[Tex/LaTex] Fancy Section headers

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I wanted to add the lines from the edge of the left margin to the colored box in my section headers so this it looks like:

Here is the code I have thus far:

\documentclass[11pt]{book}
    \usepackage[top=3cm,bottom=3cm,left=3.2cm,right=3.2cm,headsep=10pt,letterpaper]{geometry}
    \usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
    \usepackage{lipsum}
    \usepackage{xcolor}
    \definecolor{mybluei}{RGB}{52,177,201}
    \definecolor{myblueii}{RGB}{63,200,244}
    \definecolor{myblueiii}{RGB}{199,234,253}
    \definecolor{ultramarine}{RGB}{0,45,97}
    \usepackage{tikz}
    \usetikzlibrary{shadows.blur}
    \usetikzlibrary{shapes.symbols}
    \usepackage{etoolbox,fancyhdr}
    \usepackage[explicit,calcwidth]{titlesec}

    \makeatletter
    \newcommand{\thechapterimage}{}%
    \newcommand{\chapterimage}[1]{\renewcommand{\thechapterimage}{#1}}%
    \def\@makechapterhead#1{%
    {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
    \if@mainmatter
    \fi\fi\par\vspace*{120\p@}\stepcounter{chapshift}}}
    \makeatother

    \newcommand\SectionFont{\usefont{T1}{qhv}{b}{n}\selectfont}
    \titleformat{\section}
      {\normalfont\SectionFont\color{myblueii}}
      {\colorbox{mybluei}{%
        \parbox[c][16pt][c]{40pt}{%
          \centering\textcolor{white}{\SectionFont\Large\thesection}%
          }%
        }%
      }
      {1em}
      {#1}
      [\vspace{-1.2\baselineskip}%
        \color{myblueii}\hspace*{\dimexpr40pt+2\fboxsep\relax}%
        \rule{\dimexpr\textwidth-40pt-2\fboxsep\relax}{1pt}%
      ]

    \usetikzlibrary{calc}
    \pagestyle{plain}
    \newcounter{chapshift}
    \addtocounter{chapshift}{-1}
    \newcommand\BoxColor{%
      ultramarine}

    \def\subsectiontitle{}
    \renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\sffamily\normalsize#1}{}}
    \renewcommand{\subsectionmark}[1]{\def\subsectiontitle{#1}}
    \pagestyle{fancy}
    \renewcommand{\headrule}{{\color{myblueii}%
    \hrule width\headwidth height\headrulewidth depth\headrulewidth}}
    \fancyhf{} \fancyhead[LE,RO]{\normalsize\colorbox{myblueii}{\color{white}\sffamily\bfseries\strut\quad\thepage\quad}}
    \fancyhead[LO]{\textcolor{mybluei} \rightmark%
    \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
      \node[fill=\BoxColor,inner sep=0pt,rectangle,text width=1cm,
        text height=4cm,align=center,anchor=north east]
      at ($ (current page.north east) + (-0cm,-2*\thechapshift cm) $)
      {\rotatebox{90}{\parbox{4cm}{%
       \centering\textcolor{white}{\bfseries\scshape\rightmark \\ \sffamily\subsectiontitle}}}};
      \end{tikzpicture}}
    \fancyhead[RE]{Testing Book%
      \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
      \node[fill=\BoxColor,inner sep=0pt,rectangle,text width=1cm,
        text height=4cm,align=center,anchor=north west]
      at ($ (current page.north west) + (-0cm,-2*\thechapshift cm) $)
      {\rotatebox{90}{\parbox{4cm}{%
        \centering\textcolor{white}{\bfseries\scshape\rightmark \\ \sffamily\subsectiontitle}}}};
      \end{tikzpicture}} 

\makeatother

\begin{document}
\chapterimage{bishade}
\chapter{Testing}
\section{Test One}
\lipsum[1-2]
\section{Test Two}
\lipsum[1-2]
\chapter{Testing Three}
\section{Test Four}
\lipsum[1-2]
\section{Test Two}
\lipsum[1]
\newpage
\section{Test Two}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

Best Answer

It's easier if you replace the command with a node, so you can use that to draw everything else. The line that goes over the text width is kind of manual for now. Meaning that it spans the text width and then the length of the node, plus the inner sep, is removed from that value.

Output

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Code

    \documentclass[11pt]{book}
    \usepackage[top=3cm,bottom=3cm,left=3.2cm,right=3.2cm,headsep=10pt,letterpaper]{geometry}
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    \usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
    \usepackage{lipsum}
    \usepackage{xcolor}
    \definecolor{mybluei}{RGB}{52,177,201}
    \definecolor{myblueii}{RGB}{63,200,244}
    \definecolor{myblueiii}{RGB}{199,234,253}
    \definecolor{ultramarine}{RGB}{0,45,97}
    \usepackage{tikz}
    \usetikzlibrary{shadows.blur}
    \usetikzlibrary{shapes.symbols}
    \usepackage{etoolbox,fancyhdr}
    \usepackage[explicit,calcwidth]{titlesec}

    \makeatletter
    \newcommand{\thechapterimage}{}%
    \newcommand{\chapterimage}[1]{\renewcommand{\thechapterimage}{#1}}%
    \def\@makechapterhead#1{%
    {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
    \if@mainmatter
    \fi\fi\par\vspace*{120\p@}\stepcounter{chapshift}}}
    \makeatother

