I am trying to centre chapter, section and subsection using memoir
, with the following code:
\renewcommand{\chapnamefont}{\centering\normalfont}
\renewcommand{\chapnumfont}{\centering\normalfont}
\renewcommand\chaptitlefont{\centering\LARGE\normalfont}
\renewcommand\secheadstyle{\centering\Large\normalfont\noindent}
This works, but when the section title is longer than one line, the second one isn't centred anymore to the middle of the page, but only to the middle of the first line minus the space that is occupied by the section numbers. How to centre all lines of the section titles to the middle of the page?
Here is a working example:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt,twoside]{memoir}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage[spelling=old,babelshorthands=true,script=latin]{german}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\renewcommand{\chapnamefont}{\centering\normalfont}
\renewcommand{\chapnumfont}{\centering\normalfont}
\renewcommand\chaptitlefont{\centering\LARGE\normalfont}
\renewcommand\secheadstyle{\centering\Large\normalfont\noindent}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents*
\chapter{Test, nothing else – Don't waste your time reading this! It has to have two lines}
\section{Don't waste your time reading this! It has to have two lines. It has to have two lines}
\Blindtext
\footnote{\blindtext}
\blindtext
\section{Test124}
\Blindtext
\chapter{Test2}
\Blindtext \Blindtext \Blindtext
\end{document}
Best Answer
Drop the
\@hangfrom
style of the section using the following patch:\@hangfrom
takes the width of the section number into play and adjusts the layout accordingly. As such, it allows for sectional titles being displayed in a hanging style. However, for a centered view on things, this is of course not really ideal.If you're loading
hyperref
, the patch is to the macro\H@old@sectm@m
instead: