General ⇒ [Solved] Force a linebreak in label of item / list envir...

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I have no clue how to force a line break in the item label of an itemize / list / description environment or a proper workaround for getting the same result, hopefully somebody has. What I wanna do:

\begin{list}
\item[forcehere a \\ linebreak] Some text right of the label
\item[another label] Some other text

\end{list}

Latex just ignores all kind of unproper behaviour in a list environment like \\ or \linebreak.


Thanks a lot for help!

[Juanjo]

The optional argument of \item is typeset in horizontal mode, so ignoring line breaks. It happens the same thing, for example, inside \mbox or \makebox. Try: \mbox{force here a \\ linebreak}

Consequently, you have to put the argument of \item inside a \parbox, which admits line breaks:

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\begin{description}
  \item[{\parbox[t]{0.2\linewidth}{force here \\ a linebreak}}] Some text right of the label
  \item[another label] Some other text
\end{description}

Adapt the width of \parbox to your needs. Observe that, whenever you use the first optional argument of \parbox ([t] in this case), you have to enclose \parbox in braces. Remember that, inside an optional argument, brackets cannot directly appear, but "protected" by braces, that is, instead of \item[... [...]...], one has to write \item[{...[...]...}]

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Thanks dude,

your example works!

One addition: I have to write the item content also in a parbox, or the linebreak in the item-label affects also the item content.

For example:

\item[{\parbox[t]{0.2\linewidth}{force here \\ a linebreak}}] \parbox[t]{1\linewidth}{Some text right of the label}