8.48.1 Top new questions this week

8.48.1.1 Get height of the current box
8.48.1.2 How can I set rectangle split with same height?
8.48.1.3 Make Half/Half shaded nodes in TikZ
8.48.1.4 Different formatting styles for different columns in paracol environment
8.48.1.5 \eqref generates name of the equation instead of number and gives "Undefined control sequence" error
8.48.1.6 pdflatex: conflict between pdfcomment and soul
8.48.1.7 randomly assigning objects to a grid using tikz
8.48.1.1 Get height of the current box

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=651191

I'm curious how does \vrule determine the height of the current box? 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\[ 
\Big( 
~ 
\vrule width.7pt 
~ 
\Big) 
\] 
this image was created by ... 
[tikz-pgf] [spacing] [boxes] [rules]
 
asked by antshar https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213149 Score of 5
answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 8
8.48.1.2 How can I set rectangle split with same height?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=651367

I want to have same height for the splitted rectangle's rows. Their height changes based on the character inside each section, for example . is much smaller than having larger characters like f. 
my ... 
[tikz-pgf] [height]
 
asked by alper https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=127048 Score of 4
answered by Jasper Habicht https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47927 Score of 5
8.48.1.3 Make Half/Half shaded nodes in TikZ

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=651252

This question is very similar to this question. I additionally need to be able to colour the second half of the node in any other color, preferrably via another pgf-Argument. I tried different ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 
asked by Herbrert https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=184307 Score of 4
answered by Qrrbrbirlbel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16595 Score of 4
8.48.1.4 Different formatting styles for different columns in paracol environment

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=651340

Is it possible to use, say different line spacing in different columns in paracol package? 
Hint: Package paracol is intended to provide 
multi-column typesetting mechanism by which you produce multi-... 
[parcolumns]
 
asked by Ali Baig https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=207977 Score of 4
answered by Celdor https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=31283 Score of 3
8.48.1.5 \eqref generates name of the equation instead of number and gives "Undefined control sequence" error

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=651254

Command \eqref just shows the name of the equation (SBmetamodel) instead of the equation number (which is shown next to the equation), and I get the error: "Undefined control sequence. ...as ... 
[equations] [pdftex] [cross-referencing]
 
asked by Sjotroll https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=274600 Score of 4
answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 6
8.48.1.6 pdflatex: conflict between pdfcomment and soul

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=651149

Here's the MWE: 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{soul} 
\usepackage{pdfcomment} 
\begin{document} 
\section*{\hl{Fine}} 
\section{\hl{Error}} 
\end{document} 
which gives the following error ... 
[hyperref] [highlighting] [soul] [pdfcomment]
 
asked by ThomasS https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=259953 Score of 4
answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 Score of 5
8.48.1.7 randomly assigning objects to a grid using tikz

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=651115

I am trying to create a 10x10 grid of circles and squares, in which the placement of objects is assigned at random. 
For instance, the following code creates a 10x10 grid with 80% circles and 20% ... 
[tikz-pgf] [graphics] [random]
 
asked by David https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=274521 Score of 4