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I am using the solution from How can I prevent a column break before the first sub-entry in the index? in my index. However, that has a bad side effect on the last page of the index in that the index entries on the left are vertically spaced:

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How do I eliminate this excess spacing?

Code: A

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{imakeidx}

%% Adapted from dapted from https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/130169/4301


\makeatletter
% we don't want a page break before a subitem
\renewcommand\subitem{@idxitem\nobreak\hspace*{20\p@}}
\makeatother


\makeindex


\begin{document}
Some text
\index{gap!radial}\index{gap!axial}
\index{gapa!radial}\index{gapa!axial}
\index{gapb!radial}\index{gapb!axial}
\index{gapc!radial}\index{gapc!axial}
\index{gapd!radial}\index{gapd!axial}
\index{gap1!radial}\index{gap1!axial}
\index{gapa1!radial}\index{gapa1!axial}
\index{gapb1!radial}\index{gapb1!axial}
\index{gapc1!radial}\index{gapc1!axial}
\index{gapd1!radial}\index{gapd1!axial}
\index{gap2!radial}\index{gap2!axial}
\index{gapa2!radial}\index{gapa2!axial}
\index{gapb2!radial}\index{gapb2!axial}
\index{gapc2!radial}\index{gapc2!axial}
\index{gapd2!radial}\index{gapd2!axial}
\index{gap2!radial 1}\index{gap2!axial 1}
\index{gapa2!radial 1}\index{gapa2!axial 1}
\index{gapb2!radial 1}\index{gapb2!axial 1}
\index{gapc2!radial 1}\index{gapc2!axial 1}
\index{gapd2!radial 1}\index{gapd2!axial 1}
\index{gap2!radial 2}\index{gap2!axial 2}
\index{gapa2!radial 2}\index{gapa2!axial 2}
\index{gapb2!radial 2}\index{gapb2!axial 2}
\index{gapc2!radial 2}\index{gapc2!axial 2}
\index{gapd2!radial 2}\index{gapd2!axial 2}
\index{gap2!radial 3}\index{gap2!axial 3}
\index{gapa2!radial 3}\index{gapa2!axial 3}
\index{gapb2!radial 3}\index{gapb2!axial 3}
\index{gapc2!radial 3}\index{gapc2!axial 3}
\index{gapd2!radial 3}\index{gapd2!axial 3}
\index{gap2!radial 4}\index{gap2!axial 4}
\index{gapa2!radial 4}\index{gapa2!axial 4}
\index{gapb2!radial 4}\index{gapb2!axial 4}
\index{gapc2!radial 4}\index{gapc2!axial 4}
\index{gapd2!radial 4}\index{gapd2!axial 4}
\index{gap2!radial 5}\index{gap2!axial 5}
\index{gapa2!radial 5}\index{gapa2!axial 5}
\index{gapb2!radial 5}\index{gapb2!axial 5}
\index{gapc2!radial 5}\index{gapc2!axial 5}
\index{gapd2!radial 5}\index{gapd2!axial 5}
\index{gap2!radial 6}\index{gap2!axial 6}
\index{gapa2!radial 6}\index{gapa2!axial 6}
\index{gapb2!radial 6}\index{gapb2!axial 6}
\index{gapc2!radial 6}\index{gapc2!axial 6}
\index{gapd2!radial 6}\index{gapd2!axial 6}
\printindex
\end{document}
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Peter Grill
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  • \raggedcolumns\printindex ? – David Carlisle Sep 23 '19 at 20:54
  • If you don’t mind having the last page printed as a single column, you may use \usepackage[unbalanced=true]{idxlayout} in the preamble. It depends on how many entries there are on the last page. If there are only ten or twelve, this would be ok (for me, at least!). – Kubo Jul 20 '20 at 00:35

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You can use \raggedcolumns\printindex

David Carlisle
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  • Unfortunately, this effects all pages -- the other pages also don't have the columns balanced. While it is acceptable for the particular document I am working on, just wondering if there was a better solution to only apply this to the last page. Forced to wait 7minutes before accepting!!! – Peter Grill Sep 23 '19 at 20:59
  • @PeterGrill possibly you want to make it use multicolumn* to stop balancing I may look later (but I may not) don't accept, someone else may answer, perhaps egreg has read the imakeidx manual, you never know:-) – David Carlisle Sep 23 '19 at 21:07