Package “threeparttable”: What advantages does it provide?
In the past I have been using tabularx, caption and parnotes packages to design my tables. Now the user John Kormylo has mentioned the package threeparttable:
What advantages does threeparttable provide over the other packages mentioned?
My classic approach looked like that so far:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{tabularx}
usepackage{caption}
usepackage{parnotes}
begin{document}
begin{table}[htbp]
caption{This is the caption}
begin{tabularx}{textwidth}{|l|l|}
parnoteclear
Blaparnote{First parnote} & Blubparnote{Second parnote} \
end{tabularx}
parnotes
end{table}
end{document}
- When does it make sense to go ahead with
threeparttable?
While common
parnotesrefer to their item identifiers automatically by themselves, inthreeparttableI would manually have to type42tnote{1}within the table and
begin{tablenotes}
item [1] the first note ...
end{tablenotes}
below the table where I want to put my notes. This seems to be way more time consuming than just using
parnote{This is a parnote}and get everything done by itself?
tables tabularx threeparttable notes parnotes
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In the past I have been using tabularx, caption and parnotes packages to design my tables. Now the user John Kormylo has mentioned the package threeparttable:
What advantages does threeparttable provide over the other packages mentioned?
My classic approach looked like that so far:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{tabularx}
usepackage{caption}
usepackage{parnotes}
begin{document}
begin{table}[htbp]
caption{This is the caption}
begin{tabularx}{textwidth}{|l|l|}
parnoteclear
Blaparnote{First parnote} & Blubparnote{Second parnote} \
end{tabularx}
parnotes
end{table}
end{document}
- When does it make sense to go ahead with
threeparttable?
While common
parnotesrefer to their item identifiers automatically by themselves, inthreeparttableI would manually have to type42tnote{1}within the table and
begin{tablenotes}
item [1] the first note ...
end{tablenotes}
below the table where I want to put my notes. This seems to be way more time consuming than just using
parnote{This is a parnote}and get everything done by itself?
tables tabularx threeparttable notes parnotes
asked 2 hours ago
DaveDave
1,005619
2
Another advantage ofthreeparttableis that the caption width is set to the real width of the table, which maybe useful in some cases.
– Bernard
2 hours ago
@Bernard: Hmm yes, but in the upper MWE this is just one more line of codecaptionsetup{width=0.8textwidth}and it's done, isn't it?
– Dave
2 hours ago
1
How do you know the table width is exactly 0.8textwidth? And if you decide to change the table font size, what do you do?
– Bernard
2 hours ago
1
If you usetabularxthe problem is different. Anyway, other packages measure the width of tables or figures, such asfloatrow.
– Bernard
2 hours ago
1
@Dave Don't make tables artificially wider than they are. The more white space in them, the less readable they are. Exception: tables that are almost equal to the column width may be made to fit it (withtabular*, usually).
– egreg
1 hour ago
|
show 4 more comments
In the past I have been using tabularx, caption and parnotes packages to design my tables. Now the user John Kormylo has mentioned the package threeparttable:
What advantages does threeparttable provide over the other packages mentioned?
My classic approach looked like that so far:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{tabularx}
usepackage{caption}
usepackage{parnotes}
begin{document}
begin{table}[htbp]
caption{This is the caption}
begin{tabularx}{textwidth}{|l|l|}
parnoteclear
Blaparnote{First parnote} & Blubparnote{Second parnote} \
end{tabularx}
parnotes
end{table}
end{document}
- When does it make sense to go ahead with
threeparttable?
While common
parnotesrefer to their item identifiers automatically by themselves, inthreeparttableI would manually have to type42tnote{1}within the table and
begin{tablenotes}
item [1] the first note ...
end{tablenotes}
below the table where I want to put my notes. This seems to be way more time consuming than just using
parnote{This is a parnote}and get everything done by itself?
tables tabularx threeparttable notes parnotes
asked 2 hours ago
DaveDave
1,005619
In the past I have been using tabularx, caption and parnotes packages to design my tables. Now the user John Kormylo has mentioned the package threeparttable:
What advantages does threeparttable provide over the other packages mentioned?
My classic approach looked like that so far:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{tabularx}
usepackage{caption}
usepackage{parnotes}
begin{document}
begin{table}[htbp]
caption{This is the caption}
begin{tabularx}{textwidth}{|l|l|}
parnoteclear
Blaparnote{First parnote} & Blubparnote{Second parnote} \
end{tabularx}
parnotes
end{table}
end{document}
- When does it make sense to go ahead with
threeparttable?
