Originally posted by **swarn** August 26, 2022
I have a `+bmatrix` inside a `tblr`. As expected, the default baseline is in the middle:
![ex1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/926528/186761004-5a4232d1-a449-4458-a15c-a7c1fb52817e.png)
When I set the baseline of the matrix, the text aligns, but the brackets do not:
![ex2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/926528/186761152-20c6e119-5c38-4dd3-a748-8133efc899db.png)
The `nicematrix` package shows my expected behavior:
![ex3](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/926528/186761709-871176f5-01e6-410a-8ff9-749e70425dfe.png)
That works, but I enjoy `tabularray` and would be happier not to add another package. Code for all examples is below. Am I missing something?
Minimum working example
```tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,tabularray}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\UseTblrLibrary{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{tblr} { colspec={l c X[l]} }
a &
$\begin{+bmatrix}
x \\ y \\ z
\end{+bmatrix}$ &
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy
eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam
voluptua. \\
b & $t$ \\
c & $i$ & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed
diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt. \\
\end{tblr}
\vspace{1in}
\begin{tblr} { colspec={l c X[l]} }
a &
$\begin{+bmatrix}[baseline=t]
x \\ y \\ z
\end{+bmatrix}$ &
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy
eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam
voluptua. \\
b & $t$ \\
c & $i$ & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed
diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt. \\
\end{tblr}
\vspace{1in}
% Nicematrix version
\begin{tblr} { colspec={l c X[l]} }
a &
$\begin{bNiceMatrix}[baseline=t]
x \\ y \\ z
\end{bNiceMatrix}$ &
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy
eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam
voluptua. \\
b & $t$ \\
c & $i$ & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed
diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt. \\
\end{tblr}
\end{document}
```
Discussed in https://github.com/lvjr/tabularray/discussions/299
Minimum working example
```tex \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath,tabularray} \usepackage{nicematrix} \UseTblrLibrary{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{tblr} { colspec={l c X[l]} } a & $\begin{+bmatrix} x \\ y \\ z \end{+bmatrix}$ & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. \\ b & $t$ \\ c & $i$ & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt. \\ \end{tblr} \vspace{1in} \begin{tblr} { colspec={l c X[l]} } a & $\begin{+bmatrix}[baseline=t] x \\ y \\ z \end{+bmatrix}$ & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. \\ b & $t$ \\ c & $i$ & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt. \\ \end{tblr} \vspace{1in} % Nicematrix version \begin{tblr} { colspec={l c X[l]} } a & $\begin{bNiceMatrix}[baseline=t] x \\ y \\ z \end{bNiceMatrix}$ & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. \\ b & $t$ \\ c & $i$ & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt. \\ \end{tblr} \end{document} ```