markbox.tex

\documentclass{article}
% Copyright (C) 2001-2022 by Martin Scharrer <martin.scharrer@web.de>, Nov 12th 2011
% This is free code under the LPPL v1.3 or later version OR the CC BY-SA 3.0

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{collectbox}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\markbox{%
    \collectboxcheckenv{markbox}%
    \collectbox\@markbox
}
\def\@markbox{%
    \begingroup
    \sffamily\tiny
    \begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex,semitransparent]
        % Save example text in box
        \def\HEIGHT{\the\ht\collectedbox}
        \def\TOTALHEIGHT{\the\totalheight}
        \def\WIDTH{\the\wd\collectedbox}
        \def\DEPTH{\the\dp\collectedbox}
        % Text node:
        \node [inner sep=0pt,anchor=base west,opacity=1] {\usebox\collectedbox};
        \useasboundingbox;
        % Baseline
        \draw (0,0) -- (\WIDTH,0);
        % Box
        \draw (0,-\DEPTH) rectangle (\WIDTH,\HEIGHT);
        % Origin
        \fill (0,0) circle (.25ex);
        % Dimensions
        \path (-.5ex,0) -- +(0,-\DEPTH)  node [midway,left] {\DEPTH};
        \path (-.5ex,0) -- +(0, \HEIGHT) node [midway,left] {\HEIGHT};
        \path (\WIDTH,-\DEPTH) ++(.5ex,0) -- +(0,\TOTALHEIGHT) node [midway,right] {\TOTALHEIGHT};
        \path (0,-\DEPTH) ++(0,-.5ex) -- +(\WIDTH,0) node [midway,below] {\WIDTH};
    \end{tikzpicture}%
    \endgroup
}
\makeatletter

\begin{document}
\markbox{Xy}

\vspace{1cm}

\begin{markbox}
    \tabular{ccc}
      A & B & CC \\
      A & B & CC \\
      A & B & CC \\
    \endtabular
\end{markbox}

\vspace{1cm}

\begin{markbox}
\rotatebox[origin=b]{50}{%
\begin{markbox}
    \tabular{ccc}
      A & B & CC \\
      A & B & CC \\
      A & B & CC \\
    \endtabular
\end{markbox}%
}%
\end{markbox}

\vspace{1cm}

\begin{markbox}
    \begin{minipage}{5cm}
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text texty
    \end{minipage}%
\end{markbox}

\vspace{1cm}

\begin{markbox}
    \begin{minipage}[b]{5cm}
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text texty
    \end{minipage}%
\end{markbox}

\vspace{1cm}

\begin{markbox}
    \begin{minipage}[t]{5cm}
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text text
        text text text text text text text text text texty
    \end{minipage}%
\end{markbox}

\vspace{1cm}

\markbox{\includegraphics[width=5cm]{tiger}}

\vspace{1cm}

\markbox{\includegraphics[width=5cm,angle=180]{tiger}}

\vspace{1cm}

\markbox{\includegraphics[width=5cm,angle=100]{tiger}}

\end{document}