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}

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 19 '17 at 08:16

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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}}

answered May 19 '17 at 08:16

Hanmyo

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Finally found the answer which solves my problem. Thank you! – Caleb Stanford Jul 28 '22 at 16:52

Using different \cftsetindents for Appendix entries in Table of Contents

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