Theses, Books, Title pages ⇒ Moving section titles closer to the top of the page

[templateuser]

Hi Vel,
I wonder how to adjust the title of sections (Contents, List of tables, Chapter1…) to move them up closer to the top of the page. I looked around thesis.cls file but can not find the clue. Thank you so much

All the best
Nghia

[templateuser]

Hi. I have the same question and already tried several options and none of them worked. One of them I present next and was suggested in this forum but I don't understand what is blocking it from working.

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\usepackage[compact]{titlesec}
\titlespacing{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}

waiting for a clue, cheers
RM

[Vel]

Hi,

Just add this in the preamble of main.tex:

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\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\@makechapterhead}{\vspace*{50\p@}}{}{}{}% Removes space above \chapter head
\patchcmd{\@makeschapterhead}{\vspace*{50\p@}}{}{}{}% Removes space above \chapter* head
\makeatother

Adjust the \vspace numbers as you see fit!

Cheers,
Vel

[ClaudiaS]

Hey Vel,

thanks for the code, it works fine for me when I add only this code. But as soon as I add the code of another thread to remove the first chapter name, the space is too large again. Maybe because the removing space code refers to the chapter heading that is removed now?! How can I fix it ?

The other code is this one:

\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}{}{}{0em}{\bf\LARGE}

[greennell]

Hi Vel,

How can I use etoolbox only for particular chapters? I would like to apply it only for appendix.

Thank you,
Nell

[Johannes_B]

Put the block beginning and ending with \makeat just before \appendix.

[Johannes_B]

With a current version of the template, you can simple do the following:

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\renewcommand{\abovechapterskip}{\vspace*{10pt}}