While common
parnotesrefer to their item identifiers automatically by themselves, inthreeparttableI would manually have to type42tnote{1}within the table and
begin{tablenotes}
item [1] the first note ...
end{tablenotes}
below the table where I want to put my notes. This seems to be way more time consuming than just using
parnote{This is a parnote}and get everything done by itself?
tables tabularx threeparttable notes parnotes
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Another advantage ofthreeparttableis that the caption width is set to the real width of the table, which maybe useful in some cases.
– Bernard
2 hours ago
@Bernard: Hmm yes, but in the upper MWE this is just one more line of codecaptionsetup{width=0.8textwidth}and it's done, isn't it?
– Dave
2 hours ago
1
How do you know the table width is exactly 0.8textwidth? And if you decide to change the table font size, what do you do?
– Bernard
2 hours ago
1
If you usetabularxthe problem is different. Anyway, other packages measure the width of tables or figures, such asfloatrow.
– Bernard
2 hours ago
1
@Dave Don't make tables artificially wider than they are. The more white space in them, the less readable they are. Exception: tables that are almost equal to the column width may be made to fit it (withtabular*, usually).
– egreg
1 hour ago
|
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Another advantage ofthreeparttableis that the caption width is set to the real width of the table, which maybe useful in some cases.
– Bernard
2 hours ago
@Bernard: Hmm yes, but in the upper MWE this is just one more line of codecaptionsetup{width=0.8textwidth}and it's done, isn't it?
– Dave
2 hours ago
1
How do you know the table width is exactly 0.8textwidth? And if you decide to change the table font size, what do you do?
– Bernard
2 hours ago
1
If you usetabularxthe problem is different. Anyway, other packages measure the width of tables or figures, such asfloatrow.
– Bernard
2 hours ago
1
@Dave Don't make tables artificially wider than they are. The more white space in them, the less readable they are. Exception: tables that are almost equal to the column width may be made to fit it (withtabular*, usually).
– egreg
1 hour ago
2
2
Another advantage of
threeparttable is that the caption width is set to the real width of the table, which maybe useful in some cases.– Bernard
2 hours ago
Another advantage of
threeparttable is that the caption width is set to the real width of the table, which maybe useful in some cases.– Bernard
2 hours ago
@Bernard: Hmm yes, but in the upper MWE this is just one more line of code
captionsetup{width=0.8textwidth} and it's done, isn't it?– Dave
2 hours ago
@Bernard: Hmm yes, but in the upper MWE this is just one more line of code
captionsetup{width=0.8textwidth} and it's done, isn't it?– Dave
2 hours ago
1
1
How do you know the table width is exactly 0.8textwidth? And if you decide to change the table font size, what do you do?
– Bernard
2 hours ago
How do you know the table width is exactly 0.8textwidth? And if you decide to change the table font size, what do you do?
– Bernard
2 hours ago
1
1
If you use
tabularx the problem is different. Anyway, other packages measure the width of tables or figures, such as floatrow.– Bernard
2 hours ago
If you use
tabularx the problem is different. Anyway, other packages measure the width of tables or figures, such as floatrow.– Bernard
2 hours ago
1
1
@Dave Don't make tables artificially wider than they are. The more white space in them, the less readable they are. Exception: tables that are almost equal to the column width may be made to fit it (with
tabular*, usually).– egreg
1 hour ago
@Dave Don't make tables artificially wider than they are. The more white space in them, the less readable they are. Exception: tables that are almost equal to the column width may be made to fit it (with
tabular*, usually).– egreg
1 hour ago
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Another advantage of
threeparttableis that the caption width is set to the real width of the table, which maybe useful in some cases.– Bernard
2 hours ago
@Bernard: Hmm yes, but in the upper MWE this is just one more line of code
captionsetup{width=0.8textwidth}and it's done, isn't it?– Dave
2 hours ago
1
How do you know the table width is exactly 0.8textwidth? And if you decide to change the table font size, what do you do?
– Bernard
2 hours ago
1
If you use
tabularxthe problem is different. Anyway, other packages measure the width of tables or figures, such asfloatrow.– Bernard
2 hours ago
1
@Dave Don't make tables artificially wider than they are. The more white space in them, the less readable they are. Exception: tables that are almost equal to the column width may be made to fit it (with
tabular*, usually).– egreg
1 hour ago