Text Formatting ⇒ No pagebreak in item

[ghostguy]

Hello!

I've tried to find a solution to this but even though it seams a simple problem, there was no info to be found.

I do not want a pagebreak to happen within an item of a list environment so that always the whole text of an item appears on the same page.

I tried to solve it with putting a \parbox around the item text. However then I don't know what the proper width of the parbox should be to match the other items.

Minimum Example:

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\begin{document}

\vspace*{41em}

\noindent Following list is a sample list.:
\begin{itemize}

\item This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. 

\item \parbox[t]{\textwidth}{This item will normally be spread over two pages but I don't want that. If I use \textbackslash parbox with \textbackslash textwidth the box is to large.  How can I define the proper size? Or is there a better solution? This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. } 

\item This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. 

\end{itemize}

\end{document}

It would be great if you could help me out!

Thanks.
Joe

[gmedina]

Hi,

you have to subtract \leftmargin (the length that controls the indentation of items) from \textwidth:

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage{calc}

\begin{document}

\vspace*{41em}

\noindent Following list is a sample list.:
\begin{itemize}

\item This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. 

\item \parbox{\textwidth-\leftmargin}{This item will normally be spread over two pages but I don't want that. If I use \textbackslash parbox with \textbackslash textwidth the box is to large. How can I define the proper size? Or is there a better solution? This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text.}

\item This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. 
\end{itemize}

\end{document}

[ghostguy]

Perfect! Thank you.

Joe

[localghost]

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Thorsten

[samcarter]

You want `\linewidth` instead of `\textwidth`

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\begin{document}
 
\vspace*{41em}
 
\noindent Following list is a sample list.:
\begin{itemize}
 
\item This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. 
 
\item \parbox[t]{\linewidth}{This item will normally be spread over two pages but I don't want that. If I use \textbackslash parbox with \textbackslash textwidth the box is to large.  How can I define the proper size? Or is there a better solution? This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. } 
 
\item This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. This is a sample text. 
 
\end{itemize}
 
\end{document}