[Tex/LaTex] How to move the page number to the bottom of the page for a single page

fancyhdrheader-footer

I am making a book with the fancyhdr package. I have some headers that put page numbers on the top corners of the pages. On pages that are started by \chapter, LaTeX moves the line number down to the middle of the bottom of the page and removes it from the top. (Apparently it does something like changing the pagestyle to plain for a single page.) That's fine, but I want to do the same thing on a certain single page that is not a chapter beginning.

What is the command that LaTeX is using to move clear the header and show the page number in the bottom of the page for a single page?

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I'd say that you could use \thispagestyle{plain}.

Using \thispagestyle{empty} would remove the page number.

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The first page of a chapter uses the plain pagestyle, even if some other style has been selected. You can fix this by adding \thispagestyle{fancy} after each \chapter{} command.

The blank space at the top of the first page of the chapter is part of the standard chapter style. You can use the fncychap package to create your own style (or use one of the packaged styles).

Update: For special chapters generated by command (e.g., \tableofcontents) which span more than one page, adding \thispagestyle{fancy} won't work. A more general solution is to add the following in your preamble:

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\chapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
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                    \global\@topnum\z@
                    \@afterindentfalse
                    \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
\makeatother

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Using the new and modern package scrlayer-scrpage gives you all you need. Of course, you can use fancyhdr for your document as well. The length of the rules can be changed pretty easily using scrlayer-scrpage but need much more effort with fancyhdr as the default width is synchronized with the headwidth.

\documentclass[twoside,
footsepline,plainfootsepline,
headsepline]{report}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage[automark,clines,markcase=nouppercase]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\cfoot[\pagemark]{\pagemark}
\ihead{\headmark}
\KOMAoption{footsepline}{:.5\textwidth}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}}
\usepackage{showframe}
\begin{document}
\blinddocument
\end{document}

Using fancyhdr

\documentclass[twoside,draft]{report}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\newlength{\footrulelength}
\setlength{\footrulelength}{.5\textwidth}

\usepackage{showframe}
\makeatletter
\def\footrule{
    \if@fancyplain\let\footrulewidth\plainfootrulewidth%
    \fi%
    \vskip-\footruleskip\vskip-\footrulewidth%
    \null\hfill%
    \rule{\footrulelength}{\footrulewidth}\hfill\null%
    \vskip\footruleskip%
}
\makeatother
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
    \fancyhf{}
    \fancyfoot[c]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{.4pt}
}

\usepackage{blindtext}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[ER]{\rmfamily\leftmark}
\fancyhead[OL]{\rmfamily\rightmark}
\fancyfoot[c]{\thepage}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{.4pt}
\renewcommand{\plainfootrulewidth}{.4pt}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}}
\begin{document}
\blinddocument
\end{document}

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