General ⇒ List of "Figures and Tables"

[cbustaam]

Hi all,
In my document I have a list of tables and a list of figures, but I only have 1 table. I'm wondering if its possible to make a "List of Figures and Tables", like:


List of Figures and Tables

Figure 1. The number one
Figure 2. The number two
Table 1. The only table

Bests

[gmedina]

Hi,

the idea is to redefine the \ext@table command to force all references to tables to be listed in the .lof file (that usually contains information about only figures) so that the new list of figures (produced with \listoffigures) will now include the figures and the tables.

To include the words "Figure" and "Table" in the new list I used some of the features provided by the tocloft package.

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\makeatletter
  \renewcommand\ext@table{lof}
\makeatother

\newlength\mylen
\settowidth\mylen{Figure\ }
\addtolength\cftfignumwidth{\mylen}
\addtolength\cfttabnumwidth{\mylen}

\renewcommand\cftfigpresnum{Figure }
\renewcommand\cfttabpresnum{Table }

\renewcommand\listfigurename{List of Figures and Tables}

\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\clearpage

\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test figure 1}
  \label{fig:test1}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test figure 2}
  \label{fig:test2}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test table}
  \label{tab:test}
\end{table}

\end{document}

[cbustaam]

Thanks for your reply gmedina.
It's possible to get something like:

List of Figures and Tables

Figures
1. The number one
2. The number two

Tables
1. The only table

Bests

[cbustaam]

Another question... this solutions apparently to be not compatible with the option -titles- of the tocloft package. How can I make it compatible.

Bests

[gmedina]

Thanks for your reply gmedina.
It's possible to get something like:

List of Figures and Tables

Figures
1. The number one
2. The number two

Tables
1. The only table

Bests

You are welcome, and yes, it is possible; an example:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\renewcommand\listfigurename{List of figures and Tables}
\renewcommand\listtablename{}

\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\listoftables

\addtocontents{lof}{\bfseries\Large Figures\vskip10pt}
\addtocontents{lot}{\vskip-70pt}
\addtocontents{lot}{\bfseries\Large Tables\vskip10pt}
\clearpage

\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test figure 1}
  \label{fig:test1}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test figure 2}
  \label{fig:test2}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test table}
  \label{tab:test}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Another question... this solutions apparently to be not compatible with the option -titles- of the tocloft package. How can I make it compatible.

Bests

Of course they're not compatible, since the examples that I posted change the way the titles are formatted; please tell me exactly what you desire to achieve with the LoF and LoT and what document class you are using.

[cbustaam]

Hi gmedina,
I have the following code

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage[table,svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}

\titleformat{\chapter}
  {\gdef\chapterlabel{}
   \normalfont\sffamily\Huge\bfseries\scshape}
  {\gdef\chapterlabel{\thechapter.\ }}{0pt}
  {\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    \node[yshift=-3cm] at (current page.north west)
      {\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
        \draw[fill=white!70!gray] (0,0) rectangle
          (\paperwidth,3cm);
        \node[anchor=east,xshift=.9\paperwidth,rectangle,
              rounded corners=20pt,inner sep=11pt,
              fill=MidnightBlue]
              {\color{white}\chapterlabel#1};
       \end{tikzpicture}
      };
   \end{tikzpicture}
  }
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{30pt}{10pt}

\renewcommand\listfigurename{List of figures and Tables}
\renewcommand\listtablename{}

\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\listoftables

\addtocontents{lof}{\bfseries\Large Figures\vskip10pt}
\addtocontents{lot}{\vskip-70pt}
\addtocontents{lot}{\bfseries\Large Tables\vskip10pt}
\clearpage

\chapter{Chap one}
\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test figure 1}
  \label{fig:test1}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test figure 2}
  \label{fig:test2}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test table}
  \label{tab:test}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Regards

[gmedina]

Hi,

in my previous response I simply used the tocloft package to avoid the LoT to begin in a new page; since the titles option for that package is incompatible with the chnages made, then a simpler solution is to redefine the \listoftables command appropriately, and now there's no need to load tocloft:

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage[table,svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}

\titleformat{\chapter}
  {\gdef\chapterlabel{}
   \normalfont\sffamily\Huge\bfseries\scshape}
  {\gdef\chapterlabel{\thechapter.\ }}{0pt}
  {\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    \node[yshift=-3cm] at (current page.north west)
      {\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
        \draw[fill=white!70!gray] (0,0) rectangle
          (\paperwidth,3cm);
        \node[anchor=east,xshift=.9\paperwidth,rectangle,
              rounded corners=20pt,inner sep=11pt,
              fill=MidnightBlue]
              {\color{white}\chapterlabel#1};
       \end{tikzpicture}
      };
   \end{tikzpicture}
  }
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{30pt}{10pt}

\renewcommand\listfigurename{List of figures and Tables}
\renewcommand\listtablename{}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\listoftables{%
    \if@twocolumn
      \@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
    \else
      \@restonecolfalse
    \fi
    \vskip3cm%
    \@starttoc{lot}%
    \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
    }
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\listoftables

\addtocontents{lof}{\bfseries\Large Figures\vskip10pt}
\addtocontents{lot}{\vskip-70pt}
\addtocontents{lot}{\noindent\bfseries\Large Tables\vskip10pt}
\clearpage

\chapter{Chap one}
\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test figure 1}
  \label{fig:test1}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test figure 2}
  \label{fig:test2}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}
  \caption{test table}
  \label{tab:test}
\end{table}

\end{document}

[cbustaam]

Thanks, it works very well excetp for one thing:
When I load the babel package with spanish language, the line that rename the LoF, doesn't have any effect.

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\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\renewcommand\listfigurename{Lista de Figuras y Cuadros}

Why?

[gmedina]

Because babel causes this redefinitions to have no effect; in this case, instead of simply

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\renewcommand\listfigurename{Lista de Figuras y Cuadros}

you have to use

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\addto\captionsspanish{%
  \renewcommand\listfigurename{Lista de Figuras y Cuadros}}

[cbustaam]

Ops... I found what happend. The babel package redefine the names of some commands, so when I use the spanish language is needed to use \spanishlistfigurename instead of \listfigurename

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\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\renewcommand\spanishlistfigurename{Lista de Figuras y Cuadros}

A lot of thanks gmedina.

Bests