In a table, containing colored cells, i want to have a \hline dividing only some cells, similar to \cline but compatible with coloring single cells with \cellcolor, which is possible by using \hhline with fitting parameters.
Now I have come to the appended code, which results in:
There are two points I want to work around.
First, the black cells should not be crossed by a white line. Since they will not be black in the final document, I need them to be not black, either. Is there a way to not draw any line at all? These cells should look like a multirow cell, colored consistently.
The second problem are the hline fragments at the right end of the table. How can I get rid of them?
Complete code:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}\usepackage{color}\usepackage{colortbl}\usepackage{multirow}\usepackage{hhline}\setlength{\arrayrulewidth}{1pt}\begin{document}% Empty table\begin{tabular}{*{5}{!{\vrule width 1.5pt}p{1.5cm}}!{\vrule width 1.5pt}l}\centering 4 &\centering 10 &\centering 24 &\centering 48 &\centering 72 &\\ \hhline{*{5}{|-}|~|}& & & & & Optic tectum \\ \hhline{*{2}{|~}*{3}{|-}|~|}& & & & & Retina \\ \hhline{*{2}{|~}*{3}{|-}|~|}& & & & & Myomeres \\ \hhline{*{5}{|-}|~|}& & & & & Arches \\ \hhline{*{5}{|-}|~|}\end{tabular} \\\hspace*{1cm}% Partically filled table\begin{tabular}{*{5}{!{\vrule width 1.5pt}p{1.5cm}}!{\vrule width 1.5pt}l}\centering 4 &\centering 10 &\centering 24 &\centering 48 &\centering 72 &\\ \hhline{*{5}{|-}|~|}& \cellcolor{black} & & \cellcolor{green} & & Optic tectum \\ \hhline{*{2}{|~}*{3}{|-}|~|}& \cellcolor{black} & & \cellcolor{red} & & Retina \\ \hhline{*{2}{|~}*{3}{|-}|~|}& \cellcolor{black} & & \cellcolor{blue} & & Myomeres \\ \hhline{*{5}{|-}|~|}& \cellcolor{blue} & & \cellcolor{yellow} & & Arches \\ \hhline{*{5}{|-}|~|}\end{tabular}\end{document}
