Centering, linebreaks and raggedright in underbrace text in mathmode

I want the text under an underbrace in mathmode to
1. Have linebreaks.
2. Be raggedright
3. Remain centered with respect to the midpoint of the underbrace.

I have tried with the two methods in the following code, but without success:

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
newcommandsometextGiven the conditions we impose

begindocument
With textbackslash mbox:
beginequationnonumber
x
underbrace=_%
mbox%
parbox[c]2cm%
raggedright
scriptsize
sometext



y
endequation
With amsmath textbackslash text:
beginequationnonumber
x
underbrace=_%
text%
parbox[c]2cm%
raggedright
sometext



y
endequation
enddocument

enter image description here

edited Feb 19 at 12:17

Steven B. Segletes

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asked Feb 19 at 12:05

Rasmus

715

1

In order for the parbox to know how to break lines, a width is necessary. Therefore, the moment you set it to 2cm, the boxes' width becomes that and the whole box (white space included) is centered with respect to the underbrace (change mbox for fbox to see the idea). You can avoid this in two ways. 1. Avoid the parbox and break lines on your own, like suggested below. 2. Choose and appropiate size for each case. 1.28cm or 1.66cm seem to give a nicer picture.

– mendus
Feb 19 at 12:34

Ok. I see. Could the margins of the mbox and fbox be set to zero, or at least to be symmetric to the left and right?

– Rasmus
Feb 19 at 15:02

As @mendus (and, implictly, Steven, in his answer) has already remarked, the problem is (almost) trivial if you accept the condition that all line breaks be specified manually; it becomes significantly tougher if you insist on automatic line-breaking. Before posting a long and complicated answer, I’d like to know if the requirement that line breaks are automatically found by TeX is really an esential part of your question.

– GuM
Feb 19 at 15:48

I'm not gonna use this extensively, so I can define the line breaks manually. I find it unsatisfying, though, that it seems complicated to get this done automatically :-)

– Rasmus
Feb 19 at 17:25

@Rasmus As far as I understand, the white space are not margins. If you want it ragged right, the space will be on the right. If you want to automate it, I would suggest centering the text and removing the width of the box with makebox[0pt]<center aligned parbox>

– mendus
Feb 20 at 8:22

add a comment |

I want the text under an underbrace in mathmode to
1. Have linebreaks.
2. Be raggedright
3. Remain centered with respect to the midpoint of the underbrace.

I have tried with the two methods in the following code, but without success:

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
newcommandsometextGiven the conditions we impose

begindocument
With textbackslash mbox:
beginequationnonumber
x
underbrace=_%
mbox%
parbox[c]2cm%
raggedright
scriptsize
sometext



y
endequation
With amsmath textbackslash text:
beginequationnonumber
x
underbrace=_%
text%
parbox[c]2cm%
raggedright
sometext



y
endequation
enddocument

enter image description here

edited Feb 19 at 12:17

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

asked Feb 19 at 12:05

Rasmus

715

1

In order for the parbox to know how to break lines, a width is necessary. Therefore, the moment you set it to 2cm, the boxes' width becomes that and the whole box (white space included) is centered with respect to the underbrace (change mbox for fbox to see the idea). You can avoid this in two ways. 1. Avoid the parbox and break lines on your own, like suggested below. 2. Choose and appropiate size for each case. 1.28cm or 1.66cm seem to give a nicer picture.

– mendus
Feb 19 at 12:34

Ok. I see. Could the margins of the mbox and fbox be set to zero, or at least to be symmetric to the left and right?

– Rasmus
Feb 19 at 15:02

As @mendus (and, implictly, Steven, in his answer) has already remarked, the problem is (almost) trivial if you accept the condition that all line breaks be specified manually; it becomes significantly tougher if you insist on automatic line-breaking. Before posting a long and complicated answer, I’d like to know if the requirement that line breaks are automatically found by TeX is really an esential part of your question.

