General ⇒ Indent Problem in Table of Contents

[perl0101]

Hello everyone,

I met one problem with TableOfContent. The indent of the first level is not correct. For example, Chapter 1 Introduction is overlap. I guess it is the problem of \numwidth. But how to solve it. Please help. Thanks.

[perl0101]

The relevant code in .cls I find is the following. I would like to get suggestions to overcome this problem. Thanks.

\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
\refstepcounter{chapter}%
\typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%
{\protect\numberline{\@chapapp\space\thechapter}#1}%
\else
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}%
\fi
\chaptermark{#1}%
\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
\addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
\if@twocolumn
\@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}]%
\else
\@makechapterhead{#2}%
\@afterheading
\fi%

[gmedina]

Hi,

this is analogous to the situation with the LoF, LoT that you asked in
this other thread.

All you have to do is to increase the length \cftchapnumwidth to avoid overlaping and to use
\cftchappresnum to include the word "Chapter":

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\newlength\mylength
\settowidth\mylength{Chapter\hspace*{1em}}

\addtolength\cftchapnumwidth{\mylength}

\renewcommand\cftchappresnum{Chapter }

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\clearpage

\chapter{Test chapter}

\end{document}

[perl0101]

I sovle the problem by adding :

\renewcommand{\cftchapnumwidth}{6em}

from one previous post here.

[oyvindhauge]

Thanks to gmedina I have been able to solve most my lof/lot problems, however there is one thing which I have been unable to solve.

When table/figure captions span more than one line in the lot/lof the indent is not how I want it. This is more or less what I have today:

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Figure 1.2  This is a table with
       a long caption ......... 2

What I would like to see is something like this:

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Figure 1.2  This is a table with
            a long caption .... 2

In other words I would like the text on the second line to be aligned directly below the text on the first line.

I have tried both commands below without any luck.

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\addtolength\cftfignumwidth{}
\cftsetindents{figure}{}{}

I have tried also revised the documentation for tocloft, this forum, and Google but unfortunately without any luck. I apologize if I have overlooked the obvious. Could anyone please share their insights?

[gmedina]

Hi,

can you please post a minimal working example showing your current settings for the LoF?

[oyvindhauge]

Yes of course. Sorry for not doing it in the first place. I am new to the forum.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\renewcommand{\cfttabfont}{Table }
\begin{document}
\listoftables					
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l} 
\textbf{Header of the table}\\
TEST \\
\end{tabular}
\caption{Some long, very long test text which should span at least one line in the list of tables}
\end{table}
\end{document}

PS! Thanks for your rapid response.

[gmedina]

Hi,

simply apply some of the suggestions I made to perl0101 in this thread and in this other one. An example:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\newlength\mylength
\settowidth\mylength{Table}

\addtolength\cfttabnumwidth{\mylength}
\renewcommand\cfttabpresnum{Table }

\begin{document}
\listoftables               

\begin{table}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{3cm}% to simulate a table
  \caption{Some long, very long test text which should span at least one line in the list of tables}
  \label{tab:test}
\end{table}

\end{document}

[oyvindhauge]

Thanks a lot for your help. I am really sorry for overlooking your previous advice on the topic. I even read both threads.

I mixed up the two possibilities below after looking at this thread and this comment. I guess the first one (the one you suggested) is better.

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\renewcommand\cfttabpresnum{Table } % Works the way I wanted
\renewcommand{\cfttabfont}{Table } % Does not work the way I wanted

[gmedina]

Thanks a lot for your help.

You're welcome.