Tabbing inside itemize (or itemize inside tabbing)
You could employ the tabto
package for this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabto}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
\item It wouild be nice \tabto{6cm} foo \tabto{7cm} bar
\item If I could get this working \tabto{6cm} baz \tabto{7cm} quuz
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
It's not entirely perfect though, as tabto
does not always get the baseline right. In some occasions I had to use \raisebox
or \strut
s to fix this.
What about a table environment or longtable
for breaking across pages. Use the listliketab
package
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listliketab}
\begin{document}
\storestyleof{itemize}
\begin{listliketab}
\begin{tabular}{Llll}
\textbullet & It would be nice & foo & bar \\
\textbullet & If I could get this working & baz & quuz \\
\end{tabular}
\end{listliketab}
\end{document}
It has the advantage that you can use p
columns to wrap long lines, etc.
Here's a (rather ugly) idea without using additional packages. Basically consists on making boxes of the desired size with \makebox
:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
\item \makebox[5cm][l]{It would be nice} \makebox[2cm][l]{foo} bar
\item \makebox[5cm][l]{If I could get this working} \makebox[2cm][l]{baz} quuz
\end{itemize}
\end{document}