Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Itemize inside a table

[Irid]

Hello,
I have a persistent problem that I'm unable to solve on my own. Due to the nature of my data, I would like to present it in a table, but in each cell the data should be itemized as well. The problem is that the spacing of itemize environment is too large, so the table has too much white space inside.

I tried to define my own list with all possible parameters set to zero (\topsep, \parsep, etc.), but my list still adds some additional space above and below the entire block. Currently my best solution is compactitem environment defined in paralist package, however, I wish to get rid of all extra space above and below the environment. Left indentation should possibly be reduced as well. Is there some way to achieve it? Otherwise, what may be the alternatives? (paragraph boxes, tables inside the table?)

I attach a file with the table and below I post an extract of the latex code which was used to generate it:

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\begin{tabular}{p{0.2\textwidth} p{0.4\textwidth} p{0.3\textwidth}}
\hline\hline
Properties & \hspace{0.8cm} Various effects & \hspace{0.8cm} Uses\\
\hline
Surface area effect &
\begin{compactitem}
\item Surface area per weight is over 100 times higher than that of usual fibers.
\item Very large adsorption.
\end{compactitem}
& \begin{compactitem}
\item Adsorption material
\item Biochemical hazard prevention material
\item Ion-exchange material
\end{compactitem}\\
Slip effect 
&
\begin{compactitem}
\item Flow of molecules changes and pressure loss becomes much smaller.
\end{compactitem}
&
\begin{compactitem}
\item Air filter
\item Biochemical hazard prevention material
\end{compactitem}\\
\hline\hline
\end{tabular}

[localghost]

Use the enumitem package to eliminate the space before and after the lists.


Best regards
Thorsten

[Irid]

Thank you for your reply Thorsten. I've tried to use enumitem package in this manner:

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\begin{itemize}[label=\textbullet, nolistsep, noitemsep]
\item My item1
\item My item2...
\end{itemize}

Unfortunately, the results are identical to my previous attempt. Even with all vertical space suppressed, the itemize environment still adds approx. 0.8 of a line before and after the list, while I would like it to begin at exactly the same level as normal text would. Maybe there are other parameters in enumitem? Or other suggestions?
Strangely enough, this behavior occurs only inside a table. In a normal paragraph mode all the additional vertical space is suppressed as it is supposed to be.

[grinder]

Did you find any solution to that? I have exactly the same problem

[gmedina]

Did you find any solution to that? I have exactly the same problem

The suggestion made by localghost and illustrated by Irid works OK in the following simple example:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}

\noindent text text 
\begin{itemize}[label=\textbullet, nolistsep, noitemsep]
\item My item1
\item My item2...
\end{itemize}
text text

\noindent text text

\end{document}

If it is not working for you, we will need a minimal working example showing the undesired behaviour.

[grinder]

Thanx for your answer. I am afraid there is no MWE I 've already used localghost's suggestion, but it doesn't work. I 've also used the paralist package with the compactitem environment, like the original poster, but I still have vertical space after the itemize block, which I don't want. Indentation is not an issue, since the paralist package, which seems to be closer to my needs, has options for that (specifically for my case it is [flushleft,alwaysadjust]). Am I missing something here?

[burgstaa]

Hello!

I am having exactly the same problem and wonder if it could be solved yet.

the problem is, that the itemized content in a table has more vertical space than the other text.

this is my code:

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\documentclass[pdftex,a4paper,12pt,oneside,abstracton]{scrreprt}

\usepackage{ngerman}										% Paket zum Übersetzen
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}						% Eingabe von Umlauten
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}								% Verwenden von T1 Fonts
\usepackage{array}											% für Tabular-Umgebung
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[htbp]
   \footnotesize
   \newcolumntype{v}[1]{%
   >{\raggedright\hspace{0pt}}p{#1}%
   }
   \centering
      \begin{tabularx}{1\textwidth}{X p{3.5cm} p{3.5cm} p{3.5cm}}\toprule
         Typbezeichnung & Charakteristika (Stärken) & positive Ausprägung & negative Ausprägung \\ \addlinespace \midrule       
         \addlinespace
         Der Friedliebende &
         test &
         \begin{itemize}[label=\textbullet, nolistsep, noitemsep, leftmargin=10pt]
         \item[-] test
         \end{itemize} & test \\
      \end{tabularx}
   \caption{Testtabelle}
   \label{tab:Testtabelle}
\end{table}
\end{document}

any help is highly appreciated!

[Juanjo]

Try this to start the itemize environment:

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\begin{itemize}[label=\textbullet, nolistsep, leftmargin=10pt,
            before*={\mbox{}\vspace{-\baselineskip}}]

[burgstaa]

that is exactly what i was looking for!

thank you very much!