[Tex/LaTex] Adding a top progress navigation bar in beamer

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I want to add a top progress navigation bar to my presentation but I'm unable to figure out how. I searched google, all I was able to find were questions on how to remove that.

This is an example of what I want exactly:
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Code:

\documentclass[10pt, xcolor=x11names]{beamer}
\usecolortheme{seagull}
\useoutertheme{infolines}
\usefonttheme[onlymath]{serif}
\setbeamertemplate{headline}[default]
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\mode<beamer>{\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[rounded][shadow=true]}
\setbeamercovered{transparent}
\setbeamercolor{block body example}{fg=blue, bg=black!20}

Edit:

I just found that I should use this:

\useoutertheme[subsection=false]{miniframes}

However the bullets of the subsections appear in a vertical way (not horizontal as in the pic above) which is sooo ugly. How to solve this?!

Best Answer

This kind of navigation can be added with \useoutertheme{miniframes}. In its default configuration the bullets are below each other, to get them in a row, use \documentclass[compress]{beamer}.

\documentclass[10pt, xcolor=x11names,compress]{beamer}
\usecolortheme{seagull}
\useoutertheme{infolines}
\usefonttheme[onlymath]{serif}
\setbeamertemplate{headline}[default]
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\mode<beamer>{\setbeamertemplate{blocks}[rounded][shadow=true]}
\setbeamercovered{transparent}
\setbeamercolor{block body example}{fg=blue, bg=black!20}

\useoutertheme[subsection=false]{miniframes}

    \begin{document}    
        \section{Section1}
        \subsection{Subsection1}
        \begin{frame}
            \frametitle{Frame11}
        \end{frame}

        \subsection{Subsection2}
        \begin{frame}
            \frametitle{Frame12}
        \end{frame}

        \section{Section2}
        \begin{frame}
            \frametitle{Frame2}
        \end{frame}

        \subsection{Subsection1}
        \begin{frame}
            \frametitle{Frame21}
        \end{frame}

        \subsection{Subsection2}
        \begin{frame}
            \frametitle{Frame22}
        \end{frame}

        \subsection{Subsection3}
        \begin{frame}
            \frametitle{Frame23}
        \end{frame}

        \section{Section3}
        \begin{frame}
            \frametitle{Frame3}
        \end{frame}

        \frame{}

    \end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Progress bar for latex-beamer

Here you have some customizable progress bars (part of a project I am working on):

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

\definecolor{pbblue}{HTML}{0A75A8}% filling color for the progress bar
\definecolor{pbgray}{HTML}{575757}% background color for the progress bar

\makeatletter
\def\progressbar@progressbar{} % the progress bar
\newcount\progressbar@tmpcounta% auxiliary counter
\newcount\progressbar@tmpcountb% auxiliary counter
\newdimen\progressbar@pbht %progressbar height
\newdimen\progressbar@pbwd %progressbar width
\newdimen\progressbar@tmpdim % auxiliary dimension

\progressbar@pbwd=\linewidth
\progressbar@pbht=1.5ex

% the progress bar
\def\progressbar@progressbar{%

    \progressbar@tmpcounta=\insertframenumber
    \progressbar@tmpcountb=\inserttotalframenumber
    \progressbar@tmpdim=\progressbar@pbwd
    \multiply\progressbar@tmpdim by \progressbar@tmpcounta
    \divide\progressbar@tmpdim by \progressbar@tmpcountb

  \begin{tikzpicture}[rounded corners=2pt,very thin]

    \shade[top color=pbgray!20,bottom color=pbgray!20,middle color=pbgray!50]
      (0pt, 0pt) rectangle ++ (\progressbar@pbwd, \progressbar@pbht);

      \shade[draw=pbblue,top color=pbblue!50,bottom color=pbblue!50,middle color=pbblue] %
        (0pt, 0pt) rectangle ++ (\progressbar@tmpdim, \progressbar@pbht);

    \draw[color=normal text.fg!50]  
      (0pt, 0pt) rectangle (\progressbar@pbwd, \progressbar@pbht) 
        node[pos=0.5,color=normal text.fg] {\textnormal{%
             \pgfmathparse{\insertframenumber*100/\inserttotalframenumber}%
             \pgfmathprintnumber[fixed,precision=2]{\pgfmathresult}\,\%%
        }%
    };
  \end{tikzpicture}%
}

