As you see above, the bullets are aligned by default to the left edge of the text of the parent list. However, I want LaTeX to automatically identify the right edges of the parent list bullets and use that edge as a starting reference for the bullets of nested itemize lists. I need this to prevent very short lines in second level or third level nested itemize environments.
Here is my source code:
\documentclass[]{report}
\usepackage{paralist}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{bbding}
\newcommand{\bulletnoI}{\ding{55}}
\newcommand{\bulletcircle}{\Large $\bullet$}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}[\bulletnoI]
\item Main Level Item 1
\item Main Level Item 2
\item Main Level Item 3
\begin{itemize}[\bulletcircle]
\item Second Level Item 1
\item Second Level Item 2
\item Second Level Item 3
\begin{itemize}[\footnotesize \ding{109}]
\item Third Level Item 1
\item Third Level Item 2
\item Third Level Item 3
\end{itemize}
\end{itemize}
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
Best Answer
The
enumitem
package provides finer control over the horizontal spacing, and you can set it globally for particular list types and levels.