Want to control the vertical space between sections in the TOC.

[Hongyi Zhao]

Hi all,

Consider the following minimal example:

-----------------
\documentclass[10pt]{article}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\section{A}

\section{B}

\end{document}
-----------------

I want to change the default vertical space between sections in the
TOC, i.e., the vertical space between

1 A

and

2 B

Which command should I use to do trick? Thanks in advance.

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[Lars Madsen]

Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Consider the following minimal example:
>
> -----------------
> \documentclass[10pt]{article}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \tableofcontents
>
> \section{A}
>
> \section{B}
>
> \end{document}
> -----------------
>
> I want to change the default vertical space between sections in the
> TOC, i.e., the vertical space between
>
> 1 A
>
> and
>
> 2 B
>
> Which command should I use to do trick? Thanks in advance.
>

tocloft or the memoir class

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[Sébastien Vauban]

Hello Hongyi Zhao,

Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> I want to change the default vertical space between sections
> in the TOC, i.e., the vertical space between

> Which command should I use to do trick? Thanks in advance.

Try `titletoc'. For example:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
\usepackage[dotinlabels]{titletoc}

\titlecontents{section} [7mm]% [left]
{\addvspace{4mm}}% {above}
{\bf\contentslabel{7mm}}% {before with label}
{}% {before without label}
{\bf\titlerule*[2.7mm]{.}\contentspage}% {filler and page}
[\addvspace{0mm}]% [after]

\titlecontents{subsection} [17mm]
{}
{\contentslabel{10mm}}
{}
{\titlerule*[2.7mm]{.}\contentspage}

\titlecontents{subsubsection} [30mm]
{}
{\contentslabel{13mm}}
{}
{\titlerule*[2.7mm]{.}\contentspage}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Seb

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[Hongyi Zhao]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:13:05 +0100, Sébastien Vauban
<zthjws...@spammotel.com> wrote:

>Try `titletoc'. For example:
>
>--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>\usepackage[dotinlabels]{titletoc}
>
>\titlecontents{section} [7mm]% [left]
> {\addvspace{4mm}}% {above}
> {\bf\contentslabel{7mm}}% {before with label}
> {}% {before without label}
> {\bf\titlerule*[2.7mm]{.}\contentspage}% {filler and page}
> [\addvspace{0mm}]% [after]
>
>\titlecontents{subsection} [17mm]
> {}
> {\contentslabel{10mm}}
> {}
> {\titlerule*[2.7mm]{.}\contentspage}
>
>\titlecontents{subsubsection} [30mm]
> {}
> {\contentslabel{13mm}}
> {}
> {\titlerule*[2.7mm]{.}\contentspage}
>--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

When I use it with beamer, I meet the following errors:

! Undefined control sequence.
l.634 \@tempskipa\@pnumwidth

?

Regards,

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:35:19 +0100, Lars Madsen
<dal...@RTFSIGNATUREimf.au.dk> wrote:

>tocloft or the memoir class

I want to use it with beamer, any minimal example please?

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hongyi,

I'm sorry. My limit is reached...

But I guess that if you provide a minimal, but complete, example
that leads to that error, others could help.

Seb

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[Enrico Gregorio]

Sébastien Vauban <zthjws...@spammotel.com> wrote:

Of course the packages tocloft and titletoc are useless with beamer,
which uses a completely different approach to the table of contents.

As far as I can see, the entries are automatically spread out to fill
the frame.

Ciao
Enricos

[Holger Bruenner]

On 24 Feb., 14:28, Enrico Gregorio <grego...@math.unipd.it> wrote:
> As far as I can see, the entries are automatically spread out to fill
> the frame.

Agreed. Sometimes, I find beamer trying to play the smart kid,
'optimizing' more than the user wants to have optimized...
(More often, the automatisms work just fine, so I'd not complain about
it!)

Generally, entries in list-like structures are spread over the page
(=frame) to achieve an equally spaced slide. In the case of the TOC
this is definitely unwanted, if there are only 2-3 entries. A quick
hack (and nothing to be taken as a sound typographic solution) would
be to keep together the TOC as a single parbox:

\documentclass[10pt]{beamer}
\begin{document}
\frame{\parbox{\textwidth}{\tableofcontents}}

\section{A}
\section{B}
\end{document}

Of course, enclosing the TOC in other environments (which are treated
as unbreakable entities by beamer) would have similar effects.

HTH,

Holger

[Nick]

Hi

I have succesfully implemented this command several times...
\makeatletter
\def\addspacetotoc{\@ifnextchar[%]
\addspacetotocdefine\addspacetotocpreset}
\def\addspacetotocdefine[#1]{\addtocontents{toc}{\vskip #1\p@\protect
\mbox{}\par}}
\def\addspacetotocpreset{\addtocontents{toc}{\vskip 10\p@\protect\mbox
{}\par}}
\makeatother

It's a simple space adder, but you can substitue whatever you want.

Hope it'll be of use!

/Nick