[Tex/LaTex] Editing partly Beamer header (with existing theme content)

beamerheader-footerthemes

MWE :

Considering the following minimal working example :

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}

\begin{document}

\section{Section1}
\subsection{Subsection1}
\begin{frame}
\end{frame}

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

\end{document}

Which renders as follow :
enter image description here

Question :

I would like to remove the automatic content placed on header right (the subsection content) and place there instead some dots counting how many slides remain for the current section.
By dots I mean :

the number of dots tells how much slides we have for the section (not considering the pauses!) ;
if they are white full, we read the slides
if it is empty :
1. empty in white, we are reading it ;
2. if they are empty grey, we didn't read them yet.

It seems that it exists already :

I have seen these kind of dots on some other themes like Frankfurt :

enter image description here
(source : http://www.hartwork.org/beamer-theme-matrix/)

I guess it can be exploited, but I am not expert enough in latex to do it.

Example of the expected display :

On this example, we have 6 pages for this Section1, and we are currently on the second page for this section.

enter image description here

(Of course the background doesn't have to be black, it's just a bad edit made by hand)

Summary :

How can I place these dots instead of the subsection on this CambridgeUS theme ? Is this possible to integrate the Frankfurt code regarding these dots inside CambridgeUS theme ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best Answer

This is an alternative approach that tries to embed the actual mini frame navigation from the Frankfurt theme into the Cambridge theme. It requires major surgery and I'd suggest to make a custom theme with it.

First we need to set the miniframes color, I picked the darkred color from the beaver theme to match the rest of the theme.

\setbeamercolor{mini frame}{fg=darkred}

Now the tricky part: we are going to take the code from \insertsubsectionnavigationhorizontal, remove its own \slideentry macro and add the one taken from the beamerbasenavigation.sty file. Since my etoolbox fu is not good enough I'll just post the whole modified \slideentry. For code readability etc. this should be placed in another file or done with etoolbox.

\def\insertsubsectionnavigationhorizontal#1#2#3{%
    \hbox to #1{{%
        \usebeamerfont{subsection in head/foot}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subsection in head/foot}
        \beamer@currentsubsection=0%
        \def\sectionentry##1##2##3##4##5{}%
        \def\slideentry##1##2##3##4##5##6{\ifnum##6=\c@part\ifnum##1=\c@section%
      \ifnum##2>\beamer@currentsubsection%
      \box\beamer@sectionbox\hskip1.875ex plus1fill%
            \hbox to 0pt{%
                    \global\beamer@section@min@dim\beamer@tempdim
                        \beamer@link(##4){%
                            \usebeamerfont{mini frame}%
                            \ifnum\c@section=##1%
                                \ifnum\c@subsection=##2%
                                    \usebeamercolor[fg]{mini frame}%
                                    \ifnum\c@subsectionslide=##3%
                                        \usebeamertemplate{mini frame}%\beamer@minislidehilight%
                                    \else%
                                        \usebeamertemplate{mini frame in current subsection}%\beamer@minisliderowhilight%
                                    \fi%
                                \else%
                                    \usebeamercolor{mini frame}%
                                    %\color{fg!50!bg}%
                                    \usebeamertemplate{mini frame in other subsection}%\beamer@minislide%
                                \fi%
                            \else%
                                \usebeamercolor{mini frame}%
                                                                %\color{fg!50!bg}%
                                \usebeamertemplate{mini frame in other subsection}%\beamer@minislide%
                            \fi%
                        }%
                \hskip-10cm plus 1fil%
            }%
            \fi\fi\fi\ignorespaces
        }%
        #2\hskip.3cm\setbox\beamer@sectionbox=\hbox{}%
        \hskip-1.875ex plus-1fill\dohead%
        \box\beamer@sectionbox\hfil\hskip.3cm%
        #3
    }}
}

The last step is to re-set the headline template so that it calls our customized horizontal miniframes navigation:

    \setbeamertemplate{headline}
    {
        \leavevmode%
        \hbox{%
        \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.65ex,dp=1.5ex,right]{section in head/foot}%
            \usebeamerfont{section in head/foot}\bfseries\insertsectionhead\hspace*{2ex}
        \end{beamercolorbox}%
        \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.65ex,dp=1.5ex,left]{subsection in head/foot}%
            \usebeamerfont{subsection in head/foot}\setbeamercolor{section in head/foot}{fg=black,bg=white}
            \vspace*{.01cm}\insertsubsectionnavigationhorizontal{0cm}{\hskip-.1cm}{}
        \end{beamercolorbox}}%
        \vskip0pt%
    }

Result.

