[Tex/LaTex] scrlttr2 – set nextfoot set to same as firstfoot

header-footerscrlttr2

I am tryint to get the same footer on all pages as the first page in scrlttr2. After some googling I came up with this code:

\documentclass{scrlttr2}
\begin{document}

\firstfoot{\footnotesize%
    \rule[3pt]{\textwidth}{.4pt} \\
    \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}% 
        Super Man\\
        Super Straße 30\\
        12345 Super Town
    \end{tabular}%
    \hfill
    \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}%
        Telefon: +49123456789\\
        super.man@gmail.com\\
    \end{tabular}%
        \hfill
        \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}%
            Bankverbindung: \\
            IBAN: DEXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX\\
            BIC: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
        \end{tabular}%
}%
\addtokomafont{pagefoot}{\normalfont}
\pagestyle{headings}
\nextfoot{\usekomavar{firstfoot}}

\begin{letter}{Addr}
\opening{}
% You have to fill enough text to get to the second page
\closing{}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

You have to fill the comment with lorem ispum or something else to generate a second page!

But I have the following problems:

\pagestyle{headings} also inserts the headers on the next page. I do not want that!
The footer on the next page is not rendered correctly. It looks like this:

while on the first page it looks like this:

Why?

Best Answer

To remove the header on the next pages use

\setkomavar{nexthead}{}

For the second problem use a \parbox inside firstfoot

\setkomavar{firstfoot}{\usekomafont{pageheadfoot}\usekomafont{pagefoot}%
    \parbox[t]{\textwidth}{%
        \rule[3pt]{\linewidth}{.4pt} \\
        \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}% 
            Super Man\\
            Super Straße 30\\
            12345 Super Town
        \end{tabular}%
        \hfill
        \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}%
            Telefon: +49123456789\\
            super.man@gmail.com\\
        \end{tabular}%
        \hfill
        \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}%
            Bankverbindung: \\
            IBAN: DEXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX\\
            BIC: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
        \end{tabular}%
    }%
}%

Note that firstfoot is a variable too and command \firstfoot is depreciated.

But the footer will still have a different position and width on the two pages:

Pagestyle plain with package scrlayer-scrpage

I would load package scrlayer-scrpage and use a plain page style on all pages.

The following examples uses the normal plain style. Only the footsepline is a bit shifted upwards.

\documentclass[
    firstfoot=false,%<- no first foot
    footheight=48pt
]{scrlttr2}
\usepackage{blindtext}% dummy text

\usepackage[footsepline,plainfootsepline]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\ModifyLayer[
  addvoffset=-1ex
]{plain.scrheadings.foot.above.line}% shift the footsepline up
\addtokomafont{pagefoot}{\normalfont\footnotesize}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\cfoot*{
    \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}% 
        Super Man\\
        Super Straße 30\\
        12345 Super Town
    \end{tabular}%
    \hfill
    \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}%
        Telefon: +49123456789\\
        super.man@gmail.com\\
    \end{tabular}%
    \hfill
    \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}%
        Bankverbindung: \\
        IBAN: DEXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX\\
        BIC: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
    \end{tabular}%
}

\pagestyle{plain}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\xapptocmd\opening{\thispagestyle{plain}}{}{}% <- first pages will have pagestyle plain too

\begin{document}
\setkomavar{fromname}{Name}
\setkomavar{firsthead}{It is still possible to set a firsthead.}% <- firsthead still works

\begin{letter}{Addr}
\opening{}
\Blindtext
\closing{}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

But you can also change the vertical position and the width of the footer to your needs. Here is an example similar to the normal firstfoot settings.

\documentclass[
    firstfoot=false,%<- no first foot
    footheight=48pt
]{scrlttr2}
\usepackage{blindtext}% dummy text

\usepackage[footsepline,plainfootsepline]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\KOMAoptions{footwidth=\useplength{firstfootwidth}}
\ForEachLayerOfPageStyle*{plain.scrheadings}{%
  \ifstrstart{#1}{plain.scrheadings.foot}{%
    \ModifyLayer[
      voffset={\useplength{firstfootvpos}-1em}
    ]{#1}
  }{}
}% shift the footer down
\ModifyLayer[
  addvoffset=-1ex
]{plain.scrheadings.foot.above.line}% shift the footsepline up
\addtokomafont{pagefoot}{\normalfont\footnotesize}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\cfoot*{
    \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}% 
        Super Man\\
        Super Straße 30\\
        12345 Super Town
    \end{tabular}%
    \hfill
    \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}%
        Telefon: +49123456789\\
        super.man@gmail.com\\
    \end{tabular}%
    \hfill
    \begin{tabular}[t]{l@{}}%
        Bankverbindung: \\
        IBAN: DEXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX\\
        BIC: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
    \end{tabular}%
}

