[Tex/LaTex] LaTeX contents page: hiding specific page numbers automatically

formattingtable of contents

Is it possible to have a contents page in LaTeX that doesn't show a page number of a particular subsection, if the one immediately before it shares the same page number?

e.g. If there are 3 subsections on the same page, is it possible in the contents page to show the page number only at the 1st line?

I'm also using the titletoc package in a way similar to the following:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{titletoc}
\titlecontents{section}[0pt]{\thecontentspage\quad\thecontentslabel\quad}{}{}{}
\titlecontents{subsection}[0pt]{\thecontentspage\quad\thecontentslabel\quad}{}{}{}
\titlecontents{subsubsection}[0pt]{\thecontentspage\quad\thecontentslabel\quad}{}{}{}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\section{FIRST}
\subsection{FIRST first}
\subsection{FIRST third}
\newpage
\subsubsection{FIRST third b}
\section{SECOND}
\subsection{SECOND first}

\end{document}

It doesn't include dots and shows the page numbers to the left of the section/subsection/subsubsection numbers.

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Solution for the use with titletoc. Self-commented code, you have to put the code block after \usepackage{titletoc} but before \begin{document}.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{titletoc}
\titlecontents{section}[0pt]{\thecontentspage \quad \thecontentslabel \quad}{}{}{}
\titlecontents{subsection}[0pt]{\thecontentspage \quad \thecontentslabel \quad}{}{}{}
\titlecontents{subsubsection}[0pt]{\thecontentspage \quad \thecontentslabel \quad}{}{}{}

% START HERE
\makeatletter
\AtBeginDocument{
\g@addto@macro{\tableofcontents}{\let\l@lastnumber\relax}
\let\old@ttl@tocentry\ttl@tocentry
\def\ttl@tocentry#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8{%
  \edef\l@thisnumber{#8}% store current page number
  \old@ttl@tocentry{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6}{#7}{%
    \ifnum\ttl@b>1\relax% the value here determines which levels will ALWAYS have page numbers
      \ifx\l@thisnumber\l@lastnumber% if the numbers are the same
        \leavevmode\phantom{\l@thisnumber}%
      \else% if the numbers differ
        \l@thisnumber
      \fi
    \else% if the level has to have the page number always
      \l@thisnumber
    \fi}%
  \edef\l@lastnumber{#8}% save the page number for the next ToC line
}
}
\makeatother
% END HERE

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\listoftables

\section{FIRST}
\subsection{FIRST first}
\subsection{FIRST second}
\subsection{FIRST third}
\subsubsection{FIRST third a}
\newpage
\subsubsection{FIRST third b}
\subsubsection{FIRST third c}
\subsection{FIRST fourth}
\section{SECOND}
\subsection{SECOND first}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Page number on the left with book class

Here's a solution that uses the titletoc package; the important part of the code is

% chapter formatting in toc
\titlecontents{chapter}
[0.0cm]             % left margin
{}                  % above code
{%                  % numbered format
{\llap{\thecontentspage\hspace{.5cm}}\thecontentslabel~}%
}%
{}         % unnumbered format
{}         % filler-page-format, e.g dots

screenshot

Here's a complete MWE to play with.

% arara: pdflatex
% arara: pdflatex
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{titletoc}

% chapter formatting in toc
\titlecontents{chapter}
[0.0cm]             % left margin
{}                  % above code
{%                  % numbered format
{\llap{\thecontentspage\hspace{.5cm}}\thecontentslabel~}%
}%
{}         % unnumbered format
{}         % filler-page-format, e.g dots

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\chapter{mychapter} 
\section{mysection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\section{mysection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\chapter{mychapter} 
\section{mysection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\section{mysection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\chapter{mychapter} 
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] How to do this amsart Table of Contents excluding dots on bold section rows

The amsart document class has a very strict way in which it sets things up, specifically because it is meant for publication submissions. As such, there's not much in terms of user-interface variation available. This is a good thing. However, it requires a complete revamp of the ToC-generation and interaction in order for it to be flexible.

