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I would like to draw a horizontal line from the left margin of the current page to the end of a centered text. For example, if I write "Hello, world!" as centered text, I would like a line spanning up to the "!" symbol, like an underlining.

I would like to avoid using tikz. Also, this should work for different texts (not just "Hello, world!"), so I would like to avoid having to hard-code the length or passing it as an argument.

How can I do this?

Thanks in advance for your answers!

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I would like to draw a horizontal line from the left margin of the current page to the end of a centered text. For example, if I write "Hello, world!" as centered text, I would like a line spanning up to the "!" symbol, like an underlining.

I would like to avoid using tikz. Also, this should work for different texts (not just "Hello, world!"), so I would like to avoid having to hard-code the length or passing it as an argument.

How can I do this?

Thanks in advance for your answers!

margins underline

share|improve this question

asked 8 hours ago

Diego SejasDiego Sejas

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  hrulefill may be what you are looking for
  
  – Schrödinger's cat
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  a single-lined text?
  
  – Bernard
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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 | 

I would like to draw a horizontal line from the left margin of the current page to the end of a centered text. For example, if I write "Hello, world!" as centered text, I would like a line spanning up to the "!" symbol, like an underlining.

I would like to avoid using tikz. Also, this should work for different texts (not just "Hello, world!"), so I would like to avoid having to hard-code the length or passing it as an argument.

How can I do this?

Thanks in advance for your answers!

margins underline

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asked 8 hours ago

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The call to ulcenterline causes a new paragraph. Is that OK? Or is to occur on the same line if there is already text on the left margin? The line usepackage[showframe,pass]geometry is just there to show the frame about the text area of the page.

documentclassarticle
usepackage[showframe,pass]geometry
newcommandulcenterline[1]%
 parnoindentleavevmode
 rlapunderlinevphantom#1rule.5linewidth0pt%
 centerlineunderline#1%

begindocument
ulcenterlineHello World!

ulcenterlineThis is a bigger test!!
enddocument

If you need it to work without adding a par, even if there is already text on the left-hand end of theline, then in my MWE, replace par with tabto*0pt, making sure to usepackagetabto:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetabto
newcommandulcenterline[1]%
 tabto*0ptnoindentleavevmode
 rlapunderlinevphantom#1rule.5linewidth0pt%
 centerlineunderline#1%

begindocument
xxxulcenterlineHello World!

text already on lineulcenterlineThis is a bigger test!!
enddocument

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  Beautiful!!! It works perfectly. Thank you!
  
  – Diego Sejas
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  I can’t understand why leavevmode after noindent… ;-)
  
  – GuM
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  @GuM It used to be that rlap wouldn't automatically leave vertical mode, so that rlap wouldn't work as expected if issued after a par. But with the DEC 18 change to the engine, which "fixed" smash and phantom, maybe rlap got fixed too. The noindent was so that the initial rule is set from the left margin, rather than the indent position.
  
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  @GuM Perhaps you are telling me that noindent already leaves vertical mode?
  
  – Steven B. Segletes
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Exactly: noindent causes TeX to enter (unrestricted) horizontal mode. And no, also in LaTeX2e <2018-12-01>, the meaning of rlap is still macro:#1->hb@xt@ z@ #1hss (as it has always been).
  
  – GuM
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The call to ulcenterline causes a new paragraph. Is that OK? Or is to occur on the same line if there is already text on the left margin? The line usepackage[showframe,pass]geometry is just there to show the frame about the text area of the page.

documentclassarticle
usepackage[showframe,pass]geometry
newcommandulcenterline[1]%
 parnoindentleavevmode
 rlapunderlinevphantom#1rule.5linewidth0pt%
 centerlineunderline#1%

begindocument
ulcenterlineHello World!

ulcenterlineThis is a bigger test!!
enddocument

If you need it to work without adding a par, even if there is already text on the left-hand end of theline, then in my MWE, replace par with tabto*0pt, making sure to usepackagetabto:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetabto
newcommandulcenterline[1]%
 tabto*0ptnoindentleavevmode
 rlapunderlinevphantom#1rule.5linewidth0pt%
 centerlineunderline#1%

begindocument
xxxulcenterlineHello World!

text already on lineulcenterlineThis is a bigger test!!
enddocument

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edited 8 hours ago

answered 8 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Beautiful!!! It works perfectly. Thank you!
  
