[Tex/LaTex] Removing subsection numbers in table of contents

table of contents

I'm using the report style.

I'm using \subsection* to suppress the numbers that would otherwise appear before my subsection text.

I'm generating a table of contents using setcounter{tocdepth}{2}

But the subsection numbers are appearing in the generated table of contents.

Is there a way to suppress the numbers for the subsections in the table of contents, like you can suppress them using \subsection* rather than \subsection?

(I want the chapter and section numbers to appear for new chapters and sections, as they currently are).

Best Answer

Don't use \subsection* everywhere, if you never want subsections to be numbered. Instead, add

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{1} % levels under \section are not numbered
\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}    % levels under \subsection are not listed in the TOC

Example with article, but with report or book (or most of the other classes)

\documentclass{article}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{1} % levels under \section are not numbered
\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}    % levels under \subsection are not listed in the TOC

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\section{Introduction}

\subsection{Some title}
Here's the text.

\subsection{Again}
And again.

\section{Conclusion}
Enough.

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] How to include Table of contents chapter wise

Here's one possible solution using the titletoc package for the partial ToCs and a variation of this answer to Chapterwise page range in the TOC to generate the page ranges in the main ToC.

Use the \MiniToC after the \chapter command for chapters in which you want to typeset a partial ToC.

The code has to be compiled three times to get the right numbers for the page ranges in the main ToC.

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\usepackage{letltxmacro}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand\MiniToC{%
  \setcounter{tocdepth}{2}
  \startcontents
  \printcontents{}{1}{\section*{\contentsname}\vskip-3.5ex\hrulefill\vskip1ex}
  \vskip-0.5ex\noindent\hrulefill
  \setcounter{tocdepth}{0}
}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{0}

\makeatletter
\newif\if@chap@enddc
\@chap@enddctrue
\LetLtxMacro\ltx@@chapter\@chapter
\renewcommand\@chapter[2][]{%
  \ltx@@chapter[#1]{#2}
  \expandafter\label{chap:\thechapter}
}

\let\ltx@toc\tableofcontents
\renewcommand\tableofcontents{%
  \ltx@toc
  \let\ltx@chapter\chapter
  \renewcommand\chapter{%
  \expandafter\label{prenextchap:\thechapter}
  \ltx@chapter
  }%
}
\let\ltx@enddocument\enddocument
\renewcommand\enddocument{%
  \if@chap@enddc\expandafter\label{prenextchap:\thechapter}\fi
  \ltx@enddocument
}
\def\chaprange{%
  \expandafter\pageref{chap:\thechapter}--\expandafter\pageref{prenextchap:\thechapter}}

\let\ltx@addcontentsline\addcontentsline
\def\CR@addcontentsline#1#2#3{%
  \addtocontents{#1}{\protect\contentsline{#2}{#3}{\chaprange}}
}

\def\ToggleChaprange{\let\addcontentsline\CR@addcontentsline}
\def\BypassChaprange{\let\addcontentsline\ltx@addcontentsline}
\def\BreakChaprange{%
  \expandafter\label{prenextchap:\thechapter}
  \let\addcontentsline\ltx@addcontentsline
  \@chap@enddcfalse
}
\makeatother

\pretocmd{\section}{\BypassChaprange}{}{}
\pretocmd{\chapter}{\ToggleChaprange}{}{}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{Test chapter one}
\MiniToC
\section{A test section}
\subsection{A test subsection}
\subsubsection{A test subsubsection}
\lipsum[1-30]

\chapter{Test chapter two}
\MiniToC

\section{A test section}
\subsection{A test subsection}
\subsubsection{A test subsubsection}
\lipsum[1-20]

\chapter{Test chapter three}
\MiniToC

\section{A test section}
\subsection{A test subsection}
\subsubsection{A test subsubsection}
\lipsum[1-10]

\end{document}

An image of the main ToC:

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An image of the partial ToC for the first chapter:

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[Tex/LaTex] Specify level of contents table

The counter tocdepth controls the depth of sectioning levels appearing in the ToC

Setting the tocdepth to the value -2 is the usual way to hide everything (unless memoir class is used, then it's -3).

From part down to subparagraph the levels are -1, 0, 1,2, 3, 4 and 5.

Here, subsections shouldn't be entering the ToC, use \setcounter{tocdepth}{1} (preferably in the preamble).

Don't forget to compile twice, as usual with ToC related - 'problems'

\documentclass{book}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{1}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{How to be seen}

\section{You see me}

\subsection{You won't see me in the Toc}

\end{document}

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