[Tex/LaTex] Missing dots in ToC for chapters

formattingmemoirtable of contents

I am using the starred version of \chapter and \section to avoid the numbering of chapter and section. To have the title of chapters in ToC I use \addcontentsline{toc}{<xxx>}.

This results in no dots between title of chapter and page number in the ToC.

How do I get the dots back in the line?

Best Answer

The default layout of the ToC for chapters (starred or not) under memoir is to have no dots. This is set internally by

\newcommand{\cftchapterdotsep}{\cftnodots}

If you want dots, it's best to set it to match that of the sectional unit dots, which is the same as \cftdotsep. As such, using

\renewcommand{\cftchapterdotsep}{\cftdotsep}% Chapters should use dots in ToC

works.

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\documentclass{memoir}
\renewcommand{\cftchapterdotsep}{\cftdotsep}% Chapters should use dots in ToC
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{A chapter}
\chapter*{A starred chapter}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{}A starred chapter}
\section{A section}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Remove dots for chapters in ToC with memoir

You could just specify \renewcommand*{\cftchapterleader}{\hfill}:

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\documentclass{memoir}% http://ctan.org/pkg/memoir

\renewcommand{\contentsname}{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\renewcommand{\listfigurename}{LIST OF FIGURES}
\renewcommand{\listtablename}{LIST OF TABLES}
\renewcommand*{\cftchapterleader}{\hfill}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{First chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Last section}

\chapter{Second chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Last section}

\chapter{Last chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\section{Last section}

\end{document}

If you're interested in removing the section dots, include

\renewcommand*{\cftsectionleader}{\hfill}

as well. The dots are referred to as "leaders", hence the command \cft...leader.

I've removed all the other formatting-related stuff that doesn't pertain to the problem (like page style headings and \tableofcontents redefinition, for example).

Table of Contents – Format ToC for Thesis

Here's a possible solution.

I used the titletoc and tocloft packages to customize the ToC, LoF and LoT titles and entries as required. Firther customization might be required for the titles, but this might depend on the general layout for the chapter titles and this information was not provided in the question.
The tocbibind packge was used to automatically include the LoF and the LoT in the table of contents.
The afterpage package can be used to produce the corresponding headings in every page of the ToC, the LoF and the LoT; since these lists typically span few pages, one can use
```
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\afterpage{tocheading}}
\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\afterpage{lofheading}}
\addtocontents{lot}{\protect\afterpage{lotheading}}
```
respectively, in the appropriate locations in the body of the document.
I used the book document class (instead of using report) to profit from the \frontmatter, \mainmatter (and \backmatter) commands.

The code:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}
\usepackage{afterpage}

% Change the name of the ToC
\AtBeginDocument{%
\renewcommand\contentsname{Table of Contents}}

% Headings for every page of ToC, LoF and Lot
\newcommand\tocheading{\par\bigskip\MakeUppercase{\chaptername}\hfill Page\par}
\newcommand\lofheading{\par\bigskip\figurename\hfill Page\par}
\newcommand\lotheading{\par\bigskip\MakeUppercase{\tablename}\hfill Page\par}

% Centering titles for the ToC, Lof and Lot
\renewcommand{\cfttoctitlefont}{\hfill\normalfont\MakeUppercase}
\renewcommand{\cftaftertoctitle}{\hfill}
\renewcommand{\cftloftitlefont}{\hfill\normalfont\MakeUppercase}
\renewcommand{\cftafterloftitle}{\hfill}
\renewcommand{\cftlottitlefont}{\hfill\normalfont\MakeUppercase}
\renewcommand{\cftafterlottitle}{\hfill}

% Chapter entries formatting for frontmatter chapters
\newcommand\frontmatterchaptoc{%
\titlecontents{chapter}
  [1.5em]{\addvspace{\baselineskip}}
  {\contentslabel{1.5em}\MakeUppercase}
  {\hspace*{-1.5em}\MakeUppercase}
  {\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\contentspage}
}

% Chapter entries formatting for mainmatter chapters
\newcommand\mainmatterchaptoc{%
\titlecontents{chapter}
  [5em]{\addvspace{\baselineskip}}
  {\contentslabel{3em}\hspace*{-1em}\MakeUppercase}
  {\MakeUppercase}
  {\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\contentspage}
}

% Section, subsection, table and figure entries formatting
\titlecontents{section}
  [7em]{}{\hspace{-1em}}{}{\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\contentspage}
\titlecontents{subsection}
  [7.5em]{}{\hspace{-1em}}{}{\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\contentspage}
\titlecontents{figure}
  [5em]{}
  {\contentslabel{3em}\hspace*{-1em}}{}
  {\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\contentspage}
\titlecontents{table}
  [5em]{}
  {\contentslabel{3em}\hspace*{-1em}}{}
  {\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\contentspage}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\frontmatterchaptoc % activation of chapter entries formatting in the frontmatter

\chapter{Acknowledgements}

\cleardoublepage
\tableofcontents
\cleardoublepage
\addtocontents{lof}{\lofheading}% add heading to the first page in LoF
\listoffigures
\cleardoublepage
\addtocontents{lot}{\lotheading}% add heading to the first page in LoT
\listoftables
\cleardoublepage

\mainmatter
\addtocontents{toc}{\tocheading}% add heading to the first page in ToC, after frontmatter entries

\mainmatterchaptoc% activation of chapter entries formatting in the mainmatter

\chapter{Introduction}
\section{Section One One}
\begin{figure}
\centering
A
\caption{Test figure one}
\label{fig:test}
\end{figure}
\chapter{Policy divergence and traditional research}
\section{Section Two One}
\begin{figure}
\centering
A
\caption{William Adolphe Bouguereau, \emph{Youth of Bacchus}  (initial sketch), 1884}
\label{fig:wab}
\end{figure}
\subsection{Section Two One One}

\end{document}

An image of the obtained ToC:

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an Image of the obtained LoF:

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