– GuM
Feb 19 at 15:48

I'm not gonna use this extensively, so I can define the line breaks manually. I find it unsatisfying, though, that it seems complicated to get this done automatically :-)

– Rasmus
Feb 19 at 17:25

@Rasmus As far as I understand, the white space are not margins. If you want it ragged right, the space will be on the right. If you want to automate it, I would suggest centering the text and removing the width of the box with makebox[0pt]<center aligned parbox>

– mendus
Feb 20 at 8:22

add a comment |

I want the text under an underbrace in mathmode to
1. Have linebreaks.
2. Be raggedright
3. Remain centered with respect to the midpoint of the underbrace.

I have tried with the two methods in the following code, but without success:

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
newcommandsometextGiven the conditions we impose

begindocument
With textbackslash mbox:
beginequationnonumber
x
underbrace=_%
mbox%
parbox[c]2cm%
raggedright
scriptsize
sometext



y
endequation
With amsmath textbackslash text:
beginequationnonumber
x
underbrace=_%
text%
parbox[c]2cm%
raggedright
sometext



y
endequation
enddocument

enter image description here

edited Feb 19 at 12:17

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

asked Feb 19 at 12:05

Rasmus

715

I want the text under an underbrace in mathmode to
1. Have linebreaks.
2. Be raggedright
3. Remain centered with respect to the midpoint of the underbrace.

I have tried with the two methods in the following code, but without success:

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
newcommandsometextGiven the conditions we impose

begindocument
With textbackslash mbox:
beginequationnonumber
x
underbrace=_%
mbox%
parbox[c]2cm%
raggedright
scriptsize
sometext



y
endequation
With amsmath textbackslash text:
beginequationnonumber
x
underbrace=_%
text%
parbox[c]2cm%
raggedright
sometext



y
endequation
enddocument

enter image description here

horizontal-alignment underbrace

edited Feb 19 at 12:17

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

asked Feb 19 at 12:05

Rasmus

715

edited Feb 19 at 12:17

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

asked Feb 19 at 12:05

Rasmus

715

edited Feb 19 at 12:17

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

edited Feb 19 at 12:17

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

edited Feb 19 at 12:17

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

asked Feb 19 at 12:05

Rasmus

715

asked Feb 19 at 12:05

Rasmus

715

asked Feb 19 at 12:05

Rasmus

715

1

In order for the parbox to know how to break lines, a width is necessary. Therefore, the moment you set it to 2cm, the boxes' width becomes that and the whole box (white space included) is centered with respect to the underbrace (change mbox for fbox to see the idea). You can avoid this in two ways. 1. Avoid the parbox and break lines on your own, like suggested below. 2. Choose and appropiate size for each case. 1.28cm or 1.66cm seem to give a nicer picture.

– mendus
Feb 19 at 12:34

Ok. I see. Could the margins of the mbox and fbox be set to zero, or at least to be symmetric to the left and right?

– Rasmus
Feb 19 at 15:02

As @mendus (and, implictly, Steven, in his answer) has already remarked, the problem is (almost) trivial if you accept the condition that all line breaks be specified manually; it becomes significantly tougher if you insist on automatic line-breaking. Before posting a long and complicated answer, I’d like to know if the requirement that line breaks are automatically found by TeX is really an esential part of your question.

– GuM
Feb 19 at 15:48

I'm not gonna use this extensively, so I can define the line breaks manually. I find it unsatisfying, though, that it seems complicated to get this done automatically :-)

– Rasmus
Feb 19 at 17:25

@Rasmus As far as I understand, the white space are not margins. If you want it ragged right, the space will be on the right. If you want to automate it, I would suggest centering the text and removing the width of the box with makebox[0pt]<center aligned parbox>

– mendus
Feb 20 at 8:22

add a comment |

1

In order for the parbox to know how to break lines, a width is necessary. Therefore, the moment you set it to 2cm, the boxes' width becomes that and the whole box (white space included) is centered with respect to the underbrace (change mbox for fbox to see the idea). You can avoid this in two ways. 1. Avoid the parbox and break lines on your own, like suggested below. 2. Choose and appropiate size for each case. 1.28cm or 1.66cm seem to give a nicer picture.

– mendus
Feb 19 at 12:34

Ok. I see. Could the margins of the mbox and fbox be set to zero, or at least to be symmetric to the left and right?

