How can I make a TOC like this?

Question

I wish to make a Table of Contents like this one:

This is what I have achieved so far (still lack the - I -\newline and \fbox{\thechapter}):

How can I make such a TOC?

Below is a MWE.

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\titlecontents{part}
    [0em]
    {\addvspace{1.5pc}\filcenter}
    {\partname~\thecontentslabel}
    {\uppercase}
    {} % without page number
    [\addvspace{.5pc}]
\titlecontents{chapter}
    [2em] % i.e., 0em (part) + 2em
    {\addvspace{.5pc}}
    {\contentslabel{2em}}
    {\hspace{-2em}}
    {\hfill\contentspage}
\titlecontents{section}
    [4em] % i.e., 2em (chapter) + 2em
    {}
    {\contentslabel{2em}}
    {\hspace{-2em}}
    {\titlerule*[1em]{.}\contentspage}
\titlecontents{subsection}
    [7em] % i.e., 4em (section) + 3em
    {}
    {\contentslabel{3em}}
    {\hspace{-3em}}
    {\titlerule[1em]{.}\contentspage}
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{section}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{section}.\arabic{subsection}}
\def\quad{\ \ }
\def\qquad{\ \ \ \ }
\usepackage[hidelinks,linktoc=all]{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\ttfamily
%% Hard coded
%%=====================================
% \begin{center}
%     - I - \FIRST PART
% \end{center}
% \fbox{1}\quad First chapter \hfill 1\
% \null\qquad 1 \quad First section\ \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\hfill 1\
% \null\qquad 2 \quad Second section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\hfill 3\[.5pc]
% \fbox{2}\quad Second chapter \hfill 4\
% \null\qquad 1 \quad First section\ \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\hfill 4\
% \null\qquad\qquad 1.1 \quad First subsection\ \ ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . .\hfill 4\
% \null\qquad 2 \quad Second section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\hfill 5\
\tableofcontents
\part{First part}
\chapter{First chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\chapter{Second chapter}
\section{First section}
\subsection{First subsection}
\section{Second section}
\end{document}

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '21 at 19:24

Here is a tocloft implementation to achieve what you're going for:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tocloft,etoolbox}
\usepackage[hidelinks,linktoc=all]{hyperref}
% \parts in ToC
\renewcommand{\cftpartfont}{\large\bfseries\ttfamily}
\makeatletter
% \patchcmd{<cmd>}{<search>}{<replace>}{<success>}{<failure>}
\patchcmd{\H@old@part}% <cmd>
  {\thepart\hspace{1em}#1}% <search>
  {\protect\setpartToC{\thepart}{#1}}% <replace>
  {}{}% <success><failure>
\makeatother
\newcommand{\setpartToC}[2]{%
  \texorpdfstring{\parbox{\linewidth}{\centering -\space #1\space- \ #2}}{#1\space #2}%
}
\renewcommand{\cftpartfillnum}[1]{\par}
% \chapters in ToC
\renewcommand{\cftchapfont}{\bfseries\ttfamily}
\renewcommand{\cftchappresnum}{\fbox}
\addtolength{\cftchapnumwidth}{0.5em}
\renewcommand{\cftchappagefont}{\cftchapfont}
% \sections in ToC
\renewcommand{\cftsecfont}{\ttfamily}
\addtolength{\cftsecindent}{0.5em}% Because of \cftchapnumwidth increment
\renewcommand{\cftsecpagefont}{\cftsecfont}
% \subsections in ToC
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecfont}{\ttfamily}
\addtolength{\cftsubsecindent}{0.5em}% Because of \cftchapnumwidth increment
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecpagefont}{\cftsubsecfont}
% Update numbering of \section and \subsection (remove \chapter reference)
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{section}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{section}.\arabic{subsection}}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\part{First part}
\chapter{First chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\chapter{Second chapter}
\section{First section}
\subsection{First subsection}
\section{Second section}
\end{document}

Thanks for this! Unfortunately, the setting for part (\setpartToC) seems to have to no effect if the title format of \part has been modified by titlesec, even with the option newparttoc added. Do you have any suggestions? — Jinwen, Feb 08 '21 at 00:27
@Jinwen: titlesec works with titletoc, but you can't mix those two with tocloft. They're competing packages, so its one or the other. It depends on how you also want to format the sectional units within the text. — Werner, Feb 08 '21 at 01:52
May I ask which package should be used with tocloft to format the sectional units? — Jinwen, Feb 08 '21 at 01:56
@Jinwen: It depends on what you want to do. Minor font-related changes can be done with sectsty. So, how intricate are the required changes? Of course, that falls out of scope in terms of this question. — Werner, Feb 08 '21 at 02:12

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 07 '21 at 12:43

Based on the patch from this answer, I was finally able to achieve it:

Full code:

\documentclass{book}
% book -- titletoc patch: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/454553/134574
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd@part% change the part style
  {\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{\thepart\hspace{1em}#1}}
  {\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{\thepart\\texorpdfstring{\MakeUppercase{#1}}{#1}}}
  {}{\FAIL}
\patchcmd@part% let titletoc works normally
  {\thepart}
  {\protect\numberline{- \thepart\ -}}
  {}{\FAIL}
\patchcmd@chapter% change the chapter style
  {\protect\numberline{\thechapter}}
  {\protect\numberline{\fbox{\thechapter}}}
  {}{\FAIL}
\makeatother
\usepackage{titletoc}
\titlecontents{part}
    [0em]
    {\addvspace{1.5pc}\filcenter}
    {\thecontentslabel}
    {}
    {} % without page number
    [\addvspace{.5pc}]
\titlecontents{chapter}
    [2em] % i.e., 0em (part) + 2em
    {\addvspace{.5pc}}
    {\contentslabel{2em}}
    {\hspace{-2em}}
    {\hfill\contentspage}
\titlecontents{section}
    [4em] % i.e., 2em (chapter) + 2em
    {}
    {\contentslabel{2em}}
    {\hspace{-2em}}
    {\titlerule*[1em]{.}\contentspage}
\titlecontents{subsection}
    [7em] % i.e., 4em (section) + 3em
    {}
    {\contentslabel{3em}}
    {\hspace{-3em}}
    {\titlerule[1em]{.}\contentspage}
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{section}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{section}.\arabic{subsection}}
\usepackage[hidelinks,linktoc=all]{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\ttfamily
\tableofcontents
\part{First part}
\chapter{First chapter}
\section{First section}
\section{Second section}
\chapter{Second chapter}
\section{First section}
\subsection{First subsection}
\section{Second section}
\end{document}

How can I make a TOC like this?

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