Write "chapter" before list of figures

Question

if I use the \listoffigures command LaTeX creates a new chapter (I'm using the book class), but there is no chapter heading. Is it like it uses \chapter*{List of figures}. Of course this is what we want most of the cases, but what can I do to obtain a:

Chapter 3
List of figures

Actually I need these for the command \listoftheorems from the thmtools package, but it should be the same.

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Do you need this only for the lost of theorems and not for the other lists (of figures, of tables,...)? — Gonzalo Medina, Apr 20 '13 at 19:01

Gonzalo Medina · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-20T22:38:15.410

Since \listoftheorems uses internally \listoffigures, you can use the etoolbox package to patch \listoffigures changing the default \chapter* to \chapter (for a solution using amsbook, please see the second example below):

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{thmtools}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\declaretheorem[name=Theorem]{theo}

\begin{document}

\listoffigures

\patchcmd{\listoffigures}{\chapter*}{\chapter}{}{}
\listoftheorems
\clearpage
\begin{theo}[a]
Test theorem
\end{theo}
\begin{theo}[b]
Test theorem
\end{theo}
\begin{theo}[c]
Test theorem
\end{theo}
\begin{theo}[d]
Test theorem
\end{theo}

\end{document}

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A similar patch can be easily done for other lists if required. For example, for the list of tables, one would say

\patchcmd{\listoftables}{\chapter*}{\chapter}{}{}

A request has been made to perform a similar modification but using amsbook; in this case, some additional work has to be done:

\documentclass{amsbook}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{thmtools}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\declaretheorem[name=Theorem]{theo}

\begin{document}

\listoffigures

\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\@starttoc}{\@makeschapterhead}{\@makechapterhead}{}{}
\def\@dotsep{1000}
\def\listoftheorems{\refstepcounter{chapter}\@starttoc{loe}\listtheoremname}
\def\l@figure{\@tocline{0}{3pt plus2pt}{0pt}{}{}}
\makeatother
\listoftheorems

\clearpage

\begin{theo}[a]
Test theorem
\end{theo}
\begin{theo}[b]
Test theorem
\end{theo}
\begin{theo}[c]
Test theorem
\end{theo}
\begin{theo}[d]
Test theorem
\end{theo}

\end{document}

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@user29372 No; using amsbook requires some additional work. Please see the second example code in my udpated answer. Please always mention in your questions which document class you are using. As you now know that information is crucial. — Gonzalo Medina, Apr 20 '13 at 22:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '13 at 18:53

As far as I understand, you are expecting the following behaviour:

\documentclass{book}

\begin{document}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\listoffigures{%
    \if@twocolumn
      \@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
    \else
      \@restonecolfalse
    \fi
    \chapter{\listfigurename}%
      \@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
              {\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
    \@starttoc{lof}%
    \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
    }

\makeatother

\chapter{AA}

\begin{figure}
\caption{aa}
\end{figure}



\begin{figure}
\caption{baa}
\end{figure}


\begin{figure}
\caption{caa}
\end{figure}


\listoffigures

\end{document}

Write "chapter" before list of figures

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