It works exactly as the Frankfurt miniframe nav. since it actually is the Frankfurt miniframe nav.

Full MWE.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}

\setbeamercolor{mini frame}{fg=darkred}

\makeatletter
\def\insertsubsectionnavigationhorizontal#1#2#3{%
    \hbox to #1{{%
        \usebeamerfont{subsection in head/foot}\usebeamercolor[fg]{subsection in head/foot}
        \beamer@currentsubsection=0%
        \def\sectionentry##1##2##3##4##5{}%
        \def\slideentry##1##2##3##4##5##6{\ifnum##6=\c@part\ifnum##1=\c@section%
      \ifnum##2>\beamer@currentsubsection%
      \box\beamer@sectionbox\hskip1.875ex plus1fill%
            \hbox to 0pt{%
                    \global\beamer@section@min@dim\beamer@tempdim
                        \beamer@link(##4){%
                            \usebeamerfont{mini frame}%
                            \ifnum\c@section=##1%
                                \ifnum\c@subsection=##2%
                                    \usebeamercolor[fg]{mini frame}%
                                    \ifnum\c@subsectionslide=##3%
                                        \usebeamertemplate{mini frame}%\beamer@minislidehilight%
                                    \else%
                                        \usebeamertemplate{mini frame in current subsection}%\beamer@minisliderowhilight%
                                    \fi%
                                \else%
                                    \usebeamercolor{mini frame}%
                                    %\color{fg!50!bg}%
                                    \usebeamertemplate{mini frame in other subsection}%\beamer@minislide%
                                \fi%
                            \else%
                                \usebeamercolor{mini frame}%
                                                                %\color{fg!50!bg}%
                                \usebeamertemplate{mini frame in other subsection}%\beamer@minislide%
                            \fi%
                        }%
                \hskip-10cm plus 1fil%
            }%
            \fi\fi\fi\ignorespaces
        }%
        #2\hskip.3cm\setbox\beamer@sectionbox=\hbox{}%
        \hskip-1.875ex plus-1fill\dohead%
        \box\beamer@sectionbox\hfil\hskip.3cm%
        #3
    }}
}
\makeatother

\setbeamertemplate{headline}
{
  \leavevmode%
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.65ex,dp=1.5ex,right]{section in head/foot}%
    \usebeamerfont{section in head/foot}\bfseries\insertsectionhead\hspace*{2ex}
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.65ex,dp=1.5ex,left]{subsection in head/foot}%
    \usebeamerfont{subsection in head/foot}\setbeamercolor{section in head/foot}{fg=black,bg=white}
    \vspace*{.01cm}\insertsubsectionnavigationhorizontal{1cm}{\hskip-.1cm}{}
  \end{beamercolorbox}}%
  \vskip0pt%
}


\begin{document}
\section{Section 1}
\subsection{Subsection1}
\frame{S1s1f1}
\frame{S1s1f2}

\subsection{Subsection2}
\frame{S1s2}

\subsection{Subsection3}
\frame{S1s3}

\section{Section 2}
\subsection{Subsection1}
\frame{S2s1}

\subsection{Subsection2}
\frame{S2s2}

\subsection{Subsection3}
\frame{S2s3}

\subsection{Subsection4}
\frame{S2s4}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Mini frame navigation not drawn correctly

The problem here is that the outer theme smoothbars uses the beamer option compress in order to get the mini frames into one single line, while miniframes doesn't do that by default. So in order to remove the spurious space, you need to activate this compression, which can be done by saying

\beamer@compresstrue

in beamerthemeM21.sty (enclosed in \makeatletter ... \makeatother, of course).

BTW: You don't need to use \setcounter{subsection}{1} in each section as in your MWE, doing this once (e. g. in your theme file) is enough.