– Rasmus
Feb 19 at 15:02

As @mendus (and, implictly, Steven, in his answer) has already remarked, the problem is (almost) trivial if you accept the condition that all line breaks be specified manually; it becomes significantly tougher if you insist on automatic line-breaking. Before posting a long and complicated answer, I’d like to know if the requirement that line breaks are automatically found by TeX is really an esential part of your question.

– GuM
Feb 19 at 15:48

I'm not gonna use this extensively, so I can define the line breaks manually. I find it unsatisfying, though, that it seems complicated to get this done automatically :-)

– Rasmus
Feb 19 at 17:25

@Rasmus As far as I understand, the white space are not margins. If you want it ragged right, the space will be on the right. If you want to automate it, I would suggest centering the text and removing the width of the box with makebox[0pt]<center aligned parbox>

– mendus
Feb 20 at 8:22

In order for the parbox to know how to break lines, a width is necessary. Therefore, the moment you set it to 2cm, the boxes' width becomes that and the whole box (white space included) is centered with respect to the underbrace (change mbox for fbox to see the idea). You can avoid this in two ways. 1. Avoid the parbox and break lines on your own, like suggested below. 2. Choose and appropiate size for each case. 1.28cm or 1.66cm seem to give a nicer picture.

– mendus
Feb 19 at 12:34

Ok. I see. Could the margins of the mbox and fbox be set to zero, or at least to be symmetric to the left and right?

– Rasmus
Feb 19 at 15:02

As @mendus (and, implictly, Steven, in his answer) has already remarked, the problem is (almost) trivial if you accept the condition that all line breaks be specified manually; it becomes significantly tougher if you insist on automatic line-breaking. Before posting a long and complicated answer, I’d like to know if the requirement that line breaks are automatically found by TeX is really an esential part of your question.

– GuM
Feb 19 at 15:48

I'm not gonna use this extensively, so I can define the line breaks manually. I find it unsatisfying, though, that it seems complicated to get this done automatically :-)

– Rasmus
Feb 19 at 17:25

@Rasmus As far as I understand, the white space are not margins. If you want it ragged right, the space will be on the right. If you want to automate it, I would suggest centering the text and removing the width of the box with makebox[0pt]<center aligned parbox>

– mendus
Feb 20 at 8:22

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For a column this narrow, I think manual linebreaks work better. Then you don't have to specify an arbitrary column width (such as 2cm). In addition, using a makebox[0pt] box allows for the underset text to not disturb the equation spacing (though the underbrace itself does a bit)

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath,stackengine
setstackEOL\
newcommandsometextGiven the conditions we impose
begindocument
[
x underbrace=_%
makebox[0pt]tinyLongunderstack[l]Given the\conditions\we impose
y
]
enddocument

enter image description here

With a little more work, you could restore the natural math spacing of the = sign, though perhaps this is not important.

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath,stackengine
setstackEOL\
newcommandundertext[3][3pt]%
 mathrelstackengine#1$#2$$underbrace_%
 makebox[0pt]tinyLongunderstack[l]#3$UcFTL%

begindocument
[
x undertext=Given the\conditions\we impose y
]
enddocument

enter image description here

edited Feb 19 at 12:59

answered Feb 19 at 12:14

Steven B. Segletes

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An approximative and rudimental solution. but it works. It is possible to fit the space between x and y fixing hspace-.5cm.

enter image description here

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
begindocument
[
xhspace-.5cmunderbrace=_mboxtinybegintabularcc Given the\conditions\we imposeendtabularhspace-.45cmy
]
enddocument

edited Feb 19 at 16:21

answered Feb 19 at 13:41

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documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath,stackengine
setstackEOL\
newcommandsometextGiven the conditions we impose
begindocument
[
x underbrace=_%
makebox[0pt]tinyLongunderstack[l]Given the\conditions\we impose
y
]
enddocument

enter image description here

With a little more work, you could restore the natural math spacing of the = sign, though perhaps this is not important.

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath,stackengine
setstackEOL\
newcommandundertext[3][3pt]%
 mathrelstackengine#1$#2$$underbrace_%
 makebox[0pt]tinyLongunderstack[l]#3$UcFTL%

begindocument
[
x undertext=Given the\conditions\we impose y
]
enddocument

enter image description here

edited Feb 19 at 12:59

answered Feb 19 at 12:14

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

add a comment |

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath,stackengine
setstackEOL\
newcommandsometextGiven the conditions we impose
begindocument
[
x underbrace=_%
makebox[0pt]tinyLongunderstack[l]Given the\conditions\we impose
y
]
enddocument

enter image description here

With a little more work, you could restore the natural math spacing of the = sign, though perhaps this is not important.

