LaTeX table cells content vertical alignment problem.

Question

Hello, I'd like to align text in right cell of table created below, to be vertically align to the top. How to do that ?

\begin{tabular}{l|p{3cm}}
    \rule{2cm}{5cm} & Top align content ? \\
\end{tabular}

Regards

Answer 1

\begin{tabular}{l|p{3cm}} 
    \vrule width 2cm height \ht\strutbox depth 5cm & Top align content ! \\ 
\end{tabular} 

Answer 2

Thanks!

But I don't actually understand that clearly. How about making top alignment of the second cell content, while in the first cell is something else, for example table ?

\begin{tabular}{p{1cm}|p{3cm}} 
    \begin{tabular}{|l|} 
        \hline text \\ text \\ text\\ text \\ \hline
    \end{tabular}
    & Top align content ? \\ 
\end{tabular}

Regards

Answer 3

Answer to second qeustion You should make your table in the first cell to be top aligned.

If you write

\begin{tabular}{|l|}  
    \hline text \\ text \\ text\\ text \\ \hline 
\end{tabular}

then you get a center aligned table.

Write

\begin{tabular}{p{1cm}|p{3cm}}  
    \vtop{\vskip 0pt \vskip -\ht\strutbox 
    \begin{tabular}{|l|}  
        \hline text \\ text \\ text\\ text \\ \hline 
    \end{tabular}\vskip -\dp\strutbox }%
    & Top align content ? \\  
\end{tabular}