Here is something that seems to satisfy all your requirements without using any additional packages (except etoolbox):

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\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage[showframe,paper=a5paper]{geometry}% Just for this example
\usepackage{etoolbox}

% Modifications to amsart ToC-related macros...
\makeatletter
\let\old@tocline\@tocline
\let\section@tocline\@tocline
% Insert a dotted ToC-line for \subsection and \subsubsection only
\newcommand{\subsection@dotsep}{4.5}
\newcommand{\subsubsection@dotsep}{4.5}
\patchcmd{\@tocline}
  {\hfil}
  {\nobreak
     \leaders\hbox{$\m@th
        \mkern \subsection@dotsep mu\hbox{.}\mkern \subsection@dotsep mu$}\hfill
     \nobreak}{}{}
\let\subsection@tocline\@tocline
\let\@tocline\old@tocline

\patchcmd{\@tocline}
  {\hfil}
  {\nobreak
     \leaders\hbox{$\m@th
        \mkern \subsubsection@dotsep mu\hbox{.}\mkern \subsubsection@dotsep mu$}\hfill
     \nobreak}{}{}
\let\subsubsection@tocline\@tocline
\let\@tocline\old@tocline

\let\old@l@subsection\l@subsection
\let\old@l@subsubsection\l@subsubsection

\def\@tocwriteb#1#2#3{%
  \begingroup
    \@xp\def\csname #2@tocline\endcsname##1##2##3##4##5##6{%
      \ifnum##1>\c@tocdepth
      \else \sbox\z@{##5\let\indentlabel\@tochangmeasure##6}\fi}%
    \csname l@#2\endcsname{#1{\csname#2name\endcsname}{\@secnumber}{}}%
  \endgroup
  \addcontentsline{toc}{#2}%
    {\protect#1{\csname#2name\endcsname}{\@secnumber}{#3}}}%

% Handle section-specific indentation and number width of ToC-related entries
\newlength{\@tocsectionindent}
\newlength{\@tocsubsectionindent}
\newlength{\@tocsubsubsectionindent}
\newlength{\@tocsectionnumwidth}
\newlength{\@tocsubsectionnumwidth}
\newlength{\@tocsubsubsectionnumwidth}
\newcommand{\settocsectionnumwidth}[1]{\setlength{\@tocsectionnumwidth}{#1}}
\newcommand{\settocsubsectionnumwidth}[1]{\setlength{\@tocsubsectionnumwidth}{#1}}
\newcommand{\settocsubsubsectionnumwidth}[1]{\setlength{\@tocsubsubsectionnumwidth}{#1}}
\newcommand{\settocsectionindent}[1]{\setlength{\@tocsectionindent}{#1}}
\newcommand{\settocsubsectionindent}[1]{\setlength{\@tocsubsectionindent}{#1}}
\newcommand{\settocsubsubsectionindent}[1]{\setlength{\@tocsubsubsectionindent}{#1}}