\pagestyle{plain}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\xapptocmd\opening{\thispagestyle{plain}}{}{}% <- first pages will have pagestyle plain too

\begin{document}
\setkomavar{fromname}{Name}
\setkomavar{firsthead}{It is still possible to set a firsthead.}% <- firsthead still works

\begin{letter}{Addr}
\opening{}
\Blindtext
\closing{}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Position a full width logo in scrlttr2 header

The problem is that

\firsthead{
\rule{\paperwidth}{3cm}
}

adds horizontal space if you don't avoid it putting a % after \firsthead{, so you would have to write

\firsthead{%
\rule{\paperwidth}{3cm}
}

Moreover, the use of \firsthead is deprecated. You should use the following syntax instead:

\setkomavar{firsthead}{%
\rule{\paperwidth}{3cm}%
}

Complete MWE

\documentclass[12pt,ngerman]{scrlttr2}
\usepackage{babel}
\setkomavar{fromname}{Just me}

\makeatletter
\@setplength{firstheadhpos}{0mm}
\@setplength{firstheadvpos}{0mm}
\makeatother

\setkomavar{firsthead}{%
\rule{\paperwidth}{3cm}%
}

\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{John Doe \\ Berlin}
\opening{Dear John,}

\closing{Mit freundlichen Scherzen,}

\end{letter}
\end{document}

Output:

enter image description here

[Tex/LaTex] scrlttr2: make second page footer match first page footer

Update (package scrlayer-scrpage and page style plain on all pages)

It is also possible to remove the firstfoot and to use page style plain with the same footer on all pages. The footer layers can be shifted down so that they are at the same vertical position as the firstfoot would be. Note that firsthead still can be used.

\documentclass[
  symbolicnames,
  firstfoot=false,% disable firstfoot
  footlines=2% or footheight=29pt
  ]{scrlttr2}
%\providecommand*\Ifstrstart{\ifstrstart}% needed up to and including KOMA-Script version 3.27, see https://komascript.de/faq_deprecatedif
\usepackage{blindtext}

\setkomavar{fromname}{John Smith}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{123 Broadway\\City\\Country}
\setkomavar{fromphone}{(000) 111-1111}
\setkomavar{fromemail}{john@smith.com}
\setkomavar{place}{}
\setkomavar{signature}{John Smith}
\setkomavar{subject}{Cover Letter}

\setkomavar{firsthead}{%
    \centering{\Huge\scshape\usekomavar{fromname}\par%
}%
    {\Large\scshape Application\par}%
}

\setkomavar{firstfoot}{\centering%
{%
\renewcommand{\\}{~{\large\textperiodcentered}~}%
\usekomavar{fromaddress}%
}\\%
\usekomavar*{fromemail}\usekomavar{fromemail}\quad\usekomavar*{fromphone}\usekomavar{fromphone}%
}

\usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage}
\KOMAoptions{footwidth=\useplength{firstfootwidth}}
\ForEachLayerOfPageStyle*{plain.scrheadings}{%
  \Ifstrstart{#1}{plain.scrheadings.foot}{%
    \ModifyLayer[
      voffset=\useplength{firstfootvpos}
    ]{#1}
  }{}
}% shift the footer down
\ModifyLayer[
  addvoffset=-1ex
]{plain.scrheadings.foot.above.line}% shift the footsepline up
\addtokomafont{pagefoot}{\normalfont}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\cfoot*{\usekomavar{firstfoot}}

\pagestyle{plain}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\xapptocmd\opening{\thispagestyle{plain}}{}{}% <- first pages will have pagestyle plain too

\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{%
HR Dept. --- Corporation\\%
123 Pleasant Lane\\%
12345 City, State%
}

\opening{Dear Recruiter,}\the\baselineskip
\blindtext[2]

\blindtext

\blindtext[3]
\closing{See you on monday}
\end{letter}
\end{document}

Result:

Original answer

If the footer on the second page should be at the same position as the footer on the first page you can load the package scrlayer and define your own pagestyle:

\usepackage{scrlayer}
\DeclareNewLayer[
  align=tl,
  hoffset=\dimexpr.5\paperwidth-.5\useplength{firstfootwidth}\relax,
  voffset=\useplength{firstfootvpos},
  width=\useplength{firstfootwidth},
  height=\dimexpr\paperheight-\useplength{firstfootvpos},
  foreground,
  contents={\parbox{\layerwidth}{\usekomavar{firstfoot}}}
]{myfoot.fg}
\DeclarePageStyleByLayers{myletter}{myfoot.fg}
\pagestyle{myletter}