I am trying to create a nice-looking table over multiple pages in LaTeX. For that, I am using longtable to divide the table in different pages of the document, booktabs to give it a nicer look, and xcolor to change the way the table looks.
It's a 3-columns table. I would like the header to be shaded in grey, and the rows to have alternating white/myblue shades.
The booktabs and xcolor layout worked nicely when I used \begin{table} combined with \begin{tabular} packages. However, since the table is too long for a single page, I changed to longtable. Now, neither booktabs options (\toprule, etc) nor xcolor (\rowcolors) work. Strangely, \rowcolor for the header now works. Since \toprule and \midrule from booktabs were not working, I regressed to using \hline.
The code I have right now is the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\definecolor{myblue}{RGB}{0,204,204}
\begin{document}
\begin{small}
\begin{longtable}{llc}
\caption{Primer list for IRD-associated loci long-range PCRs}
\label{tab:ch3_1_LR_primers}
\rowcolors{1}{white}{myblue!15}
\hline
\rowcolor{gray!20}
\textbf{Text 1} & \textbf{Text sequence} & \textbf{Number}\\
\hline
\endfirsthead
\caption{continued from previous page} \\
\endhead
\endlastfoot
ABC\_01\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.01\\
ABC\_01\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.87\\
ABC\_02\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.23\\
ABC\_02\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.91\\
ABC\_03\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 66.98\\
ABC\_03\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 67.05\\
ABC\_01\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.01\\
ABC\_01\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.87\\
ABC\_02\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.23\\
ABC\_02\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.91\\
ABC\_03\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 66.98\\
ABC\_03\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 67.05\\
ABC\_01\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.01\\
ABC\_01\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.87\\
ABC\_02\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.23\\
ABC\_02\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.91\\
ABC\_03\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 66.98\\
ABC\_03\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 67.05\\
ABC\_01\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.01\\
ABC\_01\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.87\\
ABC\_02\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.23\\
ABC\_02\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.91\\
ABC\_03\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 66.98\\
ABC\_03\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 67.05\\
ABC\_01\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.01\\
ABC\_01\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.87\\
ABC\_02\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.23\\
ABC\_02\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.91\\
ABC\_03\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 66.98\\
ABC\_03\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 67.05\\
ABC\_01\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.01\\
ABC\_01\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.87\\
ABC\_02\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.23\\
ABC\_02\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.91\\
ABC\_03\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 66.98\\
ABC\_03\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 67.05\\
ABC\_01\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.01\\
ABC\_01\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.87\\
ABC\_02\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.23\\
ABC\_02\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.91\\
ABC\_03\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 66.98\\
ABC\_03\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 67.05\\
ABC\_01\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.01\\
ABC\_01\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.87\\
ABC\_02\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.23\\
ABC\_02\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.91\\
ABC\_03\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 66.98\\
ABC\_03\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 67.05\\
ABC\_01\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.01\\
ABC\_01\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.87\\
ABC\_02\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.23\\
ABC\_02\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.91\\
ABC\_03\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 66.98\\
ABC\_03\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 67.05\\
ABC\_01\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.01\\
ABC\_01\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.87\\
ABC\_02\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 67.23\\
ABC\_02\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 66.91\\
ABC\_03\_A & AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA & 66.98\\
ABC\_03\_B & BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB & 67.05\\
\end{longtable}
\end{small}
\end{document}
What do I need to change to have commands from both packages to work?
Any help is very much appreciated.
With a couple of missing
\\, misplaced\rowcoloursand removing the unnecessary\endlastfootone can make the code compilable. In theory you could now also replace the\hlinewith\topruleetc, but then you will face the problem that booktabs together with such zebra stripe tables will lead to white gaps, so you have to decide\hlineor
(I strongly suggest the second approach)