moderncv

Section bar alignment

Bug #915910 reported by Pierre Neidhardt
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
moderncv
Fix Released
Medium
Xavier Danaux

Bug Description

Took me a while (and a lot of CV printing) to notice it, but the bar left to the section name is not aligned properly with the base line.

Example: create two section name "experience" and "Computer skills".
I wrote "experience" in lower case on purpose, since the middle height will be slightly different from the one in "Computer Skill".

Since several \parbox[m] are used consecutively, they are aligned following their respective middle, not following the baseline.
To fix it, I just put everything into only one parbox.

I created a branch for this. I wrote it quick, I still have to think about a more ideal convenient solution.

https://code.launchpad.net/~neidy/moderncv/fix-sectionbar

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lp:moderncv
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Xavier Danaux (xdanaux) wrote :

Thanks for reporting it Pierre.

I will change the code and simply use \raisebox to raise the box by a length depending on the baseline height. There is probably no need to use a \parbox at all.

Cheers,

Xavier

Changed in moderncv:
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Xavier Danaux (xdanaux)
status: New → In Progress
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Pierre Neidhardt (ambrevar) wrote :

Thank you for your answer.

In fact, the parbox is not needed for the bar, only for title. Otherwise, multiple-lines title will not get justified properly.
So I made a small change to my branch.
You can have a look at it, I think it behaves correctly.

There is still one problem in my opinion: multiple lines title.
Currently, my solution aligns the bar to the last baseline, not the first, which may be better.
But I have absolutely no idea how to do it.

Cheers,

Pierre

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Xavier Danaux (xdanaux) wrote :

Just released a fix :)

FYI, the trick is to align 2 parboxes top, and ensure their height (of their first line) is the same, e.g. by including a \strut in each of them.

Xavier Danaux (xdanaux)
Changed in moderncv:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Pierre Neidhardt (ambrevar) wrote : Re: [Bug 915910] Re: Section bar alignment

Works perfectly. You got a clue with the \strut commands, good to know.
Thanks for the great work!

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