[Tex/LaTex] Dotted line in ToC despite \cftsetpnumwidth

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Using the package tocloft I have a problem with the dotted line in my ToC.
For I'm using roman page numbering I have numbers of about XXVIII or something like that which is too wide for the obviously pre-set \pnumwidth. It flows of my right margin which looks quite unaesthetic. So to get the numbering ragged right I put the numbers into a box with \cftsetpnumwidth{}.

Now the problem is that the dotted line stops when reaching that box (which I know is quite obvious). But can I somehow get the dots until the number starts? Something like setting the pagenumbering raggedright with another command without using a numberbox?
If anybody knows a solution for that problem I would be very happy to hear! Thanks in advance!

In the following my minimal example:

\documentclass[listof=totocnumbered,9pt,a4paper,ngerman]{scrartcl} % Verzeichnisse im IV aufgeführt mit Nr.

\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{extsizes}
\usepackage[a4paper,left=3cm,right=2.5cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft} % Formatierung der Vezeichnisse

\cftsetpnumwidth{1.0cm}

\renewcommand{\cftsecdotsep}{\cftdotsep}
\renewcommand{\cftsecleader}{\normalfont\cftdotfill{\cftsecdotsep}}

\begin{document}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\cftdotsep}{0.5} % Einstellung der Punktabstände im VZ
\makeatother

\tableofcontents % Inhaltsverzeichnis

\newpage
\newcommand*{\thesectionwas}{}
\let\thesectionwas\thesection
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}}
\setcounter{section}{0}

\section{Abkürzungsverzeichnis}

\newpage
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\cftdotsep}{0.5}
\makeatother
\listoffigures % Abb-VZ

\newpage
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\cftdotsep}{0.5}
\makeatother
\listoftables % Tab-VZ
\newpage

\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}}
\setcounter{section}{3}
\pagenumbering{Roman}
\setcounter{page}{31}

\begin{appendix}
\refstepcounter{section}
\section{bla}
\section{blabla}
\end{appendix}

\end{document}

Best Answer

Due to the general nature of tocloft, it sets all page numbers in a box of width \@pnumwidth. A quick fix to remove the boxing nature and in line with what you're after (right-aligned, "variable-width" page number boxes) is to remove the \makebox[<width>][<alignment>]{<stuff>} capability:

{\def\makebox[#1][#2]#3{#3}%
\tableofcontents % Inhaltsverzeichnis
}

The above temporarily makes \makebox a no-op during the setting of \tableofcontents.

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\documentclass[listof=totocnumbered,9pt,a4paper,ngerman]{scrartcl} % Verzeichnisse im IV aufgeführt mit Nr.

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{extsizes}
\usepackage[a4paper,left=3cm,right=2.5cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft} % Formatierung der Vezeichnisse

\cftsetpnumwidth{1.0cm}

\renewcommand{\cftsecdotsep}{\cftdotsep}
\renewcommand{\cftsecleader}{\normalfont\cftdotfill{\cftsecdotsep}}

\begin{document}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\cftdotsep}{0.5} % Einstellung der Punktabstände im VZ
\makeatother

{\def\makebox[#1][#2]#3{#3}%
\tableofcontents % Inhaltsverzeichnis
}

\newpage
\newcommand*{\thesectionwas}{}
\let\thesectionwas\thesection
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}}
\setcounter{section}{0}

\section{Abkürzungsverzeichnis}

\newpage
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\cftdotsep}{0.5}
\makeatother
\listoffigures % Abb-VZ

\newpage
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\cftdotsep}{0.5}
\makeatother
\listoftables % Tab-VZ
\newpage

\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}}
\setcounter{section}{3}
\pagenumbering{Roman}
\setcounter{page}{31}

\begin{appendix}
\refstepcounter{section}
\section{bla}
\section{blabla}
\end{appendix}

\end{document}
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