\addtobeamertemplate{headline}{}
{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=4ex,center,dp=1ex]{white}%
    \progressbar@progressbar%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\end{document}

enter image description here

And a close-up image of the bar:

enter image description here

Two little variations; first using a circle as progress indicator:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

\definecolor{pbblue}{HTML}{0A75A8}% color for the progress bar and the circle

\makeatletter
\def\progressbar@progressbar{} % the progress bar
\newcount\progressbar@tmpcounta% auxiliary counter
\newcount\progressbar@tmpcountb% auxiliary counter
\newdimen\progressbar@pbht %progressbar height
\newdimen\progressbar@pbwd %progressbar width
\newdimen\progressbar@rcircle % radius for the circle
\newdimen\progressbar@tmpdim % auxiliary dimension

\progressbar@pbwd=\linewidth
\progressbar@pbht=1pt
\progressbar@rcircle=2.5pt

% the progress bar
\def\progressbar@progressbar{%

    \progressbar@tmpcounta=\insertframenumber
    \progressbar@tmpcountb=\inserttotalframenumber
    \progressbar@tmpdim=\progressbar@pbwd
    \multiply\progressbar@tmpdim by \progressbar@tmpcounta
    \divide\progressbar@tmpdim by \progressbar@tmpcountb

  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \draw[pbblue!30,line width=\progressbar@pbht]
      (0pt, 0pt) -- ++ (\progressbar@pbwd,0pt);

    \filldraw[pbblue!30] %
      (\the\dimexpr\progressbar@tmpdim-\progressbar@rcircle\relax, .5\progressbar@pbht) circle (\progressbar@rcircle);

    \node[draw=pbblue!30,text width=3.5em,align=center,inner sep=1pt,
      text=pbblue!70,anchor=east] at (0,0) {\insertframenumber/\inserttotalframenumber};
  \end{tikzpicture}%
}

\addtobeamertemplate{headline}{}
{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=4ex,center,dp=1ex]{white}%
    \progressbar@progressbar%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\end{document}

enter image description here

And the close-up:

enter image description here

And now using a triangle as progress-indicator (inspired by the theme Ignasi mentioned in his answer):

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

\definecolor{pbgray}{HTML}{575757}% background color for the progress bar

\makeatletter
\def\progressbar@progressbar{} % the progress bar
\newcount\progressbar@tmpcounta% auxiliary counter
\newcount\progressbar@tmpcountb% auxiliary counter
\newdimen\progressbar@pbht %progressbar height
\newdimen\progressbar@pbwd %progressbar width
\newdimen\progressbar@tmpdim % auxiliary dimension

\progressbar@pbwd=\linewidth
\progressbar@pbht=1pt

% the progress bar
\def\progressbar@progressbar{%

    \progressbar@tmpcounta=\insertframenumber
    \progressbar@tmpcountb=\inserttotalframenumber
    \progressbar@tmpdim=\progressbar@pbwd
    \multiply\progressbar@tmpdim by \progressbar@tmpcounta
    \divide\progressbar@tmpdim by \progressbar@tmpcountb

  \begin{tikzpicture}[very thin]
    \draw[pbgray!30,line width=\progressbar@pbht]
      (0pt, 0pt) -- ++ (\progressbar@pbwd,0pt);
    \draw[draw=none]  (\progressbar@pbwd,0pt) -- ++ (2pt,0pt);

    \draw[fill=pbgray!30,draw=pbgray] %
       ( $ (\progressbar@tmpdim, \progressbar@pbht) + (0,1.5pt) $ ) -- ++(60:3pt) -- ++(180:3pt) ;

    \node[draw=pbgray!30,text width=3.5em,align=center,inner sep=1pt,
      text=pbgray!70,anchor=east] at (0,0) {\insertframenumber/\inserttotalframenumber};
  \end{tikzpicture}%
}

\addtobeamertemplate{headline}{}
{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=5ex,center,dp=1ex]{white}%
    \progressbar@progressbar%
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\end{document}

enter image description here

And the close-up:

enter image description here

[Tex/LaTex] Beamer vertical navigation bar with horizontal subsection dot

Finally I found a solution by re-writing the internal macro \insertverticalnavigation. I put the code if it can help someone.

