Text in table with images is not aligned on top

Question

I have table with text in the first column and image in second. I want both columns to be top aligned. I use following code:

\begin{tabular}{p{3cm}l}
Internal state after adding 2 elements & \includegraphics[scale=0.4]{pics/queue_after_add.png} \\
Internal state non-concurrent execution & \includegraphics[scale=0.4]{pics/queue_sequential.png} \\
Internal state concurrent execution & \includegraphics[scale=0.4]{pics/queue_concurrent.png}\\
\end{tabular}

The result looks like this: enter image description here

I also tried to insert \vspace{0pt} as some thread suggests, but result was the same.

have you tried adding \vfill underneath the text? I seem to recall that that has worked for me before. — myrtille, Feb 05 '13 at 15:29
\vspace{0pt} would work if the graphics were in a column of type p{..}. In l-columns you will have to move the graphics below the baseline with \raisebox{-\height}{....}. — Ulrike Fischer, Feb 05 '13 at 15:31
@UlrikeFischer It helped! Thank you! I just thought that I don't need p for image, since it doesn't need wrapping. — damluar, Feb 05 '13 at 15:37
Other two solutions: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/199644/1952 — Ignasi, Apr 19 '16 at 08:46

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '13 at 07:13

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\vspace{0pt} would work if the graphics were in a column of type p{..}. In l-columns you will have to move the graphics below the baseline with \raisebox{-\height}{....}.

answered Aug 07 '13 at 07:13

Ulrike Fischer

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 15 '17 at 03:39

The solution is to use the package 'array'. And then use m instead of the p boxes you have in argument of tabular environment.

\usepackage{array}        
\begin{tabular}{m{3cm}m{5cm}}
    Internal state after adding 2 elements & \includegraphics[scale=0.4]{pics/queue_after_add.png} \\
    Internal state non-concurrent execution & \includegraphics[scale=0.4]{pics/queue_sequential.png} \\
    Internal state concurrent execution & \includegraphics[scale=0.4]{pics/queue_concurrent.png}\\
    \end{tabular}

Now I have no idea how this works. I found this solution online, after a painful 4 hours of trying to fix a similar issue. And no forum seems to explain why tabular environment by itself cannot fix this. So counter-intuitive!

Text in table with images is not aligned on top

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