    \newcommand\SectionFont{\usefont{T1}{qhv}{b}{n}\selectfont}
    \titleformat{\section}
      {\normalfont\SectionFont\color{myblueii}}
      {\tikz[baseline=(a.base), overlay]{
            \node[fill=mybluei, anchor=south west, outer sep=0, draw=none, inner sep=.5mm, 
                text=white,font=\Large, text width=1.5cm, align=center, minimum height=8.5mm,
                label={[text=myblueii]right:#1}
            ] (a) {\thesection};
        \foreach \x in {.25,.5,.75}{%
        \draw[mybluei, ultra thick] (a) ($(a.south west)!\x!(a.north west)$) --++ (-4,0);
        }
        \draw[myblueii, ultra thick] ($(a.south east)!.25!(a.north east)$) --++ (\textwidth-1.6cm,0);
        }
      }
      {1em}
      {}

    \usetikzlibrary{calc}
    \pagestyle{plain}
    \newcounter{chapshift}
    \addtocounter{chapshift}{-1}
    \newcommand\BoxColor{%
      ultramarine}

    \def\subsectiontitle{}
    \renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\sffamily\normalsize#1}{}}
    \renewcommand{\subsectionmark}[1]{\def\subsectiontitle{#1}}
    \pagestyle{fancy}
    \renewcommand{\headrule}{{\color{myblueii}%
    \hrule width\headwidth height\headrulewidth depth\headrulewidth}}
    \fancyhf{} \fancyhead[LE,RO]{
        \normalsize\colorbox{myblueii}{\color{white}\sffamily\bfseries\strut\quad\thepage\quad}
        }
    \fancyhead[LO]{\textcolor{mybluei} \rightmark%
    \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
      \node[fill=\BoxColor,inner sep=0pt,rectangle,text width=1cm,
        text height=4cm,align=center,anchor=north east]
      at ($ (current page.north east) + (-0cm,-2*\thechapshift cm) $)
      {\rotatebox{90}{\parbox{4cm}{%
       \centering\textcolor{white}{\bfseries\scshape\rightmark \\ \sffamily\subsectiontitle}}}};    
      \end{tikzpicture}}
    \fancyhead[RE]{Testing Book%
      \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
      \node[fill=\BoxColor,inner sep=0pt,rectangle,text width=1cm,
        text height=4cm,align=center,anchor=north west]
      at ($ (current page.north west) + (-0cm,-2*\thechapshift cm) $)
      {\rotatebox{90}{\parbox{4cm}{%
        \centering\textcolor{white}{\bfseries\scshape\rightmark \\ \sffamily\subsectiontitle}}}};
      \end{tikzpicture}} 

\makeatother

\setlength{\headheight}{14pt}

\begin{document}
\chapterimage{bishade}
\chapter{Testing}
\section{Test One}
\lipsum[1-2]
\section{Test Two}
\lipsum[1-2]
\chapter{Testing Three}
\section{Test Four}
\lipsum[1-2]
\section{Test Two}
\lipsum[1]
\newpage
\section{Test Two}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Section headers in margins

you could use the titlesec package to modify the definition of the \section command. in lyx you can add latex-code manually by going to the document preferences: Document->Settings -> Latex preamble. I marked the part of code you have to put in your document.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}

%to lyn preamble from here

\usepackage{titlesec}

\titleformat{\section}[leftmargin]
{\normalfont
\sffamily\bfseries\filleft}
{}{0pt}{}
\titlespacing{\section}
{4pc}{1.5ex plus .1ex minus .2ex}{1pc}

%to here

\begin{document}

\section{Objective}
\noindent
Auditing/Analysis of Operations

\section{Education}
\noindent
B.S. in Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, May 1986
Concentrations in Accounting and Management Systems
QPA 3.9 in major, 3.7 overall

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Create fancy section titles by redefining the section command

Here's a quick solution, to be used as a starting point (it admits improvements), using the titlesec package:

\documentclass[twoside]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,shadows,calc}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\definecolor{visgreen}{rgb}{0.733, 0.776, 0}

% the tikz picture that will be used for the title formatting
% \SecTitle{<signal direction>}{<node anchor>}{<node horiz, shift>}{<node x position>}{#5}
% the fifth argument will be used by \titleformat to write the section title using #1
\newcommand\SecTitle[5]{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,every node/.style={signal, draw, text=white, signal to=nowhere}]
  \node[visgreen,fill, signal to=#1, inner sep=1em, drop shadow,
    text=white,font=\Huge\sffamily,anchor=#2,
    xshift=\the\dimexpr-\marginparwidth-\marginparsep-#3\relax] 
    at (#4,0) {#5};
\end{tikzpicture}%
}

\titleformat{name=\section,page=even}
{\normalfont}{}{0em}
{\SecTitle{east}{west}{16pt}{0}{#1}}[\addvspace{4ex}]

\titleformat{name=\section,page=odd}
{\normalfont\sffamily}{}{0em}
{\SecTitle{west}{east}{14pt}{\paperwidth}{#1}}[\addvspace{4ex}]

\begin{document}

\section{Test Section One}
\lipsum[2]
\section{Test Section Two}
\lipsum[2]
\clearpage
\section{Test Section Three}
\lipsum[2]
\section{Test Section Four}
\lipsum[2]

\end{document}