Changing only the number in table of contents

Question

My minimal document looks like this

This colors the numbers in the table of contents, and in the section. How can i color the page number in the table of contents as well?

I tried using tocloft and to redefine \cftXpagefont as it said in the manual, alas this did not change anything. I do not have to use tocloft any package that can solve my problem is more than welcome.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{color,tocloft}
\newcommand{\cftXpagefont}{\color{red}}

\renewcommand\thesection{\textcolor{red}{\arabic{section}}}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\section{a} \newpage \section{b} \newpage \section{c}
\end{document}

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '19 at 20:00

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There is no \cftXpagefont defined. Instead, the X refers to the section type in question, like chap (for \chapter), sec (for \section), subsec (for \subsection), etc. So, you can redefine \cftsecpagefont, like below.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xcolor,tocloft}

\renewcommand{\cftsecpagefont}{\bfseries\color{red}}

\renewcommand\thesection{\textcolor{red}{\arabic{section}}}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\section{a} \newpage \section{b} \newpage \section{c}

\end{document}

_{Note that a redefinition of \thesection will also affect references. If you don't want that you'd have to adjust the formatting in two locations (when setting the sectional title and what it written to the ToC or updated \cftsecpresnum).}

answered Sep 16 '19 at 20:00

Werner

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Actually I need to have this work with refferences, In particular hyperref. I was able to get the correct output using \renewcommand{\cftsecpagefont}{\color{red}\hypersetup{linkcolor=red}} \renewcommand{\cftsecaftersnum}{\hypersetup{linkcolor=black}}. Is this ok, or is there a better solution? ` – N3buchadnezzar Sep 17 '19 at 07:11
@N3buchadnezzar: By default the page is not linked. You'll have to use the option linktocpage to make it work (see Table of content: link at the page number instead of the section body). This will switch the linking from the titles to the page number. – Werner Sep 17 '19 at 15:53

Changing only the number in table of contents

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