% Handle section-specific formatting and vertical skip of ToC-related entries
% \@tocline{<level>}{<vspace>}{<indent>}{<numberwidth>}{<extra>}{<text>}{<pagenum>}
\renewcommand{\l@section}{\section@tocline{1}{\@tocsectionvskip}{\@tocsectionindent}{}{\@tocsectionformat}}%
\renewcommand{\l@subsection}{\subsection@tocline{2}{\@tocsubsectionvskip}{\@tocsubsectionindent}{}{\@tocsubsectionformat}}%
\renewcommand{\l@subsubsection}{\subsubsection@tocline{3}{\@tocsubsubsectionvskip}{\@tocsubsubsectionindent}{}{\@tocsubsubsectionformat}}%
\newcommand{\@tocsectionformat}{}
\newcommand{\@tocsubsectionformat}{}
\newcommand{\@tocsubsubsectionformat}{}
\expandafter\def\csname toc@1format\endcsname{\@tocsectionformat}
\expandafter\def\csname toc@2format\endcsname{\@tocsubsectionformat}
\expandafter\def\csname toc@3format\endcsname{\@tocsubsubsectionformat}
\newcommand{\settocsectionformat}[1]{\renewcommand{\@tocsectionformat}{#1}}
\newcommand{\settocsubsectionformat}[1]{\renewcommand{\@tocsubsectionformat}{#1}}
\newcommand{\settocsubsubsectionformat}[1]{\renewcommand{\@tocsubsubsectionformat}{#1}}
\newlength{\@tocsectionvskip}
\newcommand{\settocsectionvskip}[1]{\setlength{\@tocsectionvskip}{#1}}
\newlength{\@tocsubsectionvskip}
\newcommand{\settocsubsectionvskip}[1]{\setlength{\@tocsubsectionvskip}{#1}}
\newlength{\@tocsubsubsectionvskip}
\newcommand{\settocsubsubsectionvskip}[1]{\setlength{\@tocsubsubsectionvskip}{#1}}

% Adjust section-specific ToC-related macros to have a fixed-width numbering framework
\patchcmd{\tocsection}{\indentlabel}{\makebox[\@tocsectionnumwidth][l]}{}{}
\patchcmd{\tocsubsection}{\indentlabel}{\makebox[\@tocsubsectionnumwidth][l]}{}{}
\patchcmd{\tocsubsubsection}{\indentlabel}{\makebox[\@tocsubsubsectionnumwidth][l]}{}{}

% Allow for section-specific page numbering format of ToC-related entries
\newcommand{\@sectypepnumformat}{}
\renewcommand{\contentsline}[1]{%
  \expandafter\let\expandafter\@sectypepnumformat\csname @toc#1pnumformat\endcsname%
  \csname l@#1\endcsname}
\newcommand{\@tocsectionpnumformat}{}
\newcommand{\@tocsubsectionpnumformat}{}
\newcommand{\@tocsubsubsectionpnumformat}{}
\newcommand{\setsectionpnumformat}[1]{\renewcommand{\@tocsectionpnumformat}{#1}}
\newcommand{\setsubsectionpnumformat}[1]{\renewcommand{\@tocsubsectionpnumformat}{#1}}
\newcommand{\setsubsubsectionpnumformat}[1]{\renewcommand{\@tocsubsubsectionpnumformat}{#1}}
\renewcommand{\@tocpagenum}[1]{%
  \hfill {\mdseries\@sectypepnumformat #1}}

% Small correction to Appendix, since it's still a \section which should be handled differently
\let\oldappendix\appendix
\renewcommand{\appendix}{%
  \leavevmode\oldappendix%
  \addtocontents{toc}{%
    \protect\settowidth{\protect\@tocsectionnumwidth}{\protect\@tocsectionformat\sectionname\space}%
    \protect\addtolength{\protect\@tocsectionnumwidth}{2em}}%
}
\makeatother

% #1 (default is as required)

% #2

% #3
\makeatletter
\settocsectionnumwidth{2em}
\settocsubsectionnumwidth{2.5em}
\settocsubsubsectionnumwidth{3em}
\settocsectionindent{1pc}%
\settocsubsectionindent{\dimexpr\@tocsectionindent+\@tocsectionnumwidth}%
\settocsubsubsectionindent{\dimexpr\@tocsubsectionindent+\@tocsubsectionnumwidth}%
\makeatother

% #4 & #5
\settocsectionvskip{10pt}
\settocsubsectionvskip{0pt}
\settocsubsubsectionvskip{0pt}
    
% #6 & #7
% See #3

% #8
\renewcommand{\contentsnamefont}{\bfseries\Large}

% #9
\settocsectionformat{\bfseries}
\settocsubsectionformat{\mdseries}
\settocsubsubsectionformat{\mdseries}
\setsectionpnumformat{\bfseries}
\setsubsectionpnumformat{\mdseries}
\setsubsubsectionpnumformat{\mdseries}

