How can you put items on one line and center them?

Question

Is there an easy way to make the items appear horizontally and not vertically and also be centered?

I have tried the following code but the points are squahed to the left side and there is no space in between them.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Item 1
  \item Item 2
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

I am thinking something like the one below where o is the "dot" made.

(space from the left side) o Item 1 (space here) o Item 2

@leandriis, almost but the problem is that they use enumerate and I am looking for itemize. As I wrote in my question I am looking to have the black dots and not numbers there. — Clone, Apr 02 '21 at 11:38
@leandriis, I have edited the question with my code and what I want to accomplish. — Clone, Apr 02 '21 at 11:52
You could use the itemjoin key to customize the horizontal distance between adjacent items. Seomthing like `\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}

\begin{document}

\begin{itemize}[itemjoin={\hspace{1cm}}] \item Item 1 \item Item 2 \item Item 3 \item Item 4 \end{itemize}

\end{document}` or any other width of your choice should work. — leandriis, Apr 02 '21 at 11:54
@leandriis, thanks that looks better but the first item is stlll glued to the left side — Clone, Apr 02 '21 at 11:56
You can use the before key to add horizontal white space before the first item in your list. (\begin{itemize*}[before={\hspace{2cm}},itemjoin={\hspace{1cm}}]) — leandriis, Apr 02 '21 at 11:58
@leandriis, wow thanks! Looks much better! Would be cool if this could be done automatically so 2cm is not hardcoded but that will do for now! Thanks again. — Clone, Apr 02 '21 at 12:00
How can this be a duplicate of the linked question, where centering is not touched upon? — egreg, Apr 02 '21 at 15:08

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '21 at 14:01

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You have several choices, of which I present two. The new environment would be my choice.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\newenvironment{centeritemize}[1][]
  {\par\centering\begin{itemize}[itemjoin=\quad,#1]}
  {\end{itemize*}\par}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}[
  itemjoin=\quad,
  before=\hspace{\fill},
  after=\hspace{\labelwidth}\hspace{-\labelsep}\hspace{\fill},
]
  \item Item 1
  \item Item 2
  \item Item3
\end{itemize}
\begin{centeritemize}
  \item Item 1
  \item Item 2
  \item Item3
\end{centeritemize}
\end{document}

If you want some vertical space above and below the list, you can do

\newenvironment{centeritemize*}[1][]
  {\begin{center}\begin{itemize*}[itemjoin=\quad,#1]}
  {\end{itemize*}\end{center}}

and this shows why using a new environment is better.

answered Apr 02 '21 at 14:01

egreg

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Thank you for your answer! How can I add more space between the items vertically? Do I edit itemjoin with something like \qquad? – Clone Apr 02 '21 at 15:27
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@Clone Sorry, but I don't understand: do you want the item stacked vertically? Please, be clearer with your question. – egreg Apr 02 '21 at 15:30
Woops, sorry I meant horisontally. Like, how can I increase the spacing horizontally so that there would be more space between items 1 2 and 3 for instance? – Clone Apr 02 '21 at 15:32
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@Clone itemjoin=\qquad or itemjoin=\hspace*{3cm} (or whatever length you like). – egreg Apr 02 '21 at 15:55
Thank you once again! – Clone Apr 02 '21 at 16:03

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 02 '21 at 12:58

2

A solution with the before and after keys from enumitem:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}[itemjoin=\quad, before=\null\hfill, after=\hskip1.5em\hfill]
  \item Item 1
  \item Item 2
\item Item3
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

answered Apr 02 '21 at 12:58

Bernard

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@egreg: I've just tested it, but my code (with the \hspace found by trial and error) is better centred – the difference in length of the white spaces on each side is measured to 0.2pt. – Bernard Apr 02 '21 at 13:50

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 02 '21 at 15:04

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Just for fun:

\documentclass{article}
\newcommand{\itemtab}{\hspace{\tabcolsep}\textbullet\hspace{\itemsep}}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{@{\itemtab}l@{\itemtab}l}
  Item 1 & Item 2
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{document}

answered Apr 02 '21 at 15:04

John Kormylo

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How can you put items on one line and center them?

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