[Tex/LaTex] how to add extra vspace in TOC after one specific section

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I like some extra vertical white space in the TOC after one specific section.

So far I have:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\preto\section{% 
\addtocontents{toc}{\vskip10pt}}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\section{No extra space in TOC 1}
\section{No extra space in TOC 2}
\section{Chapter after which extra space in TOC is wanted}
\section{No extra space in TOC 3}

\end{document}

This does create extra space the way I want it, but after all chapters.
(by the way I tried different things and I'm not sure if both packages are needed for the thing I have now…)

How can I specify one chapter that the extra space should be put after in the TOC?

Best Answer

use \addtocontents

\documentclass{article}    
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\section{No extra space in TOC 1}
\section{No extra space in TOC 2}
\section{Chapter after which extra space in TOC is wanted}
\addtocontents{toc}{\vspace{\normalbaselineskip}}
\section{No extra space in TOC 3}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] How to change vertical spacing in TOC between section entry and only the first subsection entry in each section

One option would be to redefine \subsection as implemented in article.cls. In the redefinition you test for the value of the subsection counter; if the value is greater then one, do nothing; if it's equal to one, add the space to the ToC:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\setlength\cftparskip{0pt}
\setlength\cftaftertoctitleskip{44pt}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\subsection{\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}%
  {-3.25ex\@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
  {1.5ex \@plus .2ex}%
  {\normalfont\large\bfseries%
  \ifnum\value{subsection}>1 \else \addtocontents{toc}{\protect\addvspace{22pt}}\fi}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\section{Test section one}
\subsection{test section one one}
\subsection{test section one two}
\section{Test section two}
\subsection{test section two one}
\subsection{test section two two}
\clearpage
\section{Test section three}
\subsection{test section three one}
\subsection{test section three two}

\end{document}

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Patching the \subsection command with the help of \patchcmd from the etoolbox package simplifies the code:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\setlength\cftparskip{0pt}
\setlength\cftaftertoctitleskip{44pt}

\patchcmd{\subsection}{\bfseries}%
  {\ifnum\value{subsection}>1 \else \addtocontents{toc}{\protect\addvspace{22pt}}\fi}{}{}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\section{Test section one}
\subsection{test section one one}
\subsection{test section one two}
\section{Test section two}
\subsection{test section two one}
\subsection{test section two two}
\clearpage
\section{Test section three}
\subsection{test section three one}
\subsection{test section three two}

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] How to change the style of ToC and \chapter

Here's one possible solution (feel free to adapt it according to your needs); the tocloft package was used to change the formatting for chapter entries in the ToC and the sectsty package was used to change the formatting for chapter headings in the document:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{sectsty}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newlength\mylen

\renewcommand\cftchappresnum{\chaptername~}
\settowidth\mylen{\bfseries\cftchappresnum\cftchapaftersnum}
\addtolength\cftchapnumwidth{\mylen}

\renewcommand\cftchapaftersnumb{\\\hspace*{\dimexpr-\mylen-1.5em\relax}}
\addtocontents{toc}{\cftpagenumbersoff{chapter}}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\@tocrmarg}{0em}
\renewcommand\cftchapafterpnum{%
  \par\vskip-1ex\hspace*{\dimexpr-\mylen-1.5em\relax}\hrulefill\par}
\makeatother

\renewcommand\cftchapfont{\sffamily}
\chapterfont{\sffamily}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\chapter{Test Chapter One}
\section{Test Section One One}
\section{Test Section One Two}
\chapter{Test Chapter Two}
\section{Test Section Two One}
\section{Test Section Two Two}

\end{document}

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