[Tex/LaTex] How to display a short chapter name in the header and a long chapter name in the ToC

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I am writing a book and one of my chapters has a very long title. As it can't be displayed correctly on the top of even pages, I provide a "short title name" via the

\chapter[short title]{long title}

command. But then, "short title" appears in the table of contents instead of the original/true/long one.

How can I have the "short title" in the header of even pages, and the "long title" in the ToC and in the "Title header"?

For reference, here is the code I use:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{book}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents 
\chapter[Short title]{Very vey very very very very very very long title
    i can't display in the header}
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\end{document}

Best Answer

\chapter[toc version]{doc version}
\chaptermark{version for header}

Helpful link with more information (also for similar or different use-cases):

https://texfaq.org/FAQ-runheadtoobig

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[Tex/LaTex] Header with section short title and chapter short title using KOMA-Script

Set option autoneside=false for package scrlayer-scrpage if you want to use both chapter and section titles in a onesided document.

Set class option headings=optiontohead if the optional argument of sectioning commands should be used for the page header and not for ToC by default.

Example:

\documentclass[
  headings=optiontohead,
  twoside=false
]{scrbook}

\usepackage[autooneside=false,automark]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\ihead{\leftmark}
\ohead{\rightmark}
\cfoot*{\pagemark}

\usepackage{lipsum}% only for dummy text
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter[Short chapter title]{Long chapter title for document and TOC}
\section[Short section title]{Long section title for document and TOC}
\lipsum
\chapter{A chapter}
\section{A section}
\lipsum
\end{document}

Update (regarding a comment below)

To avoid two equal entries on both sides of the header (eg. in a TOC with more than one page or a chapter without sections) you can use

\ohead{\ifstr{\leftmark}{\rightmark}{}{\rightmark}}

Example:

\documentclass[
  headings=optiontohead,
  twoside=false
]{scrbook}

\usepackage[autooneside=false,automark]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\ihead{\leftmark}
\ohead{\ifstr{\leftmark}{\rightmark}{}{\rightmark}}
\cfoot*{\pagemark}

\usepackage{lipsum}% only for dummy text
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter[Short chapter title]{Long chapter title for document and TOC}
\lipsum[1-12]
\section[Short section title]{Long section title for document and TOC}
\lipsum
\chapter{A chapter}
\section{A section}
\lipsum
\end{document}

Best Answer

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[Tex/LaTex] Header with section short title and chapter short title using KOMA-Script

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