Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Uneven spacing for list of figures and tables

[kunkevin]

There is a big problem for my thesis latex compilation. There are uneven spacing for the list of figures and tables. I have attached the pictures for them. In the list of figures, the spacing between 1.1 and 4.1 is too small, while the space between 4.1 and 4.2 is too large. The other spacing is normal. In the list of tables, the spacing between 4.1 and 4.2 is too small. The other spacing is also normal. I am very frustrated by this bug. If anyone could help or give some hint, I will be very thankful.

In the template, part of the coding for listoffigures and listoftables is:

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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%                           lIST OF FIGURES
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF FIGURES}

\renewcommand{\cftloftitlefont}{\center\normalfont\MakeUppercase}

\setlength{\cftbeforeloftitleskip}{-12pt} %% Positions the LOF title vertically to match the chapter titles

\renewcommand{\cftafterloftitleskip}{12pt}
%\renewcommand{\cftafterloftitle}{%
%\\[\baselineskip]\mbox{}\hfill{\normalfont Page}}

\renewcommand{\cftafterloftitle}{%
%\\[\vspace{4em}]\mbox{}\hspace{2pt}FIGURE\hfill{\normalfont Page}}%\vskip\baselineskip}
\\[3.0\baselineskip]\mbox{}\hspace{4pt}TABLE\hfill{\normalfont Page}}
%\\[3.0\baselineskip]\mbox{}\hspace{2pt}FIGURE\hfill{\normalfont Page}\vskip\baselineskip}
\begingroup


\begin{center}
\begin{singlespace}
%% These values make the lof table entries appear double spaced between.
\setlength{\cftbeforechapskip}{0.4cm}
\setlength{\cftbeforesecskip}{0.30cm}
\setlength{\cftbeforesubsecskip}{0.30cm}
\setlength{\cftbeforefigskip}{0.4cm}
\setlength{\cftbeforetabskip}{0.4cm}
%\setlength{\cftfignumwidth}{30em} 

\listoffigures

\end{singlespace}
\end{center}
\pagebreak{}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%                           lIST OF TABLES
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF TABLES}  % Needs to be set to part, so the TOC doesnt add 'CHAPTER ' prefix in the TOC.

\renewcommand{\cftlottitlefont}{\center\normalfont\MakeUppercase}

\setlength{\cftbeforelottitleskip}{-12pt} %% Positions the LOT title vertically to match the chapter titles

\renewcommand{\cftafterlottitleskip}{12pt}

\renewcommand{\cftafterlottitle}{%
%\\[\vspace{4em}]\mbox{}\hspace{4pt}TABLE\hfill{\normalfont Page}}
\\[3.0\baselineskip]\mbox{}\hspace{4pt}TABLE\hfill{\normalfont Page}}

\begin{center}
\begin{singlespace}

%% These values make the lot table entries appear double spaced between.
\setlength{\cftbeforechapskip}{0.4cm}
\setlength{\cftbeforesecskip}{0.30cm}
\setlength{\cftbeforesubsecskip}{0.30cm}
\setlength{\cftbeforefigskip}{0.4cm}
\setlength{\cftbeforetabskip}{0.4cm}


\listoftables

\end{singlespace}
\end{center}
\endgroup
\pagebreak{}  % Need this for the pagenumbering to be correct.

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[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the board!

Nice that you posted a part of the output, so we can see there's a problem. However, the cause remains unknown if you don't post the corresponding code, such as a very reduced copy of your thesis, which is compilable and shows the problem, i.e. a minimal working example.

Post something we can test, then I'm sure we can fix it.

Stefan

[kunkevin]

Hi Stefan,

Since you asked me to put the minimal part of the latex coding, I was trying to post the original template here. Comparing the original one with my current latex coding, I suddenly found the part I am missing in the coding for generating the figure. I changed that part, and now everything works very well. Anyway, I still thank you for your help.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

No problem. Trying to pin down the problem often leads to the solution. If not, we are usually able to find it in the reduced code.

Stefan

[solodon]

So what was the problem in your code Kevin? I have exactly the same issue but can't figure out why some of them are shown properly while others are not. Thank you!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi solodon,

welcome to the forum!

Perhaps describe your problem with code, see my question to Kevin above. It's possible that it's a different cause.

Stefan

[solodon]

I played around with what could possibly cause it and found the itemize lists way before the figures in text somehow affect this spacing issue. In particular, if itemize had 2 or more items, it was causing the problem. Any ideas on how to workaround this?

[Johannes_B]

As Stefan already said, we need to see a little code. Please read about minimal working examples. Right now we all could do more but guess. With code we can spot the erronous part and can directly test possible solutions.