Vertical center alignment of text in cell of table
With use of the nccmath
, cellspace
, and hhline
packages and array
for table:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nccmath}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{cellspace, hhline}
\setlength\cellspacetoplimit{5pt}
\setlength\cellspacebottomlimit{5pt}
\begin{document}
\[
\begin{array}{ |c | c | >{$}Sc<{$}|}
\hhline{---}
\rowcolor{blue!50}
\text{\textcolor{white}{Parabola}}
& \text{\textcolor{white}{Equation of Tangent}}
& \text{\textcolor{white}{Point of Contact}} \\
\hhline{---}
y^2=4ax
& y=mx+\frac{a}{m}
& \Bigl(\mfrac{a}{m^2},\mfrac{2a}{m}\Bigr) \\ \hhline{---}
y^2=-4ax
& y=mx-\dfrac{a}{m}
& \Bigl(-\mfrac{a}{m^2},\mfrac{2a}{m}\Bigr) \\ \hhline{---}
x^2=4ay
& y=mx-am^2
& \bigl(2am,am^2\bigr) \\ \hhline{---}
{x^2=-4ay}
& y=mx+am^2
& \bigl(-2am,-am^2\bigr) \\ \hhline{---}
\end{array}
\]
\end{document}
Addendum: Version where equation in cells are aligned at equal sign and points at commas:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nccmath}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{cellspace, hhline}
\setlength\cellspacetoplimit{5pt}
\setlength\cellspacebottomlimit{5pt}
\usepackage{xparse}
\NewExpandableDocumentCommand\mcw{O{>{\color{white}}Sc|}m}
{\multicolumn{2}{#1}{#2}}
\usepackage[skip=1ex]{caption}
\begin{document}
\[
\setlength\arrayrulewidth{0.5pt}
\setlength\arraycolsep{12pt}
\begin{array}{ |r@{\,}l | >{\qquad}r@{\,}l | r@{,\,}>{$}Sl<{$}|}
\hhline{*{6}{-}}
\rowcolor{blue!50}
\mcw[|>{\color{white}}Sc|]{Parabola}
& \mcw{Equation of Tangent}
& \mcw{Point of Contact} \\
\hhline{*{6}{-}}
y^2 & = 4ax
& y & =mx+\frac{a}{m}
& \Bigl(\mfrac{a}{m^2} & \mfrac{2a}{m}\Bigr) \\
\hhline{*{6}{-}}
y^2 & = -4ax
& y & = mx-\dfrac{a}{m}
& \Bigl(-\mfrac{a}{m^2} & \mfrac{2a}{m}\Bigr) \\
\hhline{*{6}{-}}
x^2 & = 4ay
& y & = mx-am^2
& \bigl(2am & am^2\bigr) \\
\hhline{*{6}{-}}
x^2 & = -4ay
& y & = mx+am^2
& \bigl(-2am & -am^2\bigr) \\
\hhline{*{6}{-}}
\end{array}
\]
\end{document}
I suggest to use {NiceTabular}
of nicematrix
which provides parameters cell-space-bottom-limit
and cell-space-top-limit
inspired by the lengths \cellspacebottomlimit
and \cellspacetoplimit
of the package cellspace
.
{NiceTabular}
is designed to give better results than standard colortbl
in the PDF viewers when rules are used in conjonction with colored panels. However, you need several compilations.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\everymath{\displaystyle}
\NiceMatrixOptions{cell-space-top-limit=2pt,cell-space-bottom-limit=2pt}
\begin{NiceTabular}{ccc}[hvlines,colortbl-like]
\rowcolor{blue!50} \textcolor{white}{Parabola} & \textcolor{white}{Equation of Tangent} & \textcolor{white}{Point of Contact} \\
$y^2=4ax$& $y=mx+\frac{a}{m}$& $\biggl(\frac{a}{m^2},\frac{2a}{m}\biggr)$ \\
$y^2=-4ax$ & $y=mx-\frac{a}{m}$ & $ \biggl(-\frac{a}{m^2},\frac{2a}{m}\biggr)$ \\
$x^2=4ay$ & $y=mx-am^2$& $\bigl(2am,am^2\bigr)$ \\
$x^2=-4ay$ & $y=mx+am^2$& $\bigl(-2am,-am^2\bigr)$ \\
\end{NiceTabular}
\end{center}
\end{document}