[Tex/LaTex] List of figures as a section with number

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How can I get the list of figures as a section in an article document, so it will be listed in the table of contents? At the moment it's listed in the ToC, but without number.

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In the default article document class \listoffigures is set as \section*, thereby removing it from being displayed in the ToC:

\newcommand\listoffigures{%
    \section*{\listfigurename}%
      \@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
              {\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
    \@starttoc{lof}%
    }

Modifying this to actually use \section instead inserts the appropriate numbering:

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\documentclass{article}
\newcommand{\insertfigure}{\begin{figure}\caption{A figure caption}\end{figure}}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\listoffigures{%
    \section{\listfigurename}% Used to be \section*{\listfigurename}
      \@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
              {\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
    \@starttoc{lof}%
    }
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\section{A section}\insertfigure\insertfigure\insertfigure
\section{A section}\insertfigure\insertfigure\insertfigure
\section{A section}\insertfigure\insertfigure\insertfigure
\section{A section}\insertfigure\insertfigure\insertfigure
\section{A section}\insertfigure\insertfigure\insertfigure
\section{A section}\insertfigure\insertfigure\insertfigure
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Wrong page number for List of Figures within Table of Contents

The second code you mentioned should work, as egreg already commented. However, you could write the \addcontentsline command into the .lof file, before figures are created, so it's executed at the beginning of the beginning of the list of figures page:

\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}}

You need to use \protect before \addcontentsline to prevent the expansion of that macro when it's written to the .lof file.

Another approach would be using the tocbibind package instead of adding those entries manually. tocbibind automatically adds the bibliography and/or the index and/or the contents, list of figures, list of tables etc. to the table of contents. The package provides options for switching off any of these inclusions.

[Tex/LaTex] Numbering the list of figures in the table of contents

This can be done adding the following lines to your preamble:

\renewcommand{\listoffigures}{\begingroup
\tocsection
\tocfile{\listfigurename}{lof}
\endgroup}

MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[nottoc,numbib]{tocbibind}

\renewcommand{\listoffigures}{\begingroup
\tocsection
\tocfile{\listfigurename}{lof}
\endgroup}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\newpage

\listoffigures
\newpage

\section{test}

\end{document}

Output (ToC):

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EDIT

If you are also using tocloft, you have to inform tocloft that you want to use your custom titles by passing the option titles when loading it:

\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}

Complete MWE

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\usepackage[nottoc,numbib]{tocbibind}

\renewcommand{\listoffigures}{\begingroup
\tocsection
\tocfile{\listfigurename}{lof}
\endgroup}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\figsourcefont}{\footnotesize}
\newcommand{\figsource}[1]{%
  \addtocontents{lof}{%
    {\leftskip\cftfigindent
     \advance\leftskip\cftfignumwidth
     \rightskip\@tocrmarg
     \figsourcefont#1\protect\par}%
  }%
 }
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\newpage

\listoffigures
\newpage

\section{test}

\begin{figure}
    \caption{World Targets in Megadeaths}
    \figsource{BLAND Corporation}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Output:

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[Tex/LaTex] Numbering the list of figures in the table of contents

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