Using color in varwidth environment produces warning and does not work as intended











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Trying to use color in a varwidth environment, I stumbled upon
a warning from the varwidth package. Inspecting the issue and
trying the same with parbox and the minipage environment lead
to the following MWE:



documentclass{article}

usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{varwidth}


begin{document}

begin{tabular}{lll}
verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

%without color, everything works as expected.
parbox[t]{4em}{
% color{red}
test
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
% color{red}
test
end{minipage}
abc &
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
% color{red}
test
end{varwidth}
abc\

% but using color needs leavevmode and breaks varwidth
parbox[t]{4em}{
leavevmode
color{red}
test
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
leavevmode
color{red}
test
end{minipage}
abc &
% throws error (twice):
% Package varwidth Warning: Failed to reprocess entire contents on input line 45.
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
leavevmodecolor{red}
test
end{varwidth}% this is line 45
abc
end{tabular}

end{document}


MWE result



produces the following warning twice




Package varwidth Warning: Failed to reprocess entire contents on input line 45.




As you can see, you can use color within parboxes and minipages,
if you insert a leavevmode, but it breaks the varwidth environment
with a warning. The behavior is similar to a parbox without leavevmode.



Is this (easily) fixable? Are there alternatives to varwidth?



To clarify what I want: I want to use colors in a varwidth environment
that work as intended: placement as in the line without colors.










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  • As Henny Youngman used to say, don't do that. You could always run the data twice (environ package), once using letcolor=@gobble and varwidth and save the width, then again using parbox using the computed width. (Actually, I think that is sort of how varwidth works.)
    – John Kormylo
    2 days ago















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Trying to use color in a varwidth environment, I stumbled upon
a warning from the varwidth package. Inspecting the issue and
trying the same with parbox and the minipage environment lead
to the following MWE:



documentclass{article}

usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{varwidth}


begin{document}

begin{tabular}{lll}
verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

%without color, everything works as expected.
parbox[t]{4em}{
% color{red}
test
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
% color{red}
test
end{minipage}
abc &
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
% color{red}
test
end{varwidth}
abc\

% but using color needs leavevmode and breaks varwidth
parbox[t]{4em}{
leavevmode
color{red}
test
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
leavevmode
color{red}
test
end{minipage}
abc &
% throws error (twice):
% Package varwidth Warning: Failed to reprocess entire contents on input line 45.
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
leavevmodecolor{red}
test
end{varwidth}% this is line 45
abc
end{tabular}

end{document}


MWE result



produces the following warning twice




Package varwidth Warning: Failed to reprocess entire contents on input line 45.




As you can see, you can use color within parboxes and minipages,
if you insert a leavevmode, but it breaks the varwidth environment
with a warning. The behavior is similar to a parbox without leavevmode.



Is this (easily) fixable? Are there alternatives to varwidth?



To clarify what I want: I want to use colors in a varwidth environment
that work as intended: placement as in the line without colors.










share|improve this question






















  • As Henny Youngman used to say, don't do that. You could always run the data twice (environ package), once using letcolor=@gobble and varwidth and save the width, then again using parbox using the computed width. (Actually, I think that is sort of how varwidth works.)
    – John Kormylo
    2 days ago













up vote
3
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up vote
3
down vote

favorite











Trying to use color in a varwidth environment, I stumbled upon
a warning from the varwidth package. Inspecting the issue and
trying the same with parbox and the minipage environment lead
to the following MWE:



documentclass{article}

usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{varwidth}


begin{document}

begin{tabular}{lll}
verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

%without color, everything works as expected.
parbox[t]{4em}{
% color{red}
test
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
% color{red}
test
end{minipage}
abc &
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
% color{red}
test
end{varwidth}
abc\

% but using color needs leavevmode and breaks varwidth
parbox[t]{4em}{
leavevmode
color{red}
test
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
leavevmode
color{red}
test
end{minipage}
abc &
% throws error (twice):
% Package varwidth Warning: Failed to reprocess entire contents on input line 45.
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
leavevmodecolor{red}
test
end{varwidth}% this is line 45
abc
end{tabular}

end{document}


MWE result



produces the following warning twice




Package varwidth Warning: Failed to reprocess entire contents on input line 45.




