From 46e9e33ee2c0c22068472716fbb279f83eb46f39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Danaux <xdanaux@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:36:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed the vertical alignment of the footers

---
 CHANGELOG               |  7 +++++--
 moderncv.cls            |  2 +-
 moderncvstylecasual.sty | 16 ++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 12ab6f1..9ba2d8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 version 1.1.0 (29 Jul 2012)
  - fixed the switching from letter to resume, correcting spacing errors when a
- letter is typeset before the resume (as noticed by Ulrich G.).
+ letter is typeset before the resume, as noticed by U. Gabor.
+ - fixed the vertical alignment of the footers, as reported by T. Homa.
+ Footers are now aligned to the bottom and the letter and cv footers are
+ perfectly aligned in the "casual" style.
  - prepared moderncv for fontspec font loading (still commented in code).
  - changed the handling of the "sans" and "roman" class options, to be reflected
  at the beginning of the document and override style font choices.
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ version 1.1.0 (29 Jul 2012)
  evenly between leaders.
  - added two options to change the "Enclosure" string used for the letter
  enclosure: either specify another string as optional argument to \enclosure,
- or redefine \enclname (as suggested by D. Wille).
+ or redefine \enclname, as suggested by D. Wille.
 
 version 1.0.0 (26 Mar 2012)
  - added commands to generate letters for every resume style: \recipient, \date,
diff --git a/moderncv.cls b/moderncv.cls
index 026f054..bd56e93 100644
--- a/moderncv.cls
+++ b/moderncv.cls
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
           \newlength{\pagenumberwidth}%
           \settowidth{\pagenumberwidth}{\color{color2}\addressfont\itshape\strut\thepage/\pageref{lastpage}}%
           \fancypagestyle{plain}{%
-            \fancyfoot[r]{\parbox{\pagenumberwidth}{\color{color2}\addressfont\itshape\strut\thepage/\pageref{lastpage}}}}% the parbox is required to ensure alignment with a possible center footer (e.g., as in the casual style)
+            \fancyfoot[r]{\parbox[b]{\pagenumberwidth}{\color{color2}\addressfont\itshape\strut\thepage/\pageref{lastpage}}}}% the parbox is required to ensure alignment with a possible center footer (e.g., as in the casual style)
           \pagestyle{plain}}{}}%
       \AtEndDocument{\label{lastpage}}\else\fi}}
 \pagestyle{plain}
diff --git a/moderncvstylecasual.sty b/moderncvstylecasual.sty
index 8364429..3ba8100 100644
--- a/moderncvstylecasual.sty
+++ b/moderncvstylecasual.sty
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
 \newcommand*{\flushfooter}{%
   \strut\usebox{\footerbox}%
   \savebox{\footerbox}{}%
-  \savebox{\footertempbox}{}}
+  \savebox{\footertempbox}{}
+  \setlength{\footerboxwidth}{0pt}}
 
 
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@
   \setlength{\footerwidth}{0.8\textwidth}%
   \fancypagestyle{plain}{%
     \fancyfoot[c]{%
-      \parbox{\footerwidth}{%
+      \parbox[b]{\footerwidth}{%
         \centering%
         \color{color2}\addressfont%
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@addressstreet}}{}{\addtofooter[]{\addresssymbol\@addressstreet}%
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@email}}{}{\addtofooter{\emailsymbol\emaillink{\@email}}}%
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@homepage}}{}{\addtofooter{\homepagesymbol\httplink{\@homepage}}}%
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@extrainfo}}{}{\addtofooter{\@extrainfo}}%
-        \flushfooter}}}%
+        \ifthenelse{\lengthtest{\footerboxwidth=0pt}}{}{\flushfooter}% the lengthtest is required to avoid flushing an empty footer, which could cause a blank line due to the \\ after the address, if no other personal info is used
+        }}}%
   \pagestyle{plain}}
 
 
@@ -148,10 +150,11 @@
   \setlength{\footerwidth}{0.8\textwidth}%
   \fancypagestyle{plain}{%
     \fancyfoot[c]{%
-      \parbox{\footerwidth}{%
+      \parbox[b]{\footerwidth}{%
         \centering%
         \addressfont\color{color2}%
-        {\bfseries\upshape\@firstname~\@familyname}\\
+        \vspace{-\baselineskip}% to cancel out the extra vertical space taken by the name (below) and ensure perfect alignment of letter and cv footers
+        \strut{\bfseries\upshape\@firstname~\@familyname}\\% the \strut is required to ensure the line is exactly \baselineskip tall
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@addressstreet}}{}{\addtofooter[]{\addresssymbol\@addressstreet}%
           \ifthenelse{\equal{\@addresscity}{}}{}{\addtofooter[~--~]{\@addresscity}}\flushfooter\@firstfooterelementtrue\\}% if \addresstreet is defined, \addresscity will always be defined but could be empty
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@mobile}}{}{\addtofooter{\mobilesymbol\@mobile}}%
@@ -160,7 +163,8 @@
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@email}}{}{\addtofooter{\emailsymbol\emaillink{\@email}}}%
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@homepage}}{}{\addtofooter{\homepagesymbol\httplink{\@homepage}}}%
         \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@extrainfo}}{}{\addtofooter{\@extrainfo}}%
-        \flushfooter}}}%
+        \ifthenelse{\lengthtest{\footerboxwidth=0pt}}{}{\flushfooter}% the lengthtest is required to avoid flushing an empty footer, which could cause a blank line due to the \\ after the address, if no other personal info is used
+        }}}%
   \pagestyle{plain}}
 
 \renewcommand*{\makeletterclosing}{