Multirow cells don't get topaligned nicely in LaTeX

[hughjonesd]

Here's an example:

iris %>% 
      group_by(Species) %>%
      slice(1:5) %>%
      as_hux() %>% 
      merge_repeated_rows(everywhere, "Species") %>%
      quick_pdf()

merge_repeated_rows isn't much help unless I can fix this.

[hughjonesd]

A small improvement. Using set_tb_padding(0) also helps.

[hughjonesd]

Maybe playing with the 0ex in \multirow[t]{-2}{*}[0ex] will help.

[hughjonesd]

The closest I can get is:

\multirow[b]{-7}{*}[sum of bottom padding and top padding]

where the sum can be calculated using calc. This seems to be more predictable than \multirow[t]. For middle-aligned cells, you'd have to halve this.

An alternative approach here is to drop multirow entirely:

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/74108/text-alignment-on-top-with-multirow-command

but I wonder how this would play with e.g. cell backgrounds....