titlesec interferes with addcontentsline/addtocontents (adding Parts and Chapters to lot and lof)

Question

For my lot and lof i am using something i found here, so that the parts and chapters show in them (lot and lof). And for my Titles (Part, Chapter, Section ...) i am using titlesec, so they look (imo) better than the default i get with the book class.

Now my Problem is, that if i use those two on their own, they work just fine, but not when i use those simultaneously. When titlesec is used, it somehow interferes with addcontentsline/addtocontents, so the parts and chapters do not show up in lot or lof anymore.

My MWE:

\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{book}
%Change Font to sf
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\iffalse
%Make Titles pretty
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\def\leer{32pt}
\def\ler{4pt}
\fboxsep0pt
\titleclass{\part}{top}
\titleformat{\part}[display]{\normalfont\LARGE\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!100}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\parbox[t]{\leer}{\hspace{\ler}\thepart}\parbox[t]{\dimexpr\textwidth-\leer\relax}{\strut#1\strut}}}}}{}
\titleformat{name=\part, numberless}[display]{\normalfont\LARGE\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!100}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\hspace{\ler}\strut#1\strut}}}}{}
\titlespacing{\part}{0pt}{0pt}{1em}
\titleclass{\chapter}{straight}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\normalfont\Large\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!75}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\parbox[t]{\leer}{\hspace{\ler}\thechapter}\parbox[t]{\dimexpr\textwidth-\leer\relax}{\strut#1\strut}}}}}{}
\titleformat{name=\chapter, numberless}[display]{\normalfont\Large\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!75}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\hspace{\ler}\strut#1\strut}}}}{}
\titlespacing{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{1em}
\titleformat{\section}[display]{\normalfont\large\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!50}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\parbox[t]{\leer}{\hspace{\ler}\thesection}\parbox[t]{\dimexpr\textwidth-\leer\relax}{\strut#1\strut}}}}}{}
\titleformat{name=\section, numberless}[display]{\normalfont\large\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!100}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\hspace{\ler}\strut#1\strut}}}}{}
\fi
%Change Language
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
%Absolutly no clue
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%For Pictures and Graphics
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
%For Tables
\usepackage{tabularx}
%Add Parts and Chapters in lof, lot and lol
\usepackage{xpatch}
\makeatletter
\def\thisparttitle{}\def\thispartnumber{}
\def\thischaptertitle{}\def\thischapternumber{}
\let\Chaptermark\chaptermark
\def\chaptermark#1{\def\Chaptername{#1}\Chaptermark{#1}}
\newtoggle{noFigs}
\newtoggle{noTabs}
\newtoggle{noLists}
\newtoggle{Fpart}
\newtoggle{Tpart}
\newtoggle{Lpart}
\xpatchcmd{@part}{%
    \addcontentsline{toc}{part}{\thepart\hspace{1em}#1}%
}{%
    \addcontentsline{toc}{part}{\thepart\hspace{1em}#1}%
    \xdef\thisparttitle{#1}%
    \global\toggletrue{Fpart}%
    \global\toggletrue{Tpart}%
    \global\toggletrue{Lpart}%
}{\typeout{Patch success}}{\typeout{Patch failure}}
\xpatchcmd{@chapter}{%
    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{\thechapter}#1}%
}{%
    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{\thechapter}#1}% 
    \xdef\thischaptertitle{#1}%
    \global\togglefalse{noFigs}%
    \global\togglefalse{noTabs}%
    \global\togglefalse{noLists}%
}{\typeout{Patch success}}{\typeout{Patch failure}}
\makeatother
\usepackage{hyperref}
\AtBeginDocument{
    \AtBeginEnvironment{table}{
        \nottoggle{noTabs}{
            \iftoggle{Tpart}{
                \addtocontents{lot}{\protect\contentsline{part}{\thepart\hspace{1em}\thisparttitle}{}{part.\theHpart}}
                \global\togglefalse{Tpart}
            }{}
            \addcontentsline{lot}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{\thechapter}\Chaptername}
            \global\toggletrue{noTabs}
        }{}
    }
    \AtBeginEnvironment{figure}{
        \nottoggle{noFigs}{
            \iftoggle{Fpart}{
                \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\contentsline{part}{\thepart\hspace{1em}\thisparttitle}{}{part.\theHpart}}
                \global\togglefalse{Fpart}
            }{}
            \addcontentsline{lof}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{\thechapter}\Chaptername}
            \global\toggletrue{noFigs}
        }{}
    }
    \AtBeginEnvironment{lists}{
        \nottoggle{noLists}{
            \iftoggle{Lpart}{
                \addtocontents{lol}{\protect\contentsline{part}{\thepart\hspace{1em}\thisparttitle}{}{part.\theHpart}}
                \global\togglefalse{Lpart}
            }{}
            \addcontentsline{lol}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{\thechapter}\Chaptername}
            \global\toggletrue{noLists}
        }{}
    }
}
\usepackage{xurl}
\begin{document}
    \makeatletter
    @ifclassloaded{book}{\frontmatter}{}
    \makeatother
    \chapter{Vorwort}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \makeatletter
    @ifclassloaded{book}{\mainmatter}{}
    \makeatother
    \part{Gleichstromtechnik}
    \chapter{Ladung}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \part{Wechselstromtechnik}
    \chapter{Stationäres magnetisches Feld}
    \section{Magnetische Spannung}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \section{Magnetische Feldstärke}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \section{Magnetische Felddichte}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \subsection{Permeabilität}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \section{Magnetisches Feld}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \subsection{Magnetischer Widerstand und Leitfähigkeit}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \subsection{Analogie zu elektrischen Kreisen}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \chapter{Induktion}
    \chapter{Magnetische Energie}
    \section{Verketteter Fluss}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \section{Energie und Energiedichte}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \part{Mathematische Spielereien}
    \chapter{Herleitungen verschiedener Formeln}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \section{Herleitung von $\frac{i_2}{i_1}=\frac{w_1}{w_2}$}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \chapter{Der Sinus}
    \section{test}
    \begin{figure}[H]
        \caption{Mein erster Plot mit pgfplots/tikz}
    \end{figure}
    \chapter{Zusammenhänge der Felder}
    \section{test2}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \begin{table}[H]
        \caption{Felder}
    \end{table}
    \chapter{Schaltkreise mit TikZ}
    \section{test3}
    \begin{figure}[H]
        \caption{My first Circuit with Circuitikz}
    \end{figure}
    \begin{figure}[H]
        \caption{Transformator mit TikZ}
    \end{figure}
    \newpage
    \makeatletter
    @ifclassloaded{book}{\backmatter}{}
    \makeatother
    \appendix
    %\renewcommand{\lstlistlistingname}{Programmverzeichnis}
    %\renewcommand{\lstlistingname}{Programmverzeichnis}
    %\lstlistoflistings
    %\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\lstlistingname}
    %\newpage
    \listoftables
    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listtablename}
    %\addtocontents{toc}{\listtablename}
    \newpage
    \listoffigures
    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}
\end{document}

