[Tex/LaTex] Cross-referencing label and table of contents

cross-referencingtable of contents

I am using a label for referencing. I just added my table of contents and saw the label is used as chaptertitle. How could I fix this?

My MWE:

\documentclass[a4paper,dutch]{report}

\let\orichaptermark\chaptermark
\renewcommand\chaptermark[1]{\label{chap:#1}\orichaptermark{#1}}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter[label]{Chapter name}

\end{document}

Best Answer

While it's possible to make label names with chapter names it's better to refrain from this procedure.

The optional argument of \chapter is reserved (in standard LaTeX document classes) for the short entry to the table of content (and page headers), especially useful for long chapter names.

The \cref command inserts the correct reference name (chapter), if the cleveref package is loaded. (Load it as last one, even after hyperref)

\documentclass[a4paper,dutch]{report}

\usepackage{blindtext}

\usepackage{cleveref}
%\let\orichaptermark\chaptermark
%\renewcommand\chaptermark[1]{\label{chap:#1}\orichaptermark{#1}}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{Chapter name}\label{first:chapter}
\blindtext

 \chapter[Second chapter]{A very long second chapter title}\label{second:chapter}
\blindtext

In \cref{first:chapter} we saw that ... 


\end{document}

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  \hfil

If you look in your class file (or if it inputs one of the standard classes) you will find \ definition of \l@part that just has \hfil (white space) rather than the leaders. eg \l@part in article has

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putting the \leaders line between #1 (the chapter title) and the \hfil will make the hfill work by repeating the dots rather than just using space.

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[Tex/LaTex] Display \chaptername in table of contents

The error you are getting comes from loading the tocloft and subfigure packages simultaneously, as the following example swhows:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{subfigure}

\begin{document}

test

\end{document}

As soon as one processes this document, the following error shows up:

! LaTeX Error: Command \c@lofdepth already defined.
               Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              

l.124 \newcounter{lofdepth}

The problem is that both packages define the counters lofdepth and lotdepth. To prevent the error, simply load tocloft with the subfigure option; i.e., load the packages like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[subfigure]{tocloft} 
\usepackage{subfigure} 

\begin{document}

test

\end{document}

By the way, sufigure is an obsolete package and shouldn't be used anymore; subfig or subcaption are valid alternatives

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