% #10
% Insert the following command inside your text where you want the ToC to have a page break
\newcommand{\tocpagebreak}{\leavevmode\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\clearpage}}

% #11
\let\oldtableofcontents\tableofcontents
\renewcommand{\tableofcontents}{%
  \vspace*{-\linespacing}% Default gap to top of CONTENTS is \linespacing.
  \oldtableofcontents}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\section{First section}
\subsection{First subsection}
\subsection{Second subsection}
\subsubsection{First subsubsection}
\subsubsection{Second subsubsection}
\section{Second section}
\subsection{First subsection}
\tocpagebreak
\subsection{Second subsection}
\subsubsection{First subsubsection}
\subsubsection{Second subsubsection}

\appendix
\section{An appendix section}
\subsection{First appendix subsection}
\subsection{Second appendix subsection}
\subsubsection{First appendix subsubsection}
\subsubsection{Second appendix subsubsection}
\end{document}

Specific to the requirements:

This is the default setting under amsart, so there's nothing to be done in this regard.
Only the \subsection and \subsubsection ToC entries have been adjusted to include a dotted line. This was taken from latex.ltx's \@dottedtocline that uses leaders.

Adjustments to the spacing between the dots can be achieved using (for example)

    \makeatletter
    \renewcommand{\subsection@dotsep}{5}% Adjust subsection dot gap
    \renewcommand{\subsubsection@dotsep}{5}% Adjust subsubsection dot gap
    \makeatother

The default values for both are 4.5.

The indentation can be set for each of the section levels \section, \subsection and \subsubsection, in addition to the width of the numbers in the ToC. The following self-explanatory macros set the defaults:

 \makeatletter
 \settocsectionnumwidth{2em}
 \settocsubsectionnumwidth{2.5em}
 \settocsubsubsectionnumwidth{3em}
 \settocsectionindent{1pc}%
 \settocsubsectionindent{\dimexpr\@tocsectionindent+\@tocsectionnumwidth}%
 \settocsubsubsectionindent{\dimexpr\@tocsubsectionindent+\@tocsubsectionnumwidth}%
 \makeatother

The subsection and subsubsection indents are set relative to the sections and subsections, making them line up within the ToC as required.

The default \@tocline macro of amsart provides a vertical skip before every sectional unit. This has been customized and can be set with a number of user-interface macros. The defaults are:
```
 \settocsectionvskip{10pt}
 \settocsubsectionvskip{0pt}
 \settocsubsubsectionvskip{0pt}
```

This leaves a gap of at least 10pt above a \section heading, but no gap (0pt) above a subsection or subsubsection.

See (4) above.
This can be adjusted using the number widths as refined in (3) above.
See (6).
\contentsnamefont holds the formatting of the ToC heading. A simple \renewcommand suffices to changes this. For example,
```
 \renewcommand{\contentsnamefont}{\bfseries\Large}
```

Each sectional heading in the ToC can be formatted at the "number+title" and "page number" level via the following self-explanatory macros:

 \settocsectionformat{\bfseries}
 \settocsubsectionformat{\mdseries}
 \settocsubsubsectionformat{\mdseries}
 \setsectionpnumformat{\bfseries}
 \setsubsectionpnumformat{\mdseries}
 \setsubsubsectionpnumformat{\mdseries}

(Optional) Insert \tocpagebreak within your document at the appropriate place between sectional units where you want the equivalent location to be broken in the ToC.
(Optional) \tableofcontents can be adjusted to insert a negative \vspace where appropriate.

This adaptation is not compatible with hyperref, unfortunately. If that is required, one may be better off by recreating the ToC and sectional unit layout using packages that support this in a more consistent/uniform way, and using a different class like article.

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