LaTeX forum ⇒ Text Formatting ⇒ lstlistoflistings toc vertical spacings

[MakezHD]

A need my lstlistoflistings in the table of contents to be grouped by chapters and to use the same vertical spacings that are used in figures and tables listings.

What do I need to do add/modify to get those spacings?

Thank you.

[rais]

I guess that depends on the class you're using.
For report class, you could try sth. like

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\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
  \patchcmd{\@chapter}{\chaptermark{#1}}{%
    \chaptermark{#1}%
    \addtocontents{lol}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
    }{\typeout{Chapters patched for list-of-listings.}}{\typeout{Could not patch chapters for list-of-listings.}}
\makeatother

south of loading listings in your preamble.

KR
Rainer

[MakezHD]

I guess that depends on the class you're using.
For report class, you could try sth. like

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\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
  \patchcmd{\@chapter}{\chaptermark{#1}}{%
    \chaptermark{#1}%
    \addtocontents{lol}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
    }{\typeout{Chapters patched for list-of-listings.}}{\typeout{Could not patch chapters for list-of-listings.}}
\makeatother

south of loading listings in your preamble.

KR
Rainer

I forgot to say it's a book. Sorry.

[rais]

I forgot to say it's a book.

if you mean the standard book class, it should work the same way.
If you're using another class that typesets books, you'll have to let us know which one.

KR
Rainer

[MakezHD]

I guess that depends on the class you're using.
For report class, you could try sth. like

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\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
  \patchcmd{\@chapter}{\chaptermark{#1}}{%
    \chaptermark{#1}%
    \addtocontents{lol}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
    }{\typeout{Chapters patched for list-of-listings.}}{\typeout{Could not patch chapters for list-of-listings.}}
\makeatother

south of loading listings in your preamble.

KR
Rainer

Chapters are being grouped fine now but vertical spaces are yet not identical to the ones in the figures and tables listings.

[rais]

In a book, LaTeX tries to keep the last line consistent throughout the pages. To that end, it may add vertical space between paragraphs, list entries, ...
So with different numbers of entries in LOF/LOL, you get different such added space.
If you don't want that, add

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\raggedbottom

to your preamble.
If that is not enough (you may now notice different space between headlines and first entries in LOF/LOT), add

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\renewcommand\lstlistoflistings{%
    \if@twocolumn
      \@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
    \else
      \@restonecolfalse
    \fi
    \chapter*{\lstlistlistingname}%
      \@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\lstlistlistingname}%
              {\MakeUppercase\lstlistlistingname}%
    \@starttoc{lol}%
    \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
  }

to above \makeatletter..\makeatother block. This will redefine \lstlistoflistings to behave the same way as \listoffigures does in a book class, hence the vertical space between `Listings' and the first entry in LOL should now be the same as between `List of figures' and the first entry in LOF (if there's the same number of entries LOF/LOL or \raggedbottom is active).

KR
Rainer

[MakezHD]

In a book, LaTeX tries to keep the last line consistent throughout the pages. To that end, it may add vertical space between paragraphs, list entries, ...
So with different numbers of entries in LOF/LOL, you get different such added space.
If you don't want that, add

Code: [Select all] [Expand/Collapse] [Download] ({untitled.tex}) Open in Overleaf

\raggedbottom

to your preamble.
If that is not enough (you may now notice different space between headlines and first entries in LOF/LOT), add

Code: [Select all] [Expand/Collapse] [Download] ({untitled.tex}) Open in Overleaf

\renewcommand\lstlistoflistings{%
    \if@twocolumn
      \@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
    \else
      \@restonecolfalse
    \fi
    \chapter*{\lstlistlistingname}%
      \@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\lstlistlistingname}%
              {\MakeUppercase\lstlistlistingname}%
    \@starttoc{lol}%
    \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
  }

to above \makeatletter..\makeatother block. This will redefine \lstlistoflistings to behave the same way as \listoffigures does in a book class, hence the vertical space between `Listings' and the first entry in LOL should now be the same as between `List of figures' and the first entry in LOF (if there's the same number of entries LOF/LOL or \raggedbottom is active).

KR
Rainer

Thank you so much!