As you can see, you can use color within parboxes and minipages,
if you insert a leavevmode, but it breaks the varwidth environment
with a warning. The behavior is similar to a parbox without leavevmode.



Is this (easily) fixable? Are there alternatives to varwidth?



To clarify what I want: I want to use colors in a varwidth environment
that work as intended: placement as in the line without colors.










share|improve this question













Trying to use color in a varwidth environment, I stumbled upon
a warning from the varwidth package. Inspecting the issue and
trying the same with parbox and the minipage environment lead
to the following MWE:



documentclass{article}

usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{varwidth}


begin{document}

begin{tabular}{lll}
verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

%without color, everything works as expected.
parbox[t]{4em}{
% color{red}
test
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
% color{red}
test
end{minipage}
abc &
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
% color{red}
test
end{varwidth}
abc\

% but using color needs leavevmode and breaks varwidth
parbox[t]{4em}{
leavevmode
color{red}
test
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
leavevmode
color{red}
test
end{minipage}
abc &
% throws error (twice):
% Package varwidth Warning: Failed to reprocess entire contents on input line 45.
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
leavevmodecolor{red}
test
end{varwidth}% this is line 45
abc
end{tabular}

end{document}


MWE result



produces the following warning twice




Package varwidth Warning: Failed to reprocess entire contents on input line 45.




As you can see, you can use color within parboxes and minipages,
if you insert a leavevmode, but it breaks the varwidth environment
with a warning. The behavior is similar to a parbox without leavevmode.



Is this (easily) fixable? Are there alternatives to varwidth?



To clarify what I want: I want to use colors in a varwidth environment
that work as intended: placement as in the line without colors.







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  • As Henny Youngman used to say, don't do that. You could always run the data twice (environ package), once using letcolor=@gobble and varwidth and save the width, then again using parbox using the computed width. (Actually, I think that is sort of how varwidth works.)
    – John Kormylo
    2 days ago


















  • As Henny Youngman used to say, don't do that. You could always run the data twice (environ package), once using letcolor=@gobble and varwidth and save the width, then again using parbox using the computed width. (Actually, I think that is sort of how varwidth works.)
    – John Kormylo
    2 days ago
















As Henny Youngman used to say, don't do that. You could always run the data twice (environ package), once using letcolor=@gobble and varwidth and save the width, then again using parbox using the computed width. (Actually, I think that is sort of how varwidth works.)
– John Kormylo
2 days ago




As Henny Youngman used to say, don't do that. You could always run the data twice (environ package), once using letcolor=@gobble and varwidth and save the width, then again using parbox using the computed width. (Actually, I think that is sort of how varwidth works.)
– John Kormylo
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You could use textcolor:



begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
textcolor{red}{test}
end{varwidth}


or an additional group:



begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
leavevmode
{color{red}
test}
end{varwidth}


Example:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{xcolor}
usepackage{varwidth}
begin{document}
begin{tabular}{lll}
verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

parbox[t]{4em}{
test
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
test
end{minipage}
abc &
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
test
end{varwidth}
abc\

parbox[t]{4em}{
textcolor{red}{test}
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
textcolor{red}{test}
end{minipage}
abc &
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
textcolor{red}{test}
end{varwidth}
abc
\
parbox[t]{4em}{
leavevmode
color{red}
test
}abc &
begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
leavevmode
color{red}
test
end{minipage}
abc &
begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
leavevmode
{color{red}
test}
end{varwidth}
abc
end{tabular}
end{document}


Result:



enter image description here






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    Starting a minipage or parbox with color always has the side effect of producing a blank line at the top. You can solve the issue by using



    begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
    leavevmodecolor{red}% <--- don't forget
    test
    end{minipage}


    However this doesn't work for varwidth. You can instead start the coloring outside the varwidth environment:



    documentclass{article}

    usepackage{xcolor}
    usepackage{varwidth}

    newenvironment{colorvarwidth}[1]
    {leavevmodecolor{#1}varwidth}
    {endvarwidth}

    begin{document}

    begin{tabular}{lll}
    verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

    %without color, everything works as expected.
    parbox[t]{4em}{
    leavevmodecolor{red}%
    test
    }abc &
    begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
    leavevmodecolor{red}%
    test
    end{minipage}
    abc &
    begin{colorvarwidth}{red}[t]{4em}
    test
    end{colorvarwidth}
    abc
    end{tabular}

    end{document}


    enter image description here






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      You could use textcolor:



      begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
      textcolor{red}{test}
      end{varwidth}


      or an additional group:



      begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
      leavevmode
      {color{red}
      test}
      end{varwidth}


