[Tex/LaTex] How to obtain mini frames without navigation bullets and subsection titles in beamer

beamermini-framesnavigationsectioningsections-paragraphs

I would like to use the miniframes theme exactly like the MWE below, except without navigation bullets and subsection titles. The only solutions I've found modify the section titles as well (e.g. by removing the other sections). I would like to keep the first line of the miniframes theme as it is, with all sections visible.

Thanks in advance for your help !

\documentclass[17pt,t,compress]{beamer}


\useoutertheme{miniframes}

\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{section in head/foot shaded}{\color{gray}\usebeamertemplate{section in head/foot}}


\input{pre}
\begin{document}
\section{Section A}

\subsection{Subsection 1}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\subsection{Subsection 2}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\section{Section B}

\subsection{Subsection 1}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}


\subsection{Subsection 2}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}



\section{Section C}
\subsection{Subsection 1}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\subsection{Subsection 2}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}


\section{Section D}
\subsection{Subsection 1}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\subsection{Subsection 2}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}


\end{document}

Best Answer

\documentclass[17pt,t,compress]{beamer}


\useoutertheme{miniframes}

\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{section in head/foot shaded}{\color{gray}\usebeamertemplate{section in head/foot}}

\setbeamertemplate{headline}{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=1.5pt]{upper separation line head}
  \end{beamercolorbox}
  \begin{beamercolorbox}{section in head/foot}
    \vskip2pt\insertsectionnavigationhorizontal{\paperwidth}{}{}\vskip2pt
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[colsep=1.5pt]{lower separation line head}
  \end{beamercolorbox}
}



\begin{document}
\section{Section A}

\subsection{Subsection 1}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\subsection{Subsection 2}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\section{Section B}

\subsection{Subsection 1}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}


\subsection{Subsection 2}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}



\section{Section C}
\subsection{Subsection 1}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\subsection{Subsection 2}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}


\section{Section D}
\subsection{Subsection 1}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}

\subsection{Subsection 2}
\begin{frame}
One frame
\end{frame}


\end{document}

Full example code:

\documentclass[compress]{beamer}
\useoutertheme[subsection=false]{miniframes}
\makeatletter
\let\beamer@writeslidentry@miniframeson=\beamer@writeslidentry
\def\beamer@writeslidentry@miniframesoff{%
  \expandafter\beamer@ifempty\expandafter{\beamer@framestartpage}{}% does not happen normally
  {%else
    % removed \addtocontents commands
    \clearpage\beamer@notesactions%
  }
}
\newcommand*{\miniframeson}{\let\beamer@writeslidentry=\beamer@writeslidentry@miniframeson}
\newcommand*{\miniframesoff}{\let\beamer@writeslidentry=\beamer@writeslidentry@miniframesoff}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\section{S1}
\subsection{SS1}
\frame{1}
\miniframesoff
\frame{2}
\miniframeson
\frame{3}
\subsection{SS2}
\miniframesoff
\frame{1}
\miniframeson
\frame{2}
\frame{3}
\end{document}

Resulting headline (only four of six mini frames are displayed):

headline produced by the example code, showing only four (of originally six) mini frames

[Tex/LaTex] One navigation bullet per subsection with subsection=false in custom beamer theme

This patch modifies the default mini frame navigation to show one mini frame per subsection instead of one for each slide. The mini frame is highlighted throughout the whole subsection:

\documentclass[compress]{beamer}

\useoutertheme[subsection=false]{miniframes}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\slideentry}{\advance\beamer@xpos by1\relax}{}{}{}
\def\beamer@subsectionentry#1#2#3#4#5{\advance\beamer@xpos by1\relax}%
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\section{S1}
\subsection{SS1}
  \frame{1}
  \frame{2}
  \frame{3}

\subsection{SS2}
  \frame{1}
  \frame{2}
  \frame{3}
\end{document}

The code is vaguely similar to the one in Beamer infolines outer theme with miniframe bullets only for the current section: The internal commands responsible for generating the mini frames are patched so that the x-position of the mini frames isn't increased for each slide, but only for each subsection.

The resulting headline, showing only one mini frame for each subsection:

headline showing one mini frame for each subsection, with the second one highlighted

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Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] How to remove some pages from the navigation bullets in Beamer

Full example code:

Resulting headline (only four of six mini frames are displayed):

[Tex/LaTex] One navigation bullet per subsection with subsection=false in custom beamer theme

The resulting headline, showing only one mini frame for each subsection:

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