Table in the appendix is not placed on the top of a page

Question

I have a long table which extends over two pages in the appendix below .
The table is not placed on the top of these pages.
Is it normal to leave it like this?
How can I put it on the top of a page? Please suggest if you see something wrong about this.

\documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage{lipsum}                      
\usepackage{newtxtext, newtxmath}
\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}  
\usepackage{tabularray}
\UseTblrLibrary{booktabs}
\usepackage{caption}
\begin{document}
\lipsum
\appendix
    \begin{table}[b]
\caption{Table with images}
  \label{tab:image}
    \adjustboxset{width=\linewidth, valign=M}
\begin{tblr}{hlines, vlines,
             colsep=3pt,
             colspec= {c {3}{X[c,m]} },
             row{1} = {font=\bfseries},
             rowsep = 3pt,
             }
No  &   C1  &   C3  &   C4  \
1   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
            & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
                    & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
2   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
            & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
                    & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
3   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
            & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
                    & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
4  & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
            & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
                    & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
\end{tblr}
    \end{table}
    \begin{table}[t]
    \ContinuedFloat
\caption{Table with images}
  \label{tab:image}
    \adjustboxset{width=\linewidth, valign=M}
\begin{tblr}{hlines, vlines,
             colsep=3pt,
             colspec= {c {3}{X[c,m]} },
             row{1} = {font=\bfseries},
             rowsep = 3pt,
             }
No  &   C1  &   C3  &   C4  \
5   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
            & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
                    & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
6   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
            & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
                    & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
7   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
            & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
                    & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
8   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
            & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
                    & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
\end{tblr}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

Shouldn't those two tables be one? You could try to use longtblr which would span one big table over two+ pages. You would get top aligned (sub)tables on the first and subsequent pages. — Celdor, Sep 06 '22 at 08:59
Actually, the design of the IEEEtran class is to vertically center the floats on their pages. — Pieter van Oostrum, Sep 06 '22 at 09:30

Celdor · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-07T12:49:37.630

This answer is actually an extension of my comment, in which I merged two tables in one

Page 1	Page 2	Page 3

\documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{newtxtext, newtxmath}
\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
\usepackage{tabularray}
    \UseTblrLibrary{booktabs}
\DefTblrTemplate{caption-text}{default}{\scshape \InsertTblrText{caption}}
\DefTblrTemplate{contfoot-text}{default}{\scshape Continued on next page}
\DefTblrTemplate{caption}{default}{
  \centering
  \UseTblrTemplate{caption-tag}{default}\par
  \UseTblrTemplate{caption-text}{default}\par
}
\DefTblrTemplate{capcont}{default}{
  \centering
  \UseTblrTemplate{caption-tag}{default}\par
  \UseTblrTemplate{caption-text}{default}
  \UseTblrTemplate{conthead-text}{default}\par
}
\DefTblrTemplate{conthead-text}{default}{({\scshape Continued})}
\begin{document}
\lipsum
\begin{table}
  \centering
  \caption{Example}\label{tab:example}
  \begin{tabular}{ccc}
    \hline
    Column 1 & Column 2 & Column 3 \
    \hline
    X & Y & Z \
    X & Y & Z \
    X & Y & Z \
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}
\appendix
\adjustboxset{width=\linewidth, valign=M}
\onecolumn
\begin{longtblr}[
  caption = {Table with images},
  label = {tab:image},
]{
  hlines, vlines,
  colsep=3pt,
  colspec= {c *{3}{X[c,m]} },
  row{1} = {font=\bfseries},
  rowsep = 3pt,
  rowhead = 1,
}
No &   C1  &   C3  &   C4  \
  1  & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
  2  & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
  3  & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
  4  & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
  5  & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
  6  & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
  7  & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
  8  & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
     & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
\end{longtblr}
\end{document}

Update.
In case a long table is not an option, here's another solution with a regular table

\documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{newtxtext, newtxmath}
\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\UseTblrLibrary{booktabs}
\usepackage{caption}
\begin{document}
\lipsum
\appendix
\begin{table}
  \begin{minipage}[t][\textheight]{\linewidth}
    \ContinuedFloat
    \caption{Table with images}
    \label{tab:image}
    \adjustboxset{width=\linewidth, valign=M}
    \begin{tblr}{hlines, vlines,
      colsep=3pt,
      colspec= {c {3}{X[c,m]} },
      row{1} = {font=\bfseries},
      rowsep = 3pt,
    }
      No  &   C1  &   C3  &   C4  \
      5   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
      & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
      & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
      6   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
      & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
      & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
      7   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
      & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
      & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
      8   & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-a}
      & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-b}
      & \adjincludegraphics{example-image-c}  \
    \end{tblr}
  \end{minipage}
\end{table*}
\end{document}

Nice, I added \twocolumn at the end of the table to move it back to two columns for reference. Just one question, how can I use default table style of IEEEtran like TABLE X TABLE WITH IMAGES? — emnha, Sep 06 '22 at 10:11
@emnha The tag (or lable) is already in uppercase format (TABLE). As to the caption text, if you add the following to a preamble, all caption texts will be in uppercase font, including longtblr: \DefTblrTemplate{caption-text}{default}{\MakeUppercase{\InsertTblrText{caption}}} \DeclareCaptionFormat{upper}{#1#2\MakeUppercase{#3}\par} \captionsetup[table]{skip=3pt, position=top, format=upper} — Celdor, Sep 06 '22 at 11:28
@emnha ... and the following changes a comment added to headings on subsequent pages in longtblr: \DefTblrTemplate{conthead-text}{default}{(CONTINUED)}. — Celdor, Sep 06 '22 at 11:34
Should I put in in any enviroment? I got the error below. Also the IEEEtran caption has TABLE in one line and the caption is in upper font in another line without the colon. Is there a fix for this? "You can't usemacro parameter character # in horizontal mode. LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. You can't use macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode. unclosed group {" — emnha, Sep 06 '22 at 11:46
This is an example of the IEEEtran caption. https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/475282/how-to-set-this-table-in-ieee-paper — emnha, Sep 06 '22 at 11:50
I just made a picture to show the problem below. https://ibb.co/L9dyWMv — emnha, Sep 06 '22 at 12:26
@emnha I updated the answer. I did not realise caption would completely re-format a caption style to its own default. I think now everything should fit the IEEtran style. — Celdor, Sep 06 '22 at 12:55

Table in the appendix is not placed on the top of a page

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