      Example:



      documentclass{article}
      usepackage{xcolor}
      usepackage{varwidth}
      begin{document}
      begin{tabular}{lll}
      verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

      parbox[t]{4em}{
      test
      }abc &
      begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
      test
      end{minipage}
      abc &
      begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
      test
      end{varwidth}
      abc\

      parbox[t]{4em}{
      textcolor{red}{test}
      }abc &
      begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
      textcolor{red}{test}
      end{minipage}
      abc &
      begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
      textcolor{red}{test}
      end{varwidth}
      abc
      \
      parbox[t]{4em}{
      leavevmode
      color{red}
      test
      }abc &
      begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
      leavevmode
      color{red}
      test
      end{minipage}
      abc &
      begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
      leavevmode
      {color{red}
      test}
      end{varwidth}
      abc
      end{tabular}
      end{document}


      Result:



      enter image description here






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        You could use textcolor:



        begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
        textcolor{red}{test}
        end{varwidth}


        or an additional group:



        begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
        leavevmode
        {color{red}
        test}
        end{varwidth}


        Example:



        documentclass{article}
        usepackage{xcolor}
        usepackage{varwidth}
        begin{document}
        begin{tabular}{lll}
        verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

        parbox[t]{4em}{
        test
        }abc &
        begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
        test
        end{minipage}
        abc &
        begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
        test
        end{varwidth}
        abc\

        parbox[t]{4em}{
        textcolor{red}{test}
        }abc &
        begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
        textcolor{red}{test}
        end{minipage}
        abc &
        begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
        textcolor{red}{test}
        end{varwidth}
        abc
        \
        parbox[t]{4em}{
        leavevmode
        color{red}
        test
        }abc &
        begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
        leavevmode
        color{red}
        test
        end{minipage}
        abc &
        begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
        leavevmode
        {color{red}
        test}
        end{varwidth}
        abc
        end{tabular}
        end{document}


        Result:



        enter image description here






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          up vote
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          You could use textcolor:



          begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
          textcolor{red}{test}
          end{varwidth}


          or an additional group:



          begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
          leavevmode
          {color{red}
          test}
          end{varwidth}


          Example:



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{xcolor}
          usepackage{varwidth}
          begin{document}
          begin{tabular}{lll}
          verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

          parbox[t]{4em}{
          test
          }abc &
          begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
          test
          end{minipage}
          abc &
          begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
          test
          end{varwidth}
          abc\

          parbox[t]{4em}{
          textcolor{red}{test}
          }abc &
          begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
          textcolor{red}{test}
          end{minipage}
          abc &
          begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
          textcolor{red}{test}
          end{varwidth}
          abc
          \
          parbox[t]{4em}{
          leavevmode
          color{red}
          test
          }abc &
          begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
          leavevmode
          color{red}
          test
          end{minipage}
          abc &
          begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
          leavevmode
          {color{red}
          test}
          end{varwidth}
          abc
          end{tabular}
          end{document}


          Result:



          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer














          You could use textcolor:



          begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
          textcolor{red}{test}
          end{varwidth}


          or an additional group:



          begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
          leavevmode
          {color{red}
          test}
          end{varwidth}


          Example:



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{xcolor}
          usepackage{varwidth}
          begin{document}
          begin{tabular}{lll}
          verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

          parbox[t]{4em}{
          test
          }abc &
          begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
          test
          end{minipage}
          abc &
          begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
          test
          end{varwidth}
          abc\

          parbox[t]{4em}{
          textcolor{red}{test}
          }abc &
          begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
          textcolor{red}{test}
          end{minipage}
          abc &
          begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
          textcolor{red}{test}
          end{varwidth}
          abc
          \
          parbox[t]{4em}{
          leavevmode
          color{red}
          test
          }abc &
          begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
          leavevmode
          color{red}
          test
          end{minipage}
          abc &
          begin{varwidth}[t]{4em}
          leavevmode
          {color{red}
          test}
          end{varwidth}
          abc
          end{tabular}
          end{document}


