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Lorenzo Epifani
Lorenzo Epifani

Reputation: 139

How can I change default background color in math mode in tex?

I would like to change the default background color while writing in math mode in latex (but not for the inline math mode). I can achieve the result that I want using, for example, this piece of code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz,lipsum,lmodern}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\begin{document}

    \begin{tcolorbox}[arc=0pt, colback=gray!10, boxrule=0pt]
    \[
       \begin{aligned}
          \text{this is an equation } &\text{ written inside a math mode block}\\
          &\sum_k x_k=\mathcal{G}
    \end{aligned}
    \]
    \end{tcolorbox}
\end{document}

enter image description here

I would like this to be the default behavior of math mode. How can I achieve this? Is there any way to "override" the behavior of math mode?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2860

Answers (1)

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz
samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

Reputation: 38783

You can use the empheq package:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xcolor}

\usepackage[overload2]{empheq}

\newcommand*\mybox[1]{%
  \colorbox{gray!10}{\hspace{1em}#1\hspace{1em}}%
}
\empheqset{box=\mybox}
    
\begin{document}

\[
       \begin{aligned}
          \text{this is an equation } &\text{ written inside a math mode block}\\
          &\sum_k x_k=\mathcal{G}
    \end{aligned}
\]
    
\end{document}

enter image description here

Upvotes: 3

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