[Tex/LaTex] Customizing the header with fancyhdr

fancyhdrheader-footerkoma-script

I am writing a report using the scrreprt KOMA class. Currently my header looks like this:

Current header

Introduction is the chapter name.

I would like to make two changes to it:

I would like to have the chapter name on the left of the header and the section name on the right. I have already tried \lhead{\thechapter} but this only gives me the chapter number, not the title.
How can I change the font used in the header to match the one in the figure? It looks like it's the default font for section titles in the KOMA classes, but I'm not 100% sure.

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Redefine \chaptermark/ \sectionmark to display sectioning number plus title, and redefine \lhead/\rhead to use \leftmark/\rightmark plus the formatting instructions \sffamily\bfseries.

\documentclass{scrreprt}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\renewcommand*{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\thechapter.~~#1}{}}
\renewcommand*{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection.~~#1}}

\lhead{\sffamily\bfseries \leftmark}
\rhead{\sffamily\bfseries \rightmark}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\chapter{foo}

\section{foobar}

\lipsum[1-12]

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Writing thesis using fancyhdr – problems with section title

The fancyhdr package allows to modify the document headers using any one of the following commands:

\lhead{<text>}: Left header
\chead{<text>}: Center header
\rhead{<text>}: Right header
\fancyhead[<pos>]{<text>}: Header at <pos>={L,C,R} + {E,O} for left L, center C and right R headers on even E and odd O pages.

The last (advanced) command is more commonly used since it allows more flexibility via the optional [ ] parameters.

Assuming your thesis documentclass may have the following fancy header style defined (taken directly from the fancyhdr documentation:

\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\slshape \rightmark}
\fancyhead[LO,RE]{\slshape \leftmark}

which would print something like:

Traditional fancyhdr styles

In order to remove the section mark, clear the \rightmark by

\fancyhead[LE,RO]{}% Remove headers on Left Even and Right Odd pages

In general, find the side & page combination (resulting in a combination like the LE,RO choice above), and clear that specific header.

[Tex/LaTex] Fancyhdr header: chapter name when there is no section

First of all, if you want the header in numbered chapters, you have to change

\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{ \markboth{#1}{} }

\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{ \markboth{#1}{#1} }

Then, since unnumbered chapters don't issue any \chaptermark command, you have to manually insert

\markboth{Second chapter}{Second chapter}

just after your unnumbered chapter.

MWE:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,twoside,openright]{report}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\fancypagestyle{mypagestyle}{
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}

\fancyhead[EL]{\small \textsl{\nouppercase{\rightmark}}}
\fancyhead[OR]{\small \textsl{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}}
\fancyhead[OL,ER]{\small \textsl \thepage}
}

\pagestyle{mypagestyle}

\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{ \markboth{#1}{#1} }
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{ \markright{#1}{} }

\begin{document}
\chapter{First chapter}
\section{First section}
\lipsum[1-30]

\chapter*{Second chapter}
\markboth{Second chapter}{Second chapter}
\lipsum[1-30]

\chapter{Third chapter}
\lipsum[1-30]
\end{document}

Output (unnumbered chapter)

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