I want to create an indented list where new (non-itemized) paragraphs inside the list are not indented at all (that is, they are aligned with the left margin of the main text. See image below).
I am using the enumitem
package with the following options:
labelsep=8pt,
labelindent=0.5\parindent,
itemindent=0pt,
leftmargin=*,
listparindent=-\leftmargin
(the * should serve to calculate the value of \leftmargin
from the other parameters and the automatically computed label width). However, this doesn't result as expected (see MWE below). If I set instead
leftmargin=3cm
listparindent=-\leftmargin
it works as intended (but I do not want to set the left margin to a particular value, what I want is a fixed \labelindent
and \labelsep
). Inserting
\noindent\hskip-\leftmargin
at the beginning of the offending paragraph also works, but is not very systematic indeed. How should I set the enumerate
options to achieve what I want?
MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist[enumerate]{%
labelsep=8pt,%
labelindent=0.5\parindent,%
itemindent=0pt,%
leftmargin=*,%
listparindent=-\leftmargin%
}
\begin{document}
A normal paragraph of text just to show where
the left margin lies, for comparison. New paragraphs
inside enumerate should start at that left margin.
\begin{enumerate}[label=Case \arabic*:]
\item By setting the enumerate options in a
(I think) sensible manner, I don't achieve what I want
This paragraph shouldn't be indented at all!
\item I want to set the options so that new paragraphs
behave like the following one
\noindent\hskip-\leftmargin
This paragraph is indeed not indented at all!
\end{enumerate}
\begin{enumerate}[resume*,leftmargin=3cm,listparindent=-\leftmargin]
\item Setting a specific value for leftmargin also works\dots
But this is not what I want :-(
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
I'd avoid doing this for all enumerate
environment; define a new list for this.
Best Answer
I'm not sure why you want to do this. However, here's the way:
You have to delay setting
\listparindent
when the value of\leftmargin
has been determined.