[Tex/LaTex] Enumeration in margins and hang indentation

#enumeratehorizontal alignmentindentationlistsmargins

A solution was given to Enumeration across many sections. However, (A) it seems enumeration prevents hang indent from activating. (B) Can I get the numbers to go into the left margin and leave hang indented references flush with the left margin? (C) How can I shift the numbers themselves a bit more to the left while leaving text flush to margin?

NOTE: IF we use the enumeration environment from an answer below (B) is solved, but (A) is still not working:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[top = 1in, bottom = 1in, left = 1in, right = 1in]{geometry}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist[enumerate]{leftmargin=-\itemindent}       %% here we change

\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\textbf{class X}
\end{center}

\begin{enumerate}
\item \hangindent=7mm \noindent \textcolor{blue}{
\textbf{sadsdasd sdsdadsd}. \textbf{1902}. sasds sasdasd adsdsasds sadsdsadsa asdasd. \textit{adsdsdadsd asda sdsadsadsda sdasdsdadsds asdasddsdasdsa}. asdasd: asdsads sasdas.}
\item  BBBBB
\end{enumerate}

\begin{center}
\textbf{class Y}
\end{center}

\begin{enumerate}[resume]
\item \footnotesize \textcolor{blue}{CCCCC} \normalsize
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

EDIT: I found a solution that avoid the enumeration environment altogether and is totally customizable.

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Is it like this?

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[top = 1in, bottom = 1in, left = 1in, right = 1in]{geometry}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist[enumerate]{leftmargin=\itemindent}    %% leftmargin=-\itemindent

\begin{document}
\noindent X\dotfill X
\begin{center}
\textbf{class X}
\end{center}

\begin{enumerate}
\item \footnotesize \textcolor{blue}{AAAAA} \normalsize
\item  BBBBB
\item \parbox[t]{\linewidth}{\hangindent=7mm \noindent \textcolor{blue}{
\textbf{sadsdasd sdsdadsd}. \textbf{1902}. sasds sasdasd adsdsasds sadsdsadsa asdasd. \textit{adsdsdadsd asda sdsadsadsda sdasdsdadsds asdasddsdasdsa}. asdasd: asdsads sasdas.}}

\end{enumerate}

\begin{center}
\textbf{class Y}
\end{center}

\begin{enumerate}[resume]
\item \footnotesize \textcolor{blue}{CCCCC} \normalsize
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

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Or this:

Changing \setlist[enumerate]{leftmargin=-\itemindent} to

\setlist[enumerate]{leftmargin=*}

gives

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[Tex/LaTex] Enumeration flush right

A quick solution:

\begin{itemize}
\item[text:] some info
\item[Sometext:] some another info
\item[Somelongertext:] an info
\end{itemize}

But if you want the items not to be put in the margins, you can use a tabular instead. I use longtabu from tabu package with column type X, to make the text wrapping properly. However, it is not suitable for long items, that produce bad page breaks.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{longtable,tabu}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{longtabu} to \textwidth{@{}rX@{}}
text: & some info \\
Sometext: & some another info \\
Somelongertext: & something very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long
\end{longtabu}
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\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] How to reduce the indentation of items in an enumeration

The memoir class, by default, adds a bit of horizontal space in front of the labels. In the code below -- which I believe achieves your formatting objectives -- this extra space is suppressed by specifying explicitly the desired forms of the labels ([1.], [a.]) as the argument of each \begin{enumerate} command. In addition, I've allocated a bit more horizontal widths to the left-hand column. The instruction \firmlists* reduces the amount of vertical spacing, and the command \frenchspacing suppresses the extra space after periods.

An additional suggestion: consider placing the tabular stuff in a table rather than in a figure environment: people tend to associate "figures" with graphical information, not tabular information.

\documentclass[a4paper]{memoir}
\frenchspacing

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\firmlists*

\begin{tabular}{|p{0.51\textwidth}p{0.45\textwidth}|}
\hline
\begin{enumerate}[1.]
  \item SDF
    \begin{enumerate}[a.]
      \item \label{templatelang-req:target-sort}Target sort
      \item \label{templatelang-req:cons-attr}Constructor attribute
      \item \label{templatelang-req:other-attrs}Other attributes
      \item \label{templatelang-req:sort-refs}References to other sorts
      \item \label{templatelang-req:literals-1}Literal text (excl. layout)
      \item \label{templatelang-req:option-op}Option operator \texttt{A?}
      \item \label{templatelang-req:repetition-op}Repetition operators 
            \texttt{A*} and \texttt{A+}
      \item \label{templatelang-req:list-op}List operators 
            \texttt{\{A S\}*} and \texttt{\{A S\}+}
    \end{enumerate}
  \end{enumerate} &
\begin{enumerate}
  \setcounter{enumi}{1}
  \item Pretty printer
    \begin{enumerate}[a.]
      \item \label{templatelang-req:literals-2}Literal text (incl. layout)
      \item \label{templatelang-req:wordwrap}Optional: word wrap
      \item \label{templatelang-req:alignment}Optional: alignment
      \item \label{templatelang-req:tabstops}Optional: tab stops
    \end{enumerate}
  \vspace{1.8ex}
  \item Completion templates
    \begin{enumerate}[a.]
      \item \label{templatelang-req:literals-3}Literal text (incl. layout)
      \item \label{templatelang-req:placeholder-text}Placeholder text
    \end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Required information to encode in our syntax templates}
\label{fig:templatelang:requirements}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

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