General ⇒ Formatting listoffigures

[sprince09]

For a list of figures (\listoffigures), how can I remove the space that get's automatically added between chapters? Also, how can I modify the entries in the \listoffigures to display something like 'Fig x.y' instead of just the figure number 'x.y'?

[gmedina]

Hi,

tocloft could be an option. Read the package documentation or use the "Search" functionality of this board to find the explicit answer.

[sprince09]

Thanks, the tocloft packages seems to be what I needed, or at least partially. I was able to add the 'figure' prefix to all of my entries as required, but I still can't get rid of the spacing between paragraphs.

To add 'figure' before number in list of figures:

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\renewcommand{\cftfignumwidth}{6em}
\renewcommand{\cftfigpresnum}{Figure }
\listoffigures

Anyone know how to get rid of this space? I've tried all of the \cftbeforeXskip and \cftXafterpnum commands but I still get this (see attached pic) annoying space.

[gmedina]

Which document class are you using?

[sprince09]

report

[sprince09]

Relavent portion of code:

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% List of figures and tables
\clearpage
\renewcommand{\listfigurename}{\begin{center} \normalsize \textbf{LIST OF FIGURES} \end{center}}
\renewcommand{\cftfignumwidth}{6em}
\renewcommand{\cftfigpresnum}{Figure }
\renewcommand{\cftbeforefigskip}{0em}
\renewcommand{\cftbeforechapskip}{0em}
\renewcommand{\cftfigafterpnum}{}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{LIST OF FIGURES}
\listoffigures

[gmedina]

Add the following lines to the preamble of your document:

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\makeatletter
\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
                         \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%
                                   {\protect\numberline{\thechapter}#1}%
                    \else
                      \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}%
                    \fi
                    \chaptermark{#1}%
                    \if@twocolumn
                      \@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}]%
                    \else
                      \@makechapterhead{#2}%
                      \@afterheading
                    \fi}
\makeatother

[sprince09]

Huh, that's magic to me but it worked perfectly. Thanks!