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath,stackengine
setstackEOL\
newcommandundertext[3][3pt]%
 mathrelstackengine#1$#2$$underbrace_%
 makebox[0pt]tinyLongunderstack[l]#3$UcFTL%

begindocument
[
x undertext=Given the\conditions\we impose y
]
enddocument

enter image description here

edited Feb 19 at 12:59

answered Feb 19 at 12:14

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

add a comment |

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath,stackengine
setstackEOL\
newcommandsometextGiven the conditions we impose
begindocument
[
x underbrace=_%
makebox[0pt]tinyLongunderstack[l]Given the\conditions\we impose
y
]
enddocument

enter image description here

With a little more work, you could restore the natural math spacing of the = sign, though perhaps this is not important.

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath,stackengine
setstackEOL\
newcommandundertext[3][3pt]%
 mathrelstackengine#1$#2$$underbrace_%
 makebox[0pt]tinyLongunderstack[l]#3$UcFTL%

begindocument
[
x undertext=Given the\conditions\we impose y
]
enddocument

enter image description here

edited Feb 19 at 12:59

answered Feb 19 at 12:14

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath,stackengine
setstackEOL\
newcommandsometextGiven the conditions we impose
begindocument
[
x underbrace=_%
makebox[0pt]tinyLongunderstack[l]Given the\conditions\we impose
y
]
enddocument

enter image description here

With a little more work, you could restore the natural math spacing of the = sign, though perhaps this is not important.

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath,stackengine
setstackEOL\
newcommandundertext[3][3pt]%
 mathrelstackengine#1$#2$$underbrace_%
 makebox[0pt]tinyLongunderstack[l]#3$UcFTL%

begindocument
[
x undertext=Given the\conditions\we impose y
]
enddocument

enter image description here

edited Feb 19 at 12:59

answered Feb 19 at 12:14

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

edited Feb 19 at 12:59

answered Feb 19 at 12:14

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

answered Feb 19 at 12:14

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

answered Feb 19 at 12:14

Steven B. Segletes

158k9204411

add a comment |

An approximative and rudimental solution. but it works. It is possible to fit the space between x and y fixing hspace-.5cm.

enter image description here

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
begindocument
[
xhspace-.5cmunderbrace=_mboxtinybegintabularcc Given the\conditions\we imposeendtabularhspace-.45cmy
]
enddocument

edited Feb 19 at 16:21

answered Feb 19 at 13:41

Sebastiano

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An approximative and rudimental solution. but it works. It is possible to fit the space between x and y fixing hspace-.5cm.

enter image description here

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
begindocument
[
xhspace-.5cmunderbrace=_mboxtinybegintabularcc Given the\conditions\we imposeendtabularhspace-.45cmy
]
enddocument

edited Feb 19 at 16:21

answered Feb 19 at 13:41

Sebastiano

11k42163

add a comment |

An approximative and rudimental solution. but it works. It is possible to fit the space between x and y fixing hspace-.5cm.

enter image description here

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
begindocument
[
xhspace-.5cmunderbrace=_mboxtinybegintabularcc Given the\conditions\we imposeendtabularhspace-.45cmy
]
enddocument

edited Feb 19 at 16:21

answered Feb 19 at 13:41

Sebastiano

11k42163

An approximative and rudimental solution. but it works. It is possible to fit the space between x and y fixing hspace-.5cm.

enter image description here

documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
begindocument
[
xhspace-.5cmunderbrace=_mboxtinybegintabularcc Given the\conditions\we imposeendtabularhspace-.45cmy
]
enddocument

edited Feb 19 at 16:21

answered Feb 19 at 13:41

Sebastiano

11k42163

edited Feb 19 at 16:21

answered Feb 19 at 13:41

Sebastiano

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answered Feb 19 at 13:41

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answered Feb 19 at 13:41

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