If you have any idea to improve, please let me know.

In a MyStyle.sty file I wrote:

% Style
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{MyStyle}[2013/06/21 Beamer theme]

% Outer theme
\useoutertheme[left]{sidebar}

% Package
\RequirePackage{wasysym} %\Circle, \CIRCLE -> subsection symbol

% Length
\newlength{\SidebarWidth}
\setlength{\SidebarWidth}{\beamer@sidebarwidth}

% Internal insertverticalnavigation macro
\def\insertverticalnavigation#1{%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{\SidebarWidth}
    \centering
    \vbox to \paperheight{%
      \def\sectionentry##1##2##3##4##5{%
        \ifnum##5=\c@part%
        \def\insertsectionhead{##2}%
        \def\insertsectionheadnumber{##1}%
        \def\insertpartheadnumber{##5}%
        \vskip0.9em
        \hbox{{%
          \usebeamerfont{section in sidebar}\usebeamercolor[fg]{section in sidebar}%
            \hyperlink{Navigation##3}{%
            \ifnum\c@section=##1%
              \ifnum\c@subsection=0\relax%
                {\usebeamertemplate{section in sidebar}}%
              \else%
                \ifx\beamer@nav@css\beamer@hidetext%
                  {\usebeamertemplate{section in sidebar}}%
                \else%
                  {\usebeamertemplate{section in sidebar}}%
                \fi%
              \fi%
            \else
              {\usebeamertemplate{section in sidebar shaded}}%
            \fi}}}%
        \vskip0pt
        \beamer@currentsubsection=0\relax\fi}%
      \def\slideentry##1##2##3##4##5##6{}%
      \def\beamer@subsectionentry##1##2##3##4##5{%
        \ifnum##1=\c@part%
        \def\insertpartheadnumber{##1}%
        \def\insertsectionheadnumber{##2}%
        \def\insertsubsectionheadnumber{##3}%
        \def\insertsubsectionhead{##5}%
         \beamer@tocifnothide{\ifnum\c@section=##2\ifnum\c@subsection=##3\beamer@nav@css\else\beamer@nav@oss\fi\else\beamer@nav@ooss\fi}%
        {\hskip0pt\hbox{{%
          \usebeamerfont{subsection in sidebar}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subsection in sidebar}%
            \hyperlink{Navigation##4}{%
            \ifnum\c@section=##2%
              \ifnum\c@subsection=##3%
                \ifnum\c@subsubsection=0\relax%
                  {\usebeamertemplate{subsection in sidebar}}%
                \else%
                  {\usebeamertemplate{subsection in sidebar}}%
                \fi%
              \else%
                {\usebeamertemplate{subsection in sidebar shaded}}%
              \fi%
            \else%
              {\usebeamertemplate{subsection in sidebar shaded}}%
            \fi}}}%
        }%
        \fi}%
      \dohead%
    }%
  \end{minipage}
}

% subsection in sidebar
\setbeamertemplate{subsection in sidebar}
{
  \usebeamercolor{subsection in sidebar}\CIRCLE%
}

% subsection in sidebar shaded
\setbeamertemplate{subsection in sidebar shaded}
{
  \usebeamercolor{subsection in sidebar shaded}\Circle%
}

And a MWE could be:

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{MyStyle}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  \titlepage
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
\tableofcontents
\end{frame}

\section{Section 1}
\begin{frame}
\begin{itemize}
\item No frametitle
\item section 1
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\subsection{Subsection 1}
\begin{frame}
\begin{itemize}
\item No frametitle
\item section 1
\item subsection 1
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\subsection{Subsection 2}
\begin{frame}
\begin{itemize}
\item No frametitle
\item section 1
\item subsection 2
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\section{Section 2}
\begin{frame}
\begin{itemize}
\item No frametitle
\item section 2
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

This little example provide me what I want which is subsection in horizontal mode inside a vertical navigation bar.

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[Tex/LaTex] Progress bar for latex-beamer

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