Document Classes ⇒ Foot line alignment in Beamer theme split

[fliptomato]

Hello everyone. I'm trying to use the beamer theme "split" for my presentation. I'm having trouble setting the `author' field to be left-aligned rather than right aligned. Is there a straightforward way to do this?

Thanks,
F

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

the right alignment is defined in the split theme footline template. Here's a way how to modify it:

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\defbeamertemplate*{footline}{my footline}
{%
  \leavevmode%
  \hbox{\begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fill]{author in head/foot}%
    \usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{title in head/foot}%
    \usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle
  \end{beamercolorbox}}%
  \vskip0pt%
}
\usebeamertemplate{my footline}

Stefan