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isharp2
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colortbl | Row Color for fixed Width Columns fails

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Hi,

I want to make a table that has a fixed with and a row color. We all know that when you make a fixed width column, we need to add @{\\extracolsep{\\fill}} to actually fill the table. When I do this, the \rowcolor fills my table with blank white space.

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\begin{center}
\begin{tabular*}{5in}{| @{\extracolsep{\fill}} l | @{\extracolsep{\fill}} l | @{\extracolsep{\fill}} l | @{\extracolsep{\fill}} l |}
\rowcolor{tablecolor}
\hline
Review Date & Name & Position & Action \\
\hline
March 12,2012 & Man 1 & Manager & Accepted \\
& Man 2 & Manager & Accepted \\
\hline
\end{tabular*}
\end{center}
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Please help my \rowcolor fill the entire row in the table.
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colortbl | Row Color for fixed Width Columns fails

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Please get used to always providing a proper minimal example to give an adequate problem description.

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colortbl | Row Color for fixed Width Columns fails

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Below is a minimum working example:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{array} %For different font sizes in tabular
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{titlesec} %Re-colors title sections
\usepackage{colortbl} %puts colors in tables
\definecolor{tablecolor}{rgb}{1,1,0.8}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular*}{5in}{| @{\extracolsep{\fill}} l | @{\extracolsep{\fill}} l | @{\extracolsep{\fill}} l | @{\extracolsep{\fill}} l |}
\rowcolor{tablecolor}
\hline
Review Date & Name & Position & Action \\
\hline
March 12,2012 & Man 1 & Manager & Accepted \\
& Man 2 & Manager & Accepted \\
\hline
\end{tabular*}
\end{center}
\end{document}
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colortbl | Row Color for fixed Width Columns fails

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isharp2 wrote:Below is a minimum working example: […]
The example is not minimal. It loads packages that are not necessary to reproduce the problem. Just for information to others who this way might learn wrong requirements for a minimal example.

The table you want to typeset works fine with tabularx.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{geometry} % to avoid warnigs
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor} % option loads »colortbl«
\begin{document}
\begin{tabularx}{5in}{|X|X|X|X|}\hline
\rowcolor{yellow!20}
ReviewDate & Name & Position & Action \\ \hline
March 12, 2012 & Man1 & Manager & Accepted \\
& Man2 & Manager & Accepted \\ \hline
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}
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Re: colortbl | Row Color for fixed Width Columns fails

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vielen Dank für Ihre Antwort
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