[Tex/LaTex] Moderncv casual header – photo right, name and title on the left

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I like the moderncv casual theme, but I would like to change the order of the photo and the name / title.

I tried the solution described in this question:

Modify moderncv header

! Undefined control sequence.
\maketitle ->{{\firstnamestyle 
                               {\@firstname}~\familynamestyle {\@familyname}...
l.33 \maketitle

Example code:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}

% moderncv themes
\moderncvtheme[blue]{casual}
\AtBeginDocument
{
% reverse the name and photo
\makeatletter
% maketitle
\renewcommand*{\maketitle}{%
  {%
    {\firstnamestyle{\@firstname}~\familynamestyle{\@familyname}}}%
    \hfill%
    \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@photo}}%
      {}%
      {{\color{firstnamecolor}\framebox{\includegraphics[width=\@photowidth]{\@photo}}}\\[-.35em]}%
    {\color{firstnamecolor}\rule{\textwidth}{.25ex}\\[2.5em]}%
% optional quote
  \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@quote}}%
    {}%
    {{\centering{}\begin{minipage}{\quotewidth}\centering\quotestyle{\@quote}\end{minipage}\\[2.5em]}}%
  \par}% to avoid weird spacing bug at the first section if no blank line is left after \maketitle
\makeatother
}

\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\title{Curriculum Vitae}    
\address{Example Street}{12345 Exampe Town}
\photo{picture}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}

Best Answer

One way to solve the problem, that class moderncv has changed could be the following MWE. The part after \AtBeginDocument rewrites the original definition in moderncv.

Please keep in mind: if the class moderncv is changed again, you may need to change your corrections again. Perhaps it would be a good idea to ask the author of moderncv to integrate an option to change the position of name and picture.

The changed MWE:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}

\moderncvstyle{casual}
\moderncvcolor{blue}

\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\title{Resumé title}
\address{street and number}{postcode city}
\mobile{+1~(234)~567~890}
\phone{+2~(345)~678~901}
\fax{+3~(456)~789~012}
\email{john@doe.org}
\homepage{www.johndoe.com}
\extrainfo{additional information}
\photo[64pt][0.4pt]{picture}
\quote{Some quote}

\makeatletter
%\AtBeginDocument
%{
% reverse the name and photo
\renewcommand*{\makecvtitle}{%
  \recomputecvlengths%
  \makecvfooter%
  % define optional picture
  \newbox{\makecvtitlepicturebox}%
  \savebox{\makecvtitlepicturebox}{%
    \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@photo}}%
      {
        \@initializelength{\makecvtitlepicturewidth}% Damit Länge bekannt bei Name
        \settowidth{\makecvtitlepicturewidth}{0pt}%
      }%
      {%
       \setlength\fboxrule{\@photoframewidth}%
       \ifdim\@photoframewidth=0pt%
         \setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}\fi%
       {\color{color1}\framebox{\includegraphics[width=\@photowidth]{\@photo}}}}
        \@initializelength{\makecvtitlepicturewidth}% Damit Länge bekannt bei Name
        \settowidth{\makecvtitlepicturewidth}{\usebox{\makecvtitlepicturebox}}%
      }%
  % end define optional picture

  % name
%    \parbox[b]{\textwidth-\makecvtitlepicturewidth}{%
 {   \raggedright\namefont{\color{color2!50}\@firstname} {\color{color2}\@familyname}}%\lastname -> error
    \hfill\usebox{\makecvtitlepicturebox}%
%    \parbox[b]{\textwidth-\makecvtitlepicturewidth}{%
%   \raggedleft\namefont{\color{color2!50}\@firstname} {\color{color2}\@lastname}}%\familyname
\\[-.35em]%
  {\color{color2!50}\rule{\textwidth}{.25ex}}%
  % optional title
  \ifthenelse{\equal{\@title}{}}{}{\\[1.25em]\null\hfill\titlestyle{\@title}}\\[2.5em]% 
  % optional quote
  \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\@quote}}%
    {}%
    {{\null\hfill\begin{minipage}{\quotewidth}\centering\quotestyle{\@quote}\end{minipage}\hfill\null\\[2.5em]}}%
  \par}% 
%}% AtBeginDocument ende
\makeatother


\begin{document}
\makecvtitle

\section{Education}
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{ \textit{Grade} }{Description}  % arguments 3 to 6 can be left empty
\cvitem{title}{ \emph{Title} }
\cvitemwithcomment{Language 1}{Skill level}{Comment}
\cvdoubleitem{category X}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category Y}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}
\cvlistitem{Item 1}
\cvlistdoubleitem{Item 2}{Item 3}
\end{document}

The result is: Result of MWE

Update to moderncv 2.0.0:

As already mentioned above class moderncv has changed and therefore you need the following code using class version 2.0.0.

With the current version moderncv 2015/07/28 v2.0.0 modern curriculum vitae and letter document class you can define for style casual with an additional option [left] to get the name printed left, the image right in the title of the CV as wished in this question.

Please see that there are new commands available to define phone numbers etc. and to add new infos like linkedin or github ...

Please see the following MWE (new code marked with <======):

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}

\moderncvstyle[left]{casual} % <========================================
\moderncvcolor{blue}

\name{John}{Doe} % <====================================================
\title{Resumé title}
\address{street and number}{postcode city}{country}
\phone[mobile]{+1~(234)~567~890} % <====================================
\phone[fixed]{+2~(345)~678~901} % <=====================================
\phone[fax]{+3~(456)~789~012} % <=======================================
\email{john@doe.org}
\homepage{www.johndoe.com}
\social[linkedin]{john.doe} % <=========================================
\social[twitter]{jdoe} % <==============================================
\social[github]{jdoe} % <===============================================
\extrainfo{additional information}
\photo[64pt][0.4pt]{picture}
\quote{Some quote}

\setlength{\footskip}{84pt} % <=========================================


\begin{document}
\makecvtitle

\section{Education}
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{ \textit{Grade} }{Description}  % arguments 3 to 6 can be left empty
\cvitem{title}{ \emph{Title} }
\cvitemwithcomment{Language 1}{Skill level}{Comment}
\cvdoubleitem{category X}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}{category Y}{XXX, YYY, ZZZ}
\cvlistitem{Item 1}
\cvlistdoubleitem{Item 2}{Item 3}
\end{document}

Please see that line \setlength{\footskip}{84pt} is only needed because I added more personal infos into the footer. For your CV please do not add this line, compile and check the *.log file for a warning, that footskip is too small. use the rounded value given in that warning for your CV ...

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