[Tex/LaTex] Using different \cftsetindents for Appendix entries in Table of Contents

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Related to this question, which specified how to relabel the Chapter prefix for appendices. But now my spacing is off because it's still using the same indent. Can I do something similar to \addtocontents{toc}{\def\protect\cftchappresnum{}} but to redefine the \cftsetindents for the Appendix chapters in the TOC?

MWE: (note the large horizontal whitespace between "Appendix A1." and "Example")

\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[titletoc,toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage{tocloft} % customize TOC font/spacing
\renewcommand\cftchappresnum{Chapter } % prefix "Chapter " to chapter number in ToC
\renewcommand{\cftchapaftersnum}{.}    % add period after chapter number
\cftsetindents{chapter}{0em}{7em}      % set amount of indenting for chapter in TOC

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{Introduction}
\chapter{Conclusion}

\begin{appendices}
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{A\arabic{chapter}} % Appendix A#
\addtocontents{toc}{\def\protect\cftchappresnum{}} % Appendix A1 instead of Chapter Appendix A1 in TOC
\chapter{Example}
\end{appendices}

\end{document}

Best Answer

The tocloft manual specifies that the command \cftsetindents{entry}{indent}{numwidth} sets the entry’s indent and its numwidth. In my case, I needed to modify the numwidth. The following command worked for me (I put it right after the \begin{appendices} line):

\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\setlength{\cftchapnumwidth}{2.5em}}

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There's really no need to define a new command for the chapter in the appendices section; just before the appendices you can redefine the \@chapter command (defined in report.cls), to include the appendices in the new list instead of including them in the ToC; here's an example of such a redefinition; note that the second mandatory argument of \newlistof must be used in the redefinition of \chapter (see the lines marked with %NEW):

\documentclass[12pt,draft,letterpaper]{report}
\usepackage{quotchap}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\usepackage{appendix}

\newlistof{appendixchapter}{apx}{List of Appendices}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\listofappendixchapter
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Appendices}

\chapter{My first chapter}
This is Chapter 1's body.

\appendix

\makeatletter
\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
                         \addcontentsline{apx}{chapter}%NEW
                                   {\protect\numberline{\thechapter}#1}%
                    \else
                      \addcontentsline{apx}{chapter}{#1}%NEW
                    \fi
                    \chaptermark{#1}%
                    \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \if@twocolumn
                      \@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}]%
                    \else
                      \@makechapterhead{#2}%
                      \@afterheading
                    \fi}
\makeatother

\chapter{My first appendix}
This is Appendix A's body.

\chapter{My second appendix}
This is Appendix B's body.

\end{document}

An excerpt from the resulting document showing the ToC and the LoA:

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As requested, here's the code necessary to use a new command \appendixchapter (similar to \chapter) for the appendices; the new definition needs two new commands \appendixchapter and \@appendixchapter; only the first one will be used in the document body:

\documentclass[12pt,draft,letterpaper]{report}
\usepackage{quotchap}
\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\usepackage{appendix}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\appendixchapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
                    \thispagestyle{plain}%
                    \global\@topnum\z@
                    \@afterindentfalse
                    \secdef\@appendixchapter\@schapter}
\def\@appendixchapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
                         \addcontentsline{apx}{chapter}%NEW
                                   {\protect\numberline{\thechapter}#1}%
                    \else
                      \addcontentsline{apx}{chapter}{#1}%NEW
                    \fi
                    \chaptermark{#1}%
                    \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \if@twocolumn
                      \@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}]%
                    \else
                      \@makechapterhead{#2}%
                      \@afterheading
                    \fi}
\makeatother

\newlistof{appendixchapter}{apx}{List of Appendices}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\listofappendixchapter
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Appendices}

\chapter{My first chapter}
This is Chapter 1's body.

\appendix


\appendixchapter{My first appendix}
This is Appendix A's body.

\appendixchapter{My second appendix}
This is Appendix B's body.

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Page number on the left with book class

Here's a solution that uses the titletoc package; the important part of the code is

% chapter formatting in toc
\titlecontents{chapter}
[0.0cm]             % left margin
{}                  % above code
{%                  % numbered format
{\llap{\thecontentspage\hspace{.5cm}}\thecontentslabel~}%
}%
{}         % unnumbered format
{}         % filler-page-format, e.g dots

screenshot

Here's a complete MWE to play with.

% arara: pdflatex
% arara: pdflatex
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{titletoc}

% chapter formatting in toc
\titlecontents{chapter}
[0.0cm]             % left margin
{}                  % above code
{%                  % numbered format
{\llap{\thecontentspage\hspace{.5cm}}\thecontentslabel~}%
}%
{}         % unnumbered format
{}         % filler-page-format, e.g dots

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\chapter{mychapter} 
\section{mysection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\section{mysection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\chapter{mychapter} 
\section{mysection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\section{mysection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\subsection{mysubsection}
\chapter{mychapter} 
\end{document}

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