From dbb2f13a3e40354620562d86b1f644c1a98dccd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabrice Le Goff <fabrice.le.goff@cern.ch>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 17:03:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add option to classic style to align header elements to the
 top

---
 moderncvheadi.sty        | 10 ++++++++++
 moderncvstyleclassic.sty |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/moderncvheadi.sty b/moderncvheadi.sty
index 3c8e979..b625f4a 100644
--- a/moderncvheadi.sty
+++ b/moderncvheadi.sty
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 \@initializeif{\if@right}\@rightfalse
 \DeclareOption{right}   {\@leftfalse\@righttrue}
 
+% top options: align header elements by their top instead of their bottom
+%   default: bottom
+\@initializeif{\if@top}\@topfalse
+\DeclareOption{top}{\@toptrue}
+
 \DeclareOption*{}% avoid choking on unknown options
 \ExecuteOptions{details,left}
 \ProcessOptions*\relax% \ProcessOptions* processes the options in the order provided (i.e., with the later ones possibly overriding the former ones), while \ProcessOptions processes them in the order of the package
@@ -115,6 +120,11 @@
       \namestyle{\@firstname\ \@lastname}%
       \ifthenelse{\equal{\@title}{}}{}{\\[1.25em]\titlestyle{\@title}}%
     \end{minipage}}%
+  % raise boxes if top option is set
+  \if@top%
+    \savebox{\makecvheadnamebox}{\raisebox{-\height+\baselineskip}{\usebox{\makecvheadnamebox}}}%
+    \savebox{\makecvheaddetailsbox}{\raisebox{-\height+\baselineskip}{\usebox{\makecvheaddetailsbox}}}%
+    \savebox{\makecvheadpicturebox}{\raisebox{-\height+\baselineskip}{\usebox{\makecvheadpicturebox}}}\fi%
   % rendering
   \if@left%
     \usebox{\makecvheadnamebox}%
diff --git a/moderncvstyleclassic.sty b/moderncvstyleclassic.sty
index 3018cc6..ff75507 100644
--- a/moderncvstyleclassic.sty
+++ b/moderncvstyleclassic.sty
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 \@initializecommand{\moderncvstyleheadoptions}{}
 \DeclareOption{left} {\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,left}}
 \DeclareOption{right}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,right}}
+\DeclareOption{top}{\edef\moderncvstyleheadoptions{\moderncvstyleheadoptions,top}}
 
 % toggle use of symbol fonts.
 \@initializeif{\if@symbols}\@symbolsfalse