How to create empty item in list?

Question

So far my list looks like this:

I want to get rid of "item 1" and have a blank there. Except when I delete "item 1" my sublist moves up like so:

How can I format my list so that I can have a blank instead of "item 1"?

My latex code:

\begin{enumerate}    

\item item 1

  \begin{enumerate}
    \item sub list 1
    \item sub list 2
    \item sub list 3

  \end{enumerate}

\end{enumerate}

related: Moving an enumerate up – barbara beeton Feb 04 '16 at 20:03 — barbara beeton, Feb 04 '16 at 20:03

Boris · Answer 1 · 2016-02-04T19:30:12.900

7

Try this:

\begin{enumerate}
\item \leavevmode
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item sub list 1
  \item sub list 2
  \item sub list 3
  \end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}

(see The TeXbook for the discussion of \leavevmode for switching from the 'vertical mode')

edited Feb 04 '16 at 19:30

answered Feb 04 '16 at 19:25

Boris

38,129

Hmmm. Please post the complete mwe – Boris Feb 04 '16 at 19:31
2

I'd recommend \mbox{} instead. It's true that \leavevmode is useful in some cases, but it should not land in the body of the document if possible. Explicitly, I mean, not from within a macro. – egreg Feb 04 '16 at 21:23

Mico · Answer 2 · 2016-02-04T19:29:57.960

4

Just replace item \#1 with \quad. :-)

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}    
\item \quad
  \begin{enumerate}
    \item sub list 1
    \item sub list 2
    \item sub list 3
  \end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

edited Feb 04 '16 at 19:29

answered Feb 04 '16 at 19:26

Mico

506,678

I'm sorry, I misunderstand the question. See edit of my answer. I erase my previous comment! – Zarko Feb 04 '16 at 19:39

Zarko · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-04T19:37:24.023

3

You only need to remove spaces before nested enumerate.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[a4paper,showframe]{geometry}

\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
  \item%
  \begin{enumerate}
    \item sub list 1
    \item sub list 2
    \item sub list 3
  \end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}

Edit: Mico noted , that I misunderstand the question :-( His and Boris solution is than correct, not mine. As an alternative to \quad you can use invisible character ~:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[a4paper,showframe]{geometry}

\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
\item ~
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item sub list 1
  \item sub list 2
  \item sub list 3
  \end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
    \end{document}

which gives what you like to obtain:

edited Feb 04 '16 at 19:37

answered Feb 04 '16 at 19:26

Zarko

296,517

I think the OP wants to preserve the empty line after "1.". Your answer currently does not. – Mico Feb 04 '16 at 19:28
Probably, then I misunderstand the question. I read it again, you have right! – Zarko Feb 04 '16 at 19:33

How to create empty item in list?

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