[Tex/LaTex] How to remove header in list of figures, tables, and bibliography (book class)

booksheader-footerpage-numberingtable of contents

I redefined how chapter* environment appears in book class as follows:

% CHAPTER* HEADER
\renewcommand{\@makeschapterhead}[1]{%
{%
    \vspace*{\@spacebeforechapterhead}%
    \parindent 0pt \Large%\bfseries
    %\phantom{\@chapapp}%
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \vspace*{\@spaceinchapterhead}%
    \rule{0.666\textwidth}{0.5pt}
    \par
    \vspace*{\@spaceinchapterhead}%
    \vspace*{\@spaceinchapterhead}%
    {\spacedlowsmallcaps{#1}\hfill}%
    \mbox{}\par
    \mbox{}\par
    \mbox{}\par
    \pdfbookmark[0]{#1}{#1}
    \markright{}%remove header
}%
}

List of figures, List of tables, and Bibliography all use chapter* internally, but for some reason they keep the header, as shown below.

How can I remove the header in the mentioned three environments?

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I would not modify the definition of \chapter*. Instead, simply change

\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\listoftables

\begingroup
\pagestyle{plain}
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\listoftables
\endgroup

This ensures that the plain page style, which typesets the page number in the middle of the footer line, is in force for the output of \tableofcontents, \listoffigures, and \listoftables. The \begingroup and \endgroup statements serve to "localize" the scope of the \pagestyle{plain} directive.

Addendum: For the bibliiography, I suggest you employ the following coding eye:

\cleardoublepage
\begingroup
\pagestyle{plain}
\markboth{}{}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography} % optional
\bibliography{mylib} % if entries are in file 'mylib.bib'
\endgroup

This assumes that you have a suitable \bibliographystyle directive somewhere else in the document, along with all required \cite instructions.

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[Tex/LaTex] Header with roman and arabic numerals, list of figures integrated into table of contents

Here's some code. Note that I removed all packages that are unnecessary for the example.

\documentclass[12pt,oneside,a4paper]{article}

\usepackage[
 left=40mm,
 top=30mm,
 right=20mm,
 bottom=20mm,
 headsep=12.5mm,
 headheight=14.5pt, %%% 3mm is too small
 heightrounded
]{geometry}

\usepackage{fancyhdr,xpatch}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.0pt}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[R]{Title of topic --- \thepage}

\makeatletter
\let\ORI@section\section
\renewcommand{\section}{\@ifstar\s@section\ORI@section}
\newcommand{\s@section}[1]{%
  \ORI@section*{#1}
  \csname phantomsection\endcsname % for hyperref
  \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{#1}
}
\xpatchcmd{\tableofcontents}{\section}{\ORI@section}{}{} % toc not in toc
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\pagenumbering{roman}

\tableofcontents
\clearpage

\listoffigures
\clearpage

\listoftables 
\clearpage

\section*{Section A}

\clearpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}

\section{Section B}

\end{document}

The code redefines \section so that \section* will automatically add it to the table of contents. There's only one catch: \tableofcontents uses \section*, so it has been patched in order to use the original version of the command.

Some points to note about your original code:

\special is not needed, because geometry takes care of it
the headheight you specified is too small
\makebox[0pt][r]{Title of topic} does nothing more than the simple Title of topic, because fancyhdr uses right alignment anyway there; I also added a dash to separate the title from the page number.
\onehalfspacing is countermanded by \setstretch{1.3}; if you can, avoid increasing the leading.

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If you want to reduce the spacing between section titles, add the following line

\xpatchcmd{\l@section}{1.0em}{0.5ex}{}{}

immediately before \makeatother in the given code. Adjust 0.5ex to what suits you. For the image, I added two subsections in order to give the flavor.

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[Tex/LaTex] How to remove dots and page number of list of figures and list of tables in table of contents

You should use some of the functionality provided by tocloft. Instead of using \addcontentsline{<file>}{<type>}{<title>}, use \cftaddtitleline{<file>}{<type>}{<title>}{<page>}. Using the latter allows you to use an empty <page> argument:

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\documentclass{article}

% Table of Contents package 
\usepackage{tocloft}        

% dots to TOC
\AtBeginDocument{                                               
  \renewcommand{\cftsecleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftsecdotsep}}    
  \renewcommand\cftsecdotsep{\cftdot}                         
  \renewcommand\cftsubsecdotsep{\cftdot}                      
  \renewcommand{\cftfigleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftsecdotsep}}
  \renewcommand{\cfttableader}{\cftdotfill{\cftsecdotsep}}
}

%remove incremental number from TOC
\newcommand{\abstractsection}[1]{%
  \clearpage
  \section*{#1}
  \cftaddtitleline{toc}{section}{#1}{}%
}

\begin{document}

\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\renewcommand{\protect\cftsecleader}{\hfill}}

%abstract
\abstractsection{ABSTRACT}

Some abstract content

\clearpage

% List of Figures and List of Tables
\listoffigures
\cftaddtitleline{toc}{section}{LIST OF FIGURES}{}%
\listoftables
\cftaddtitleline{toc}{section}{LIST OF TABLES}{}%

\clearpage

% Table of Contents
\tableofcontents 
\cftaddtitleline{toc}{section}{CONTENTS}{}%

\clearpage

\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\renewcommand{\protect\cftsecleader}{\protect\cftdotfill{\protect\cftsecdotsep}}}

%contents
\section{FIRST CHAPTER}
\begin{figure}[ht]
  figure
  \caption[EXAMPLE FIGURE]{example figure}
\end{figure}

\section{SECOND CHAPTER}
\begin{table}[ht]
  table
  \caption[EXAMPLE TABLE]{example table}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Additionally, you have to insert (very strategically) entries into the ToC file to remove the leaders. I've done so and commented those locations above. The .toc file should now resemble:

\renewcommand {\cftsecleader }{\hfill }
\contentsline {section}{ABSTRACT}{}
\contentsline {section}{LIST OF FIGURES}{}
\contentsline {section}{LIST OF TABLES}{}
\contentsline {section}{CONTENTS}{}
\renewcommand {\cftsecleader }{\cftdotfill {\cftsecdotsep }}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}FIRST CHAPTER}{5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}SECOND CHAPTER}{5}

This way of adjusting the ToC-related content is necessary, since the ToC is processed as a whole before the rest of the document is set. You have to insert the adjustments within your document that correspond to the sequence within the ToC.

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