Adjusting left margin of LOT and LOF

Question

I have noticed in my document the left margin for list of figures and list of tables is different from other part of of the document. It does not start at the same left level like that of \titlerule (See the attached figur).

I have tried adjusting the \newgeometryand by re-defining the \setlength for indent but didn't get the result I want. I have also tried few past posts but couldn't fix this.

MWE:

\documentclass[
fontsize=11pt,   % Schriftgröße
DIV=12,          % Seitenaufteilung
BCOR=5mm,        % Bindekorrektur
ngerman,         % für Umlaute, Silbentrennung etc.
paper=a4,        % Papierformat
oneside,         % einseitig
titlepage,       % es wird eine Titelseite verwendet
parskip=half,    % Abstand zwischen Absätzen (halbe Zeile)
toc=bibliography,% Fügt das Literaturverzeichnis ins Inhaltsverzeichnis ein
toc=listof,          % Fügt das Abbildungs- und Tabellenverzeichis ins Inhaltsverzeichnis ein
draft=false,           % Status des Dokuments (final/draft)
%    captions=nooneline     % Beschriftungen nicht zentrieren
]{scrbook}
\usepackage{titlesec, graphicx, geometry, titlecaps}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{}        {\normalfont\Large\scshape\titlecap{\chaptertitlename}\enspace\scalebox{1.8} {\thechapter}\filright} {8ex}{\Huge\bfseries\sffamily\filright}  [{\titlerule[0.5pt]}]
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{30pt}{20pt}

\begin{document}

\listoftables
\listoffigures

 \begin{figure}
   \caption{Some figure}
 \end{figure}

 \begin{table}
    \caption{some table}
 \end{table}

  \end{document}

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '16 at 01:16

You have to update the macro that sets the figure or table entry in the LoF/LoT. They are, \l@figure and \l@table, respectively. Here are their defaults under KOMA-script:

\newcommand*\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}}
\let\l@table\l@figure

Here the 1.5em denotes the indent from the left margin, and 2.3 the gap left for the figure/table number. You can redefine them to take a 0pt for the left margin:

\documentclass{scrbook}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand*\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{1}{0pt}{2.3em}}
\renewcommand*\l@table{\@dottedtocline{1}{0pt}{2.3em}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\listoftables
\listoffigures

\chapter{A chapter}

\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}

\end{document}

esdd · Answer 2 · 2016-10-14T13:07:37.953

With an uptodate KOMA-Script version you can use

\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[indent=0pt]{tocline}{figure}
\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[indent=0pt]{tocline}{table}

Code:

\documentclass{scrbook}

\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[indent=0pt]{tocline}{figure}
\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[indent=0pt]{tocline}{table}

\begin{document}
\listoftables
\listoffigures

\chapter{A chapter}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\end{document}

Or you can use KOMA-Script option listof=flat. This needs three runs but works also with older KOMA-Script versions.

\documentclass[listfof=flat]{scrbook}

\begin{document}
\listoftables
\listoffigures

\chapter{A chapter}
\begin{figure}\caption{A figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{A table}\end{table}
\end{document}

BTW it is not recommended to use titlesec with a KOMA-Script class.

\documentclass[
fontsize=11pt,   % Schriftgröße
DIV=12,          % Seitenaufteilung
BCOR=5mm,        % Bindekorrektur
ngerman,         % für Umlaute, Silbentrennung etc.
paper=a4,        % Papierformat
oneside,         % einseitig
titlepage,       % es wird eine Titelseite verwendet
parskip=half,    % Abstand zwischen Absätzen (halbe Zeile)
toc=bibliography,% Fügt das Literaturverzeichnis ins Inhaltsverzeichnis ein
toc=listof,          % Fügt das Abbildungs- und Tabellenverzeichis ins Inhaltsverzeichnis ein
draft=false,           % Status des Dokuments (final/draft)
%    captions=nooneline     % Beschriftungen nicht zentrieren
]{scrbook}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx, geometry}

\KOMAoptions{chapterprefix}
\addtokomafont{chapterprefix}{\normalfont\Large\scshape}
\RedeclareSectionCommand[
    beforeskip=-30pt,
    afterskip=20pt,
    innerskip=8ex,
    font=\huge
]{chapter}

\renewcommand*\chapterformat{\chapapp\enspace\scalebox{1.8}{\thechapter}}
\renewcommand*\chapterlineswithprefixformat[3]{%
    #2#3
    \par\vspace*{\dimexpr-\parskip-5pt\relax}\rule{\textwidth}{.5pt}%
}

\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[indent=0pt]{tocline}{figure}
\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[indent=0pt]{tocline}{table}

\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\listoftables
\listoffigures

\chapter{Ein Kapitel}
\begin{figure}\caption{Some figure}\end{figure}
\begin{table}\caption{some table}\end{table}
\blinddocument
\end{document}

Yes, I got the same titlesec error while using it with KOMA-Script. I'll try updating it. Thanks for your time @esdd — Yousaf, Oct 14 '16 at 16:19

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 10 '20 at 13:56

If you're using the tocloft package, you can use these commands (from this answer):

\setlength{\cfttabindent}{0pt} %for tables
\setlength{\cftfigindent}{0pt} %for figures

I had problems with the currently accepted answer affecting other formatting choices in my document.

Adjusting left margin of LOT and LOF

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