[Tex/LaTex] Table of Contents horizontal lines

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How can I put horizontal lines before and after my Table of Contents entries?

To illustrate the look and feel I am after, please take a look at this image:

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I would like to understand how to do the same on a full ToC rather than, as it is the case in the linked image, on a "mini-ToC".

Best Answer

For the standard classes, you can use the tocloft package; using \cftaftertoctitle you can place some material (a rule and some vertical space, in this case) after the ToC title and before the entries; after the ToC is typeset a rule is inserted using \hrulefill:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\renewcommand\cftaftertoctitle{\par\noindent\hrulefill\par\vskip-4.3em}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\noindent\hrulefill

\chapter{Test Chapter One}
\section{Test Section One One}
\subsection{Test Subsection One One One}
\section{Test Section One Two}
\subsection{Test Subsection One Two One}
\chapter{Test Chapter Two}
\section{Test Section Two One}
\subsection{Test Subsection Two One One}
\section{Test Section Two Two}
\subsection{Test Subsection Two Two One}

\end{document}

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Without additional packages, you can redefine the \tableofcontents command as implemented in the document class used. For example, using book, such a redefinition might look like this (the changes were marked with %NEW):

\documentclass{book}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\tableofcontents{%
    \if@twocolumn
      \@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
    \else
      \@restonecolfalse
    \fi
    \chapter*{\contentsname
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}}%
    \par\noindent\hrulefill\par%NEW
    \@starttoc{toc}%
    \noindent\hrulefill%NEW
    \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
    }
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{Test Chapter One}
\section{Test Section One One}
\subsection{Test Subsection One One One}
\section{Test Section One Two}
\subsection{Test Subsection One Two One}
\chapter{Test Chapter Two}
\section{Test Section Two One}
\subsection{Test Subsection Two One One}
\section{Test Section Two Two}
\subsection{Test Subsection Two Two One}

\end{document}

The memoir document class offers you the built-in command \aftertoctitle to add material after the ToC title:

\documentclass{memoir}

\renewcommand\aftertoctitle{\par\noindent\hrulefill\par}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents*
\noindent\hrulefill

\chapter{Test Chapter One}
\section{Test Section One One}
\subsection{Test Subsection One One One}
\section{Test Section One Two}
\subsection{Test Subsection One Two One}
\chapter{Test Chapter Two}
\section{Test Section Two One}
\subsection{Test Subsection Two One One}
\section{Test Section Two Two}
\subsection{Test Subsection Two Two One}

\end{document}

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The problem here is that memoir defines a "new" sectioning structure named appendix which gets its own \l@appendix. This doesn't exist in LaTeX standard classes. A chapter in the appendix is just a chapter.

titletoc now "hooks" into the commands \l@..., saving the old definitions at the time the package is loaded (this is the positional effect you have noticed; it would probably be better for titletoc to save the old definitions \AtBeginDocument, then it wouldn't make a difference when the package is loaded).

You are redefining the \l@appendix, but titletoc doesn't know about \l@appendix and thus doesn't hook into it.

I (naively!) mimicked titletocs chapter hook for appendix like this:

\let\ttl@savel@appendix\l@appendix
\def\l@appendix{\let\ttl@savel@chapter\ttl@savel@appendix\ttl@lselect{chapter}}

(inserted immediately before \makeatother in your MWE)

This should make an appendix behave like a chapter as far as titletoc is concerned. You might make a less naive definition if you need chapters and appendices to behave differently. At least in my test, the redundant appendix heading disappeared.

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Henrique's solution is hardwired to a position in the document and assumes that the toc will be only one page. Here is another solution.

\documentclass[12pt,a6paper]{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\makeatletter
\def\enlargetocpage{%
  \begingroup
  \@ifstar{\def\x{*}\@enlargetocpage}{\def\x{}\@enlargetocpage}%
}
\def\@enlargetocpage#1{%
  \toks@{#1}%
  \protected@edef\x{%
    \endgroup\noexpand\AtEndDocument{\noexpand\addtocontents{toc}%
    {\protect\enlargethispage\x{\the\toks@}}}%
  }\x
}
\makeatother

\enlargetocpage*{\baselineskip}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\blindtext

\section{A section}

\subsection{And a subsection}

\blindtext

\blinddocument

\blinddocument

\blinddocument

\end{document}

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