean different things? — Holger Karl, Sep 03 '21 at 14:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 01 '21 at 13:51

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The answer of @Ignasi in this Latex beamer: How to horizontally/vertically center text, ignoring other content

For my case, it is

\begin{frame}{}
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay, remember picture]
\node[anchor=center] at (current page.center) {
\begin{tikzpicture}[xscale=0.6,yscale=0.6]
blabla
\end{tikzpicture}
};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{frame}

edited Sep 01 '21 at 13:51

Juan Castaño

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answered Sep 01 '21 at 13:49

Ypbor

399

I tried "indent with four spaces" to make a block of my code but I failed. – Ypbor Sep 01 '21 at 13:51
Perhaps it's easier if you enclose your code between three consecutive french accents for open and other three for close (see my edit) – Juan Castaño Sep 01 '21 at 13:52
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BTW, it's probably not a good idea to nest two tikzpictures. – Juan Castaño Sep 01 '21 at 13:58
I fail to see the problem? after removing a lot of clutter from the preamble, the figure looks perfectly vertically centred already? And yes, nesting tikzpictures is asking for trouble... – Holger Karl Sep 01 '21 at 16:13
@HolgerKarl Could you please post the code (after removing the clutter)? Maybe some of them cause the problem. – Ypbor Sep 01 '21 at 18:07
sure... edited my previous answer – Holger Karl Sep 02 '21 at 08:50

Vertically centering a tikz graph in beamer

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