Page Layout ⇒ Indenting when using \addcontentsline{toc}{figure}

[activematt]

I am attempting to add figures to my table of contents using \addcontentsline{toc}{figure} however in the toc they appear left justified. Is there a way to shift the figure right, or a more elegant way of doing this?

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\usepackage[titles,subfigure]{tocloft}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%defines Table of Contents Indents
\renewcommand{\cftsecindent}{0 em}
\renewcommand{\cftsecnumwidth}{2.4 em}

\renewcommand{\cftsubsecindent}{2.4 em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecnumwidth}{3.0 em}

\renewcommand{\cftsubsubsecindent}{4.7 em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsubsecnumwidth}{4.7 em}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\newlength\mylength
\settowidth\mylength{figure\hspace*{3em}}
\addtolength\cftfignumwidth{\mylength}
\renewcommand\cftfigpresnum{figure} 


\begin{document}  % START THE DOCUMENT!

\section{Abstract}
\section{Contents}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}
\tableofcontents
\addtocounter{figure}{4}

\newpage
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Introduction}
\section{Methods}
\subsection{\large Apparatus}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
	\begin{figure}[H]
	  \centering
	  \subfloat{\label{fig:1}\includegraphics[width=6in,height=4in]{Apparatus.png}} \\                
	  \caption{Shaky Table Apparatus Schematic\hspace*{3em}}
	\end{figure}

\addcontentsline{toc}{figure}{Figure 1:Shaky Table Apparatus Schematic}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\end{document} %

Thanks in advance! Im sorry if my post is too lengthy, this is my first! Open to constructive criticism!

[localghost]

I have two questions.

1. Why don't you just use \listoffigures to get a LoF?
2. Why do you insert a sub-float in a figure environment with only one image?

[…] Im sorry if my post is too lengthy, this is my first! Open to constructive criticism!

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Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[activematt]

1) I may just include a toc and lof separately, however my professor requested that the figures be listed in the toc, for faster reference.

2) the report will contain many images

[localghost]

1) I may just include a toc and lof separately, however my professor requested that the figures be listed in the toc, for faster reference. […]

You have to choose one of the given heading levels to get the figure inserted properly into the ToC (see code below).

2) the report will contain many images

That's not the point. You don't need to declare a sub-float inside a float if there is only one object (see code below).

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[includeheadfoot,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\usepackage{blindtext}

% define ToC indents
\renewcommand{\cftsecindent}{0em}
\renewcommand{\cftsecnumwidth}{2.4em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecindent}{2.4em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecnumwidth}{3.0em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsubsecindent}{4.7em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsubsecnumwidth}{4.7em}

%\newlength\mylength
%\settowidth\mylength{Figure\hspace*{3em}}
%\addtolength\cftfignumwidth{\mylength}
%\renewcommand\cftfigpresnum{Figure} 

\begin{document}
  \tableofcontents

  \blinddocument

  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{0.75\textwidth}{0.5\textwidth}
    \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
    \addcontentsline{toc}{subsubsection}{\figurename\ \ref{fig:dummy}: Dummy figure}
  \end{figure}
\end{document}

[activematt]

This Seems To Work Well!

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[includeheadfoot,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
%\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{graphicx} % For images

% define ToC indents
\renewcommand{\cftsecindent}{0em}
\renewcommand{\cftsecnumwidth}{2.4em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecindent}{2.4em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecnumwidth}{3.0em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsubsecindent}{4.7em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsubsecnumwidth}{4.7em}



\begin{document}
  \tableofcontents

\section{Intro}
  %\blinddocument
  
\subsection{Equipment}

  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=6in,height=4in]{Apparatus.png}
    \caption{Apparatus}\label{fig:Apparatus}
    \addcontentsline{toc}{subsubsection}{\figurename\ \ref{fig:Apparatus}: Shaky Table Apparatus}
  \end{figure}
\end{document}

Thx for all the help!