  – Diego Sejas
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I can’t understand why leavevmode after noindent… ;-)
  
  – GuM
  7 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @GuM It used to be that rlap wouldn't automatically leave vertical mode, so that rlap wouldn't work as expected if issued after a par. But with the DEC 18 change to the engine, which "fixed" smash and phantom, maybe rlap got fixed too. The noindent was so that the initial rule is set from the left margin, rather than the indent position.
  
  – Steven B. Segletes
  5 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @GuM Perhaps you are telling me that noindent already leaves vertical mode?
  
  – Steven B. Segletes
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Exactly: noindent causes TeX to enter (unrestricted) horizontal mode. And no, also in LaTeX2e <2018-12-01>, the meaning of rlap is still macro:#1->hb@xt@ z@ #1hss (as it has always been).
  
  – GuM
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

4

The call to ulcenterline causes a new paragraph. Is that OK? Or is to occur on the same line if there is already text on the left margin? The line usepackage[showframe,pass]geometry is just there to show the frame about the text area of the page.

documentclassarticle
usepackage[showframe,pass]geometry
newcommandulcenterline[1]%
 parnoindentleavevmode
 rlapunderlinevphantom#1rule.5linewidth0pt%
 centerlineunderline#1%

begindocument
ulcenterlineHello World!

ulcenterlineThis is a bigger test!!
enddocument

If you need it to work without adding a par, even if there is already text on the left-hand end of theline, then in my MWE, replace par with tabto*0pt, making sure to usepackagetabto:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetabto
newcommandulcenterline[1]%
 tabto*0ptnoindentleavevmode
 rlapunderlinevphantom#1rule.5linewidth0pt%
 centerlineunderline#1%

begindocument
xxxulcenterlineHello World!

text already on lineulcenterlineThis is a bigger test!!
enddocument

share|improve this answer

edited 8 hours ago

answered 8 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

170k99 gold badges216216 silver badges443443 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Beautiful!!! It works perfectly. Thank you!
  
  – Diego Sejas
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I can’t understand why leavevmode after noindent… ;-)
  
  – GuM
  7 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @GuM It used to be that rlap wouldn't automatically leave vertical mode, so that rlap wouldn't work as expected if issued after a par. But with the DEC 18 change to the engine, which "fixed" smash and phantom, maybe rlap got fixed too. The noindent was so that the initial rule is set from the left margin, rather than the indent position.
  
  – Steven B. Segletes
  5 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @GuM Perhaps you are telling me that noindent already leaves vertical mode?
  
  – Steven B. Segletes
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Exactly: noindent causes TeX to enter (unrestricted) horizontal mode. And no, also in LaTeX2e <2018-12-01>, the meaning of rlap is still macro:#1->hb@xt@ z@ #1hss (as it has always been).
  
  – GuM
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

The call to ulcenterline causes a new paragraph. Is that OK? Or is to occur on the same line if there is already text on the left margin? The line usepackage[showframe,pass]geometry is just there to show the frame about the text area of the page.

documentclassarticle
usepackage[showframe,pass]geometry
newcommandulcenterline[1]%
 parnoindentleavevmode
 rlapunderlinevphantom#1rule.5linewidth0pt%
 centerlineunderline#1%

begindocument
ulcenterlineHello World!

ulcenterlineThis is a bigger test!!
enddocument

If you need it to work without adding a par, even if there is already text on the left-hand end of theline, then in my MWE, replace par with tabto*0pt, making sure to usepackagetabto:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetabto
newcommandulcenterline[1]%
 tabto*0ptnoindentleavevmode
 rlapunderlinevphantom#1rule.5linewidth0pt%
 centerlineunderline#1%

begindocument
xxxulcenterlineHello World!

text already on lineulcenterlineThis is a bigger test!!
enddocument

share|improve this answer

edited 8 hours ago

answered 8 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

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documentclassarticle
usepackage[showframe,pass]geometry
newcommandulcenterline[1]%
 parnoindentleavevmode
 rlapunderlinevphantom#1rule.5linewidth0pt%
 centerlineunderline#1%

begindocument
ulcenterlineHello World!

ulcenterlineThis is a bigger test!!
enddocument

documentclassarticle
usepackagetabto
newcommandulcenterline[1]%
 tabto*0ptnoindentleavevmode
 rlapunderlinevphantom#1rule.5linewidth0pt%
 centerlineunderline#1%

begindocument
xxxulcenterlineHello World!

text already on lineulcenterlineThis is a bigger test!!
enddocument

share|improve this answer

edited 8 hours ago

answered 8 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

170k99 gold badges216216 silver badges443443 bronze badges

answered 8 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

170k99 gold badges216216 silver badges443443 bronze badges

answered 8 hours ago

Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

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