Aligning itemized cell with the rest of the table

Question

I am a beginner in Latex and I'm trying to learn it to conduct a journal article for Springer. I made a two-column table, with the left column being mostly itemized cells. I'm trying to align the itemized text with the rest of the table's text, but with no results. I'd appreciate some guidance on the matter.

Here is the code I use

  \begin{table}[ht] 
        \caption{Applications Overview}
        \label{tab:2}
        \begin{tabular}{p{0.25\columnwidth} p{0.35\columnwidth}}
        \hline\noalign{\smallskip}
        Application Type & Functionality  \\
        \noalign{\smallskip}\hline\noalign{\smallskip}
             Environmental & 
             \begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*]
                 \item[] Smart Water Supply
                 \item[] Smart Agriculture
                 \item[] Environment Monitoring
             \end{itemize} \\
         Healthcare &amp;
         \begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*]
             \item[] Heart Rate Monitoring
             \item[] Blood Pressure Monitoring
             \item[] Glucometer Monitoring
             \item[] Real-Time Locationg of Medical Equipment
         \end{itemize} \\

         Social &amp; 
         \begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*]
             \item[] Smart Homes
             \item[] Smart Surveillance
             \item[] Smart Mobility
             \item[] Smart Social Interactions
             \item[] Smart Shopping
         \end{itemize} \\

         Energy Management &amp; Smart Grid \\

         Industry 4.0 &amp; 
         \begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*]
             \item[] Automated Machinery
             \item[] Smart Manufacturing
         \end{itemize} \\

         Industry 5.0 &amp; Synergy of Human and A.I. \\
    \noalign{\smallskip}\hline
    \end{tabular}
\end{table}

And here is the result

Thank you in advance!

Welcome to TeX.SE! Could you provide a minimal working example? I think it is due to the whitespace included before and after the itemize, but I seem to be lacking a package to compile your code... — D Hoekstra, Dec 01 '21 at 08:47
If you insist on using a list environment, you can look at this question. — D Hoekstra, Dec 01 '21 at 09:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 01 '21 at 08:49

You don't really need to use a list in this case. The tabular envivronment is sufficient:

Notes:

For table you really should use booktabs. I have used that in the MWE below to adjust your rules.

Code

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
  \begin{table}[ht] 
        \caption{Applications Overview}
        \label{tab:2}
        \begin{tabular}{p{0.25\columnwidth} p{0.35\columnwidth}}
        \toprule
        Application Type & Functionality  \
        \cmidrule(lr){1-2}
             Environmental 
                 & Smart Water Supply \
                 & Smart Agriculture \
                 & Environment Monitoring \[0.75ex]
             Healthcare 
                 & Heart Rate Monitoring \
                 & Blood Pressure Monitoring \
                 & Glucometer Monitoring \
                 & Real-Time Location of Medical Equipment \[0.75ex]
             Social 
                 & Smart Homes \
                 & Smart Surveillance \
                 & Smart Mobility \
                 & Smart Social Interactions \
                 & Smart Shopping \[0.75ex]
             \raggedright
             Energy Management & Smart Grid \[0.75ex]
             Industry 4.0 
                 & Automated Machinery \
                 & Smart Manufacturing \[0.75ex]
             Industry 5.0 
                 & Synergy of Human and A.I. \
        \bottomrule
        \end{tabular}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

Aligning itemized cell with the rest of the table

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