So the corrected beamerthemeM21.sty looks like this:

\usepackage{remreset}
\makeatletter
\@removefromreset{subsection}{section}
\beamer@compresstrue
\makeatother
\setcounter{subsection}{1}

\mode<presentation>
\setbeamercovered{transparent}

\mode<all>
\useoutertheme[subsection=false]{miniframes}

\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

[Tex/LaTex] Beamer – Dresden theme: miniframes appeareance and frame number insertion

The Dreden theme uses as outer theme miniframes specifying that the footline is of type authorinstitutetitle

\useoutertheme[footline=authorinstitutetitle]{miniframes}

Thus, to insert the frame number (command \insertframenumber) with respect to the total frame number (command \inserttotalframenumber) we should take into account how the authorinstitutetitle is defined:

\def\beamer@theme@footline@authorinstitutetitle{
  \defbeamertemplate*{footline}{miniframes theme}
  {%
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=1.5pt]{upper separation line foot}
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,%
      leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{author in head/foot}%
      \leavevmode{\usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor}%
      \hfill%
      {\usebeamerfont{institute in head/foot}\usebeamercolor[fg]{institute in head/foot}\insertshortinstitute}%
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,%
      leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{title in head/foot}%
      {\usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle}%
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=1.5pt]{lower separation line foot}
    \end{beamercolorbox}
  }
}

Now, in the lower right corner there's nothing thus it is possible to exploit the space in:

\begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,%
   leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{title in head/foot}%
   {\usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle}%
 \end{beamercolorbox}%

by adding:

\begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,%
      leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{title in head/foot}%
      {\usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle}%
      \hfill%
      {\usebeamerfont{frame number}\usebeamercolor[fg]{frame number}\insertframenumber~\frameofframes~\inserttotalframenumber}

Notice that as separator between the frame numbers there's a command: \frameofframes. It is defined as:

\newcommand{\frameofframes}{/}
\newcommand{\setframeofframes}[1]{\renewcommand{\frameofframes}{#1}}

This allows you to modify the standard representation (1/5 for example), with something else; for instance:

\setframeofframes{of}

will provide 1 of 5.

The code:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usetheme{Dresden}

\author{My name}
\title{My presentation}
\institute{My institute}

\newcommand{\frameofframes}{/}
\newcommand{\setframeofframes}[1]{\renewcommand{\frameofframes}{#1}}

\setframeofframes{of}
\makeatletter
\setbeamertemplate{footline}
  {%
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=1.5pt]{upper separation line foot}
    \end{beamercolorbox}
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,%
      leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{author in head/foot}%
      \leavevmode{\usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor}%
      \hfill%
      {\usebeamerfont{institute in head/foot}\usebeamercolor[fg]{institute in head/foot}\insertshortinstitute}%
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,%
      leftskip=.3cm,rightskip=.3cm plus1fil]{title in head/foot}%
      {\usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle}%
      \hfill%
      {\usebeamerfont{frame number}\usebeamercolor[fg]{frame number}\insertframenumber~\frameofframes~\inserttotalframenumber}
    \end{beamercolorbox}%
    \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=1.5pt]{lower separation line foot}
    \end{beamercolorbox}
  }
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\section{One}
\subsection{One-one}

\frame{\frametitle{X-one} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-a} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-b} bla bla bla}

\subsection{One-two}

\frame{\frametitle{X-one} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-a} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-b} bla bla bla}


\section{Two}
\subsection{Two-one}

\frame{\frametitle{X-one} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-a} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-b} bla bla bla}

\subsection{Two-two}

\frame{\frametitle{X-one} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-a} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-b} bla bla bla}

\section{Three}
\subsection{Three-one}

\frame{\frametitle{X-one} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-a} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-b} bla bla bla}

\subsection{Three-two}

\frame{\frametitle{X-one} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-a} bla bla bla}
\frame{\frametitle{X-one-b} bla bla bla}

\end{document}

One frame as result:

enter image description here

MWE :

Question :

It seems that it exists already :

Example of the expected display :

Summary :

Best Answer

Result.

Full MWE.

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Mini frame navigation not drawn correctly

[Tex/LaTex] Beamer – Dresden theme: miniframes appeareance and frame number insertion

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