          Result:



          enter image description here







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              Starting a minipage or parbox with color always has the side effect of producing a blank line at the top. You can solve the issue by using



              begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
              leavevmodecolor{red}% <--- don't forget
              test
              end{minipage}


              However this doesn't work for varwidth. You can instead start the coloring outside the varwidth environment:



              documentclass{article}

              usepackage{xcolor}
              usepackage{varwidth}

              newenvironment{colorvarwidth}[1]
              {leavevmodecolor{#1}varwidth}
              {endvarwidth}

              begin{document}

              begin{tabular}{lll}
              verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

              %without color, everything works as expected.
              parbox[t]{4em}{
              leavevmodecolor{red}%
              test
              }abc &
              begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
              leavevmodecolor{red}%
              test
              end{minipage}
              abc &
              begin{colorvarwidth}{red}[t]{4em}
              test
              end{colorvarwidth}
              abc
              end{tabular}

              end{document}


              enter image description here






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                up vote
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                down vote













                Starting a minipage or parbox with color always has the side effect of producing a blank line at the top. You can solve the issue by using



                begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
                leavevmodecolor{red}% <--- don't forget
                test
                end{minipage}


                However this doesn't work for varwidth. You can instead start the coloring outside the varwidth environment:



                documentclass{article}

                usepackage{xcolor}
                usepackage{varwidth}

                newenvironment{colorvarwidth}[1]
                {leavevmodecolor{#1}varwidth}
                {endvarwidth}

                begin{document}

                begin{tabular}{lll}
                verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

                %without color, everything works as expected.
                parbox[t]{4em}{
                leavevmodecolor{red}%
                test
                }abc &
                begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
                leavevmodecolor{red}%
                test
                end{minipage}
                abc &
                begin{colorvarwidth}{red}[t]{4em}
                test
                end{colorvarwidth}
                abc
                end{tabular}

                end{document}


                enter image description here






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                  up vote
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                  Starting a minipage or parbox with color always has the side effect of producing a blank line at the top. You can solve the issue by using



                  begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
                  leavevmodecolor{red}% <--- don't forget
                  test
                  end{minipage}


                  However this doesn't work for varwidth. You can instead start the coloring outside the varwidth environment:



                  documentclass{article}

                  usepackage{xcolor}
                  usepackage{varwidth}

                  newenvironment{colorvarwidth}[1]
                  {leavevmodecolor{#1}varwidth}
                  {endvarwidth}

                  begin{document}

                  begin{tabular}{lll}
                  verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

                  %without color, everything works as expected.
                  parbox[t]{4em}{
                  leavevmodecolor{red}%
                  test
                  }abc &
                  begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
                  leavevmodecolor{red}%
                  test
                  end{minipage}
                  abc &
                  begin{colorvarwidth}{red}[t]{4em}
                  test
                  end{colorvarwidth}
                  abc
                  end{tabular}

                  end{document}


                  enter image description here






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                  Starting a minipage or parbox with color always has the side effect of producing a blank line at the top. You can solve the issue by using



                  begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
                  leavevmodecolor{red}% <--- don't forget
                  test
                  end{minipage}


                  However this doesn't work for varwidth. You can instead start the coloring outside the varwidth environment:



                  documentclass{article}

                  usepackage{xcolor}
                  usepackage{varwidth}

                  newenvironment{colorvarwidth}[1]
                  {leavevmodecolor{#1}varwidth}
                  {endvarwidth}

                  begin{document}

                  begin{tabular}{lll}
                  verb|parbox| & verb|minipage| & verb|varwidth| \

                  %without color, everything works as expected.
                  parbox[t]{4em}{
                  leavevmodecolor{red}%
                  test
                  }abc &
                  begin{minipage}[t]{4em}
                  leavevmodecolor{red}%
                  test
                  end{minipage}
                  abc &
                  begin{colorvarwidth}{red}[t]{4em}
                  test
                  end{colorvarwidth}
                  abc
                  end{tabular}

                  end{document}


                  enter image description here







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