[Tex/LaTex] How to create a header that has a colored box with page number, Chaptername, and also a line across the textwidth after it

colorheader-footerrules

I would like to create a fancy header that looks like this. I am writing a two-sided book with a5paper.
Header with line after chapter name

Best Answer

scrlayer-scrpage

Here is a suggestion using scrlayer-scrpage.

\documentclass[a5paper]{book}
\setlength\headheight{13.1pt}

\usepackage{xcolor}
\colorlet{headbgcolor}{green!50!blue!70}

\usepackage[markcase=noupper]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\automark[chapter]{chapter}
\renewcommand\chaptermarkformat{\chaptername\ \thechapter:\enskip}

\lehead*{%
  \makebox[0pt][r]{
    \colorbox{headbgcolor}{\makebox[\textwidth][r]{\pagemark\enskip}}\hspace*{1em}}%
  \headmark\hspace*{1em}\headrulefill%
}
\rohead*{%
  \headrulefill\hspace*{1em}\headmark%
  \makebox[0pt][l]{%
    \hspace*{1em}\colorbox{headbgcolor}{\makebox[\textwidth][l]{\enskip\pagemark}}}%
}

\addtokomafont{pagenumber}{\bfseries\color{white}}
\newcommand\headrulefill{\leaders\hrule width 0pt height 3pt depth -2.8pt \hfill}

\usepackage{blindtext}% dummy text
\begin{document}
\blinddocument
\end{document}

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If the chapter page should not get the header remove the stars after \lehead and \rohead.

fancyhdr

And here is an example using fancyhdr

\documentclass[a5paper]{book}
\setlength\headheight{13.1pt}

\usepackage{xcolor}
\colorlet{headbgcolor}{green!50!blue!70}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand\chaptermark[1]{\markboth{\chaptername\ \thechapter:\enskip#1}{}}
\fancyhf{}

\fancyhead[LE]{%
  \makebox[0pt][r]{
    \colorbox{headbgcolor}{\makebox[\textwidth][r]{\bfseries\textcolor{white}{\thepage}\enskip}}\hspace*{1em}}%
  {\itshape\leftmark}\hspace*{1em}\headrulefill%
}
\fancyhead[RO]{%
  \mbox{}\headrulefill \hspace*{1em}{\itshape\leftmark}%
  \makebox[0pt][l]{%
    \hspace*{1em}\colorbox{headbgcolor}{\makebox[\textwidth][l]{\enskip\bfseries\textcolor{white}{\thepage}}}}%
}
\renewcommand\headrulewidth{0pt}

\def\headrulefill{\leaders\hrule width 0pt height 3pt depth -2.8pt \hfill}

\usepackage{blindtext}% dummy text
\begin{document}
\blinddocument
\end{document}

If the chapter page should get the same header you have to redefine the fancypagestyle plain, too.

\fancypagestyle{plain}{
  \fancyhf{}
  \fancyhead[LE]{%
    \makebox[0pt][r]{
      \colorbox{headbgcolor}{\makebox[\textwidth][r]{\bfseries\textcolor{white}{\thepage}\enskip}}\hspace*{1em}}%
    {\itshape\leftmark}\hspace*{1em}\headrulefill%
  }
  \fancyhead[RO]{%
    \mbox{}\headrulefill \hspace*{1em}{\itshape\leftmark}%
    \makebox[0pt][l]{%
      \hspace*{1em}\colorbox{headbgcolor}{\makebox[\textwidth][l]{\enskip\bfseries\textcolor{white}{\thepage}}}}%
  }
}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] How to increase the spacing between header text and the ‘headrule’ line with fancyhdr

\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  \fancyhf{}
  \fancyhead[L]{\rule[-2ex]{0pt}{2ex}\small Thesis Title} 
  \fancyhead[R]{\small My Name} 
  \fancyfoot[L]{\small Project Name}
  \fancyfoot[C]{-- \thepage\ --}
  \fancyfoot[R]{\small Submission Date} 
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}}
\pagestyle{plain}

The "modern" notation for fancyhdr is preferable. Note that \small is not a command taking an argument, but rather a declaration.

Adjust the dimension of the strut, that is, the invisible \rule[-2ex]{0pt}{2ex} to suit you.

A strut is an invisible object that, however, contributes to the height (what's above the baseline) or the depth (what's below) of the line in which it is inserted. A rule of width zero is the ideal object, as we can control precisely its size. The \rule command has two mandatory arguments (width and height). With the optional argument we can dictate that it has also a depth. With this trick, the headline has a depth of 2ex (or what we prefer), so TeX will move down the headrule in order not to overlap the headline. It might turn out to be necessary to increase the space reserved for the headline; in this case fancyhdr will issue a warning that can be found in the .log file.

Note that LaTeX has a \strut command, which inserts an invisible rule roughly as high and deep as a parenthesis (in this application it's insufficient).

[Tex/LaTex] How to customize the page header and the page number of classicthesis

1. Redefining scrheadings
The redefinition of scrheading is described in chapter 5 in the KOMAscript-manual.

Add the following three lines to your MWE:

\clearscrheadfoot
\ohead{\rightmark}
\cfoot[\pagemark]{\pagemark}

You manipulate chapteror sectionin the header by changing between \leftmark and \rightmark in the second line, i.e.

\ohead{\rightmark}  % section-names in the header
\ohead{\leftmark}   % chapter-names in the header

If you use the option twoside to the class, you can use the command

\ohead{\headmark}

and have chapter names in the left-side heading and section names in the right-side headings, automagically.

Page number x of y
To have page number as ‘6 of 10’, add the package lastpage and redefine the cfoot to:

\cfoot[\pagemark]{\pagemark{} of \pageref{LastPage}}

NB! If you want the same page numbering in the part- and chapter-sides, add the same commands to the optional argument of \cfoot, i.e.

\cfoot[\pagemark{} of \pageref{LastPage}]% for pagestyle `scrplain`
     {\pagemark{} of \pageref{LastPage}}% for pagestyle `scrheading`

3. Section number in heading
To remove the section (or chapter-) number from the heading, in KOMAscript you use the commands:

 \renewcommand*{\sectionmarkformat}{}

and

 \renewcommand*{\chaptermarkformat}{}

Unfortunately, this does not work in classicthesis (the spaced smallcaps disappear). Instead, you have to use

\renewcommand{\sectionmark[1]{\markright{\spacedlowsmallcaps{#1}}}

4. Complete MWE
Your MWE with all your requirements implemented:

\documentclass[dottedtoc, headinclude, footinclude=true]{scrreprt}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[pdfspacing]{classicthesis}
\usepackage{lastpage,lipsum,kantlipsum} % Generates dummy text.


\pagestyle{scrheadings} % <--- Affects the page header 
                        % and page number in the footer.
\clearscrheadfoot
\ohead{\rightmark}  % comment this line and uncomment the next
                    % to switch to `chapter name` in the heading
%\ohead{\leftmark}  % comment out to 

\cfoot[\pagemark]{\pagemark}
    \cfoot[\pagemark{} of \pageref{LastPage}]% for pagestyle `scrplain`
     {\pagemark{} of \pageref{LastPage}}% for pagestyle `scrheading`

\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\spacedlowsmallcaps{#1}}}
% Remove section number from heading

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents


\part{Liechtenstein}
\chapter{Liechtenstein}\kant[1-6]\clearpage

\part{Germany}
\chapter{Germany}\kant[1-3]\clearpage
\section{Bavaria}\kant[1-6]\clearpage
\section{Hesse}\kant[1-6]

\end{document}