[Tex/LaTex] package fancyhdr: Chapter number on the left and section name on the right

fancyhdrheader-footer

I'm using the fancyhdr package to customize the header of my thesis. I want to have Chapter + chapter number on the left of the page and section name on the left of each page. I'm using the following command, but it didn't quite work

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\thechapter\ #1}{}}
\fancyhead[LE]{\bfseries\nouppercase{\leftmark}} 
\fancyhead[RO]{\nouppercase{\rightmark}\chaptermark}

The document class I'm using is report.

Could anyone help me to achieve what I want?

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\documentclass{report}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{nameref}
\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\currentname}{\@currentlabelname}
\makeatother

\pagestyle{fancy}
\lhead{Chapter \thechapter}
\rhead{\currentname}

\begin{document}
    \chapter{Foo}

    \section{Bar}

    \lipsum
    \lipsum
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] latex fancyhdr: is possible to use leftmark and rightmark alternatively

You can test if the \rightmark is empty by fully expanding it; the command \rightorleftmark will do what you want (uncomment the \section line to see the difference).

\documentclass{book}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\fancyhf{}
\lhead{\nouppercase{\rightorleftmark}}
\rhead{\thepage}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\rightorleftmark}{%
  \begingroup\protected@edef\x{\rightmark}%
  \ifx\x\@empty
    \endgroup\leftmark
  \else
    \endgroup\rightmark
  \fi}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\mainmatter
\chapter{A}
%\section{B}
abc\newpage
def\newpage
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] How to customize and use the \leftmark and \rightmark commands with custom fancyhdr styles

You have to change \leftmark to \rightmark in the definition of mainmatter pagestyle.

Also you have to nullify the effect of \subsectionmark

\renewcommand{\subsectionmark}[1]{}

MWE

\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage[quiet]{fontspec}
% !TEX TS-program = XeLaTeX
\setmainfont{SourceSansPro}[%
%    Path= /usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/adobe/sourcesanspro/ ,
    Extension = .otf ,
    UprightFont = *-Regular ,
    ItalicFont = *-RegularIt ,
    BoldFont = *-Bold ,
    BoldItalicFont = *-BoldIt ]
\usepackage[%
    a4paper,
%   includeheadfoot,
    head=\baselineskip,  % distance from bottom of header to block of text aka \headsep e.g. \baselineskip
    foot=2.3cm,  % distance from top of footer to block of text aka \footskip
    headheight=12pt,     % height for the header block (no equivalent for footer)
%   heightrounded,       % ensure an integer number of lines
    marginparwidth=2cm,  % right marginal note width
    marginparsep=2mm,    % distance from text block to marginal note box
%   height=\textheight,  % height of the text block
%   width=\textwidth,    % width of the text block
    top=2.5cm,           % distance of the text block from the top of the page
    bottom=3cm,
    left=2.5cm,
    right=2.5cm,
%    showframe,           % show the main blocks
%    verbose,             % show the values of the parameters in the log file
]{geometry}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}

\usepackage{lipsum}


\pagestyle{fancy} % This must be here, because defaults are set and renewcommand for section marks will work.
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{#1}}
\renewcommand{\subsectionmark}[1]{}


%Fancyhdr Styles
\fancypagestyle{frontmatter}{%
   \fancyhf{} % clear all fields
   \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
   \lhead{}
   \lfoot{}
   \cfoot{}
   \rfoot{}
}%
\fancypagestyle{mainmatter}{%
   \fancyhf{} % clear all fields
   \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
   \lhead{Test Left Header}
   \rhead{\rightmark}
   \lfoot{}
   \cfoot{}
   \rfoot{}
}%

\begin{document}
\pagestyle{frontmatter}
\section{Monkey}
Some text about monkeys.
\lipsum[1-20]
\newpage
\pagestyle{mainmatter}
\section{Yack}
Some text about yacks.
\lipsum[1-20]
\newpage
\section{Alpine ibex}
\subsection{A subsection}
Some text about alpine ibexes.
\lipsum[1-20]
\end{document}

Output:

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