[Tex/LaTex] Disable automatic indenting on description items

descriptionindentationlists

Here's the default functionality for description items:

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With this code

\begin{description}
    \item Lorem ipsum...
\end{description}

Is there any way to make this flush all along the left side with no automatic indentation?

Best Answer

If you load the enumitem package then you can tweak this option (and many others) using a key=value approach.

In your particular case, you can use 

\begin{description}[leftmargin=*]

If you want to assign this behaviour globally, you can use 

\setlist[description]{leftmargin=*}

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A complete MWE follows

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\setlist[description]{leftmargin=*}

\begin{document}
\begin{description}
    \item \lipsum[1]
\end{description}
\end{document}

See the documentation for further details: texdoc enumitem

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