[Tex/LaTex] Fancyhdr does not apply same header/footer on chapter and non-chapter pages

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I have a problem with the fancy package: I use the report documentclass and I have a chapter, a lot of text and then a new page starting with a section (or the next page has no chapter starting on that particular page).

The problem be, that what I defined for my header and footer is NOT on the chapter-page but only on the non-chapter page.
How come? What did I miss?

Minimal example:

\documentclass[]{report}

\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr} % for use of \pageref{LastPage}

\fancypagestyle{IHA-fancy-style}{%
\fancyhf{} %Clear header and footer
\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\slshape \rightmark}
\fancyhead[LO,RE]{\slshape \leftmark}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage of \pageref{LastPage}} %Custom footer
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt} %Line at the header visible
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}} %Line at the footer visible

\title{A short example}

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\tableofcontents

\pagestyle{IHA-fancy-style}
\chapter{A chapter}
Look at the footer

\newpage
\section{A section}
Look at the footer

\end{document}

Take notice: No line on page 2 at the bottom – a line on page 3 at the bottom.

Any clues?

Best Answer

You can redefine the plain style that's issued by \chapter. Here's how you can do; I'd recommend not having headings in the chapter starting pages, nor the upper rule.

\documentclass[twoside]{report}

\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr} % for use of \pageref{LastPage}

\fancypagestyle{IHA-fancy-style}{%
  \fancyhf{}% Clear header and footer
  \fancyhead[LE,RO]{\slshape \rightmark}
  \fancyhead[LO,RE]{\slshape \leftmark}
  \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}% Custom footer
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}% Line at the header visible
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}% Line at the footer visible
}

% Redefine the plain page style
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  \fancyhf{}%
  \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}% Line at the header invisible
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}% Line at the footer visible
}
\title{A short example}

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\tableofcontents

\pagestyle{IHA-fancy-style}
\chapter{A chapter}
Look at the footer

\newpage
\section{A section}
Look at the footer

\end{document}

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I am not entirely sure that I understand what you want but the code below:

has a page footer on EVERY page with a line and the page number on the right-hand side
has your page headers except on the "first" pages

Rather than using fancyhdr etc I define the page headers and footers directly. When you type \pagestyle{mine} what happens is that latex executes the command \ps@mine, if it exists. The actual page headers and footers are stored in \@oddhead, \@evenhead, \@oddfoot and \@evenfoot so you just need to set these appropriately. There is also a \ps@empty command for clearing all of the current page headers and footers.

Anyway, this is what I have done:

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,twoside]{report}
\usepackage{mwe}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage[foot=4em]{geometry}% need to make the footer bigger

\makeatletter
\def\my@foot{\hbox to \textwidth{\rlap{\rule[2ex]{\textwidth}{0.4pt}}\hfill\thepage}}
\def\ps@mine{\ps@empty% clear all current headings and footings
    \let\@oddfoot\my@foot\let\@evenfoot\my@foot
    \def\@oddhead{Contents\hfill\includegraphics[height=22pt]{example-image-a}}
    \def\@evenhead{\includegraphics[height=22pt]{example-image-a}\hfill Contents}
}
\def\ps@plain{% this seems to be the "first" page for report.cls
    \ps@empty\let\@oddfoot\my@foot\let\@evenfoot\my@foot
}
\makeatother
\pagestyle{mine}

\begin{document}
  \tableofcontents
  \section{A}\lipsum \section{B}\lipsum \section{C}\lipsum \section{D}\lipsum
\end{document}

Perhaps the most painful part of this game is working out which pagestyle controls the first pages of chapters etc. For report.cls this seems to be \ps@plain, so I have changed it in order to get your line in the footer on the "first" pages as well. (For amsart and friends I think it is \ps@firstpage...).

If this isn't quite what you want then please explain clearly what the problems are and I will try and fine-tune.

[Tex/LaTex] How to make pages after the first come out correctly with fancyhdr

If you don't set a proper head height, fancyhdr reports the following:

Package Fancyhdr Warning: \headheight is too small (XX.Xpt): 
 Make it at least YY.YYYYpt.
 We now make it that large for the rest of the document.
 This may cause the page layout to be inconsistent, however.

As such, the newly-set \headheight will be the same throughout the document. To avoid this, I've created the following minimal document that sets a consistent head height, adding a vertical space (gap) on the first page to simulate a larger header:

enter image description here

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fancyhdr,datetime,geometry,lipsum,graphicx}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%date in format Sunday, October 25, 2011
\usdate
\def\theday {\dayofweekname{\day}{\month}{\year}}
\def\mydate {\theday , \today}

%%%%%%%%%%return address%%%%%%%%%%
\def\myname         {Frank Thorne}
\def\mydeptname     {Department of Mathematics}
\def\myaffiliation  {University of South Carolina}
\def\mystreet       {1523 Greene Street}
\def\mycitystatezip {Columbia,~SC \quad 29208}
\def\myphone        {\textit{Phone:} (803)404-4057 (home)}
\def\office         {(803)777-4224}
\def\fax            {\textit{Fax:}(803)777-3783}
\def\email          {thorne@math.sc.edu}
\def\url            {\texttt{http://www.math.sc.edu/~thornef}} % NOTE: use $\sim$ for tilde
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%margins%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\geometry{
  margin = 1in,
  headheight = 13.5pt
}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} %controls how the indentation of new paragraphs behaves
\setlength{\parskip}{6pt} %controls the space between paragraphs

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%letterhead%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\fancyfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\pagestyle{fancy}%

\fancypagestyle{firstpage}{
  \fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
  %%%usc logo
  \fancyhead[L]{\raisebox{\dimexpr-\height+\baselineskip}[0pt][0pt]{\includegraphics[width=2.5in]{example-image}}}
  %%%%%%%%%%return address on right%%%%%%%
  \fancyhead[R]{\leavevmode\footnotesize\itshape%
  \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}
    \myname \\ \mydeptname \\
    \myaffiliation \\ \mystreet \\
    \mycitystatezip \\ \email \\[\normalbaselineskip]
    \mydate
  \end{tabular}}
}

\begin{document}

\thispagestyle{firstpage}

\vspace*{8\baselineskip}

\lipsum[1-10]

\bigskip

\hspace{.5\textwidth}%
\begin{tabular}{@{}l}
  Sincerely, \\[2\normalbaselineskip]
  Frank Thorne \\
  \textit{Assistant Professor of Mathematics}
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

I've used geometry to adjust the page layout - it's just easier/more convenient.

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