The lot or lof should look like this:

But it looks like this (comment out \iffalse and \fi):

I am relativly new to LaTeX and sry if my english is bad.

It would help me A LOT when this problem could be solved, thank you.

Welcome! Yes, these will conflict. Either go the titletoc route and keep titlesec or dump titlesec and keep your own customisation of the commands titlesec changes. You can't take a non-titlesec group of patches and expect them to work on commands titlesec is already patching. Personally, I systematically avoid titlesec and have eradicated it from my own code. In every case, I found it more trouble than it was worth. If you just want to use what it offers, it's probably fine - other people love it. Just you have to go all-titlesec. titlesec does not play well with others! — cfr, Feb 18 '24 at 07:24
Okey, so after i read your comment, i tried to get rid of the hole xpatch thing and include the patching into titlesec. I actually got it to work, by putting the patching in the <after code> part from titleformat. Thank you so much for hinting me to this path! I will post the solution/code later and close this threat. — Gabriele Di Toma, Feb 19 '24 at 14:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '24 at 20:26

Alright, so as @cfr pointed out in the comments; it is not possible to patch commands in two different ways at the same time. That means to have the nice headings/titles AND to put parts/chapters in lot/lof, i somehow had to get rid of either titlesec or xpatch. Because i actually like working with titlesec i decided to ditch xpatch. Therefore i put the patching i had with xpatch into the <after code> part of titleformat. And as i pointed out in the comments, this worked surpisingly well!

So here is my solution:

\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{book}
%Change Font to sf
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
%Make Titles pretty and add them to lot, lof and lol, plus hyperref
\usepackage[explicit]{titlesec}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\def\thischaptertitle{}\def\thischapternumber{}
\newtoggle{noFigs}\newtoggle{noTabs}\newtoggle{noList}
\def\thisparttitle{}\def\thispartnumber{}
\newtoggle{Fpart}\newtoggle{Tpart}\newtoggle{Lpart}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\def\leer{32pt}
\def\ler{4pt}
\fboxsep0pt
\titleclass{\part}{top}
\titleformat{\part}[display]{\normalfont\LARGE\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!100}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\parbox[t]{\leer}{\hspace{\ler}\thepart}\parbox[t]{\dimexpr\textwidth-\leer\relax}{\strut#1\strut}}}}}[
    \gdef\thisparttitle{#1}\gdef\thispartnumber{\thepart}\global\toggletrue{Fpart}\global\toggletrue{Tpart}\global\toggletrue{Lpart}
]
\titleformat{name=\part, numberless}[display]{\normalfont\LARGE\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!100}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\hspace{\ler}\strut#1\strut}}}}[
    \gdef\thisparttitle{#1}\gdef\thispartnumber{\thepart}\global\toggletrue{Fpart}\global\toggletrue{Tpart}\global\toggletrue{Lpart}
]
\titlespacing{\part}{0pt}{0pt}{1em}
\titleclass{\chapter}{straight}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\normalfont\Large\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!75}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\parbox[t]{\leer}{\hspace{\ler}\thechapter}\parbox[t]{\dimexpr\textwidth-\leer\relax}{\strut#1\strut}}}}}[
    \gdef\thischaptertitle{#1}\gdef\thischapternumber{\thechapter}\global\toggletrue{noFigs}\global\toggletrue{noTabs}\global\toggletrue{noList}
]
\titleformat{name=\chapter, numberless}[display]{\normalfont\Large\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!75}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\hspace{\ler}\strut#1\strut}}}}[
    \gdef\thischaptertitle{#1}\gdef\thischapternumber{\thechapter}\global\toggletrue{noFigs}\global\toggletrue{noTabs}\global\toggletrue{noList}
]
\titlespacing{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{1em}
\titleformat{\section}[display]{\normalfont\large\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!50}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\parbox[t]{\leer}{\hspace{\ler}\thesection}\parbox[t]{\dimexpr\textwidth-\leer\relax}{\strut#1\strut}}}}}[]
\titleformat{name=\section, numberless}[display]{\normalfont\large\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!100}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\hspace{\ler}\strut#1\strut}}}}[]
\titleformat{\subsection}[display]{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!25}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\parbox[t]{\leer}{\hspace{\ler}\thesubsection}\parbox[t]{\dimexpr\textwidth-\leer\relax}{\strut#1\strut}}}}}[]
\titleformat{name=\subsection, numberless}[display]{\normalfont\LARGE\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!25}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\hspace{\ler}\strut#1\strut}}}}[]
\titleformat{\subsubsection}[display]{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!25}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\parbox[t]{\leer}{\hspace{\ler}\thesubsubsection}\parbox[t]{\dimexpr\textwidth-\leer\relax}{\strut#1\strut}}}}}[]
\titleformat{name=\subsubsection, numberless}[display]{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}{}{0em}{\colorbox{gray!25}{\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{\hspace{\ler}\strut#1\strut}}}}[]
\usepackage{hyperref}
\AtBeginDocument{
    \AtBeginEnvironment{figure}{
        \iftoggle{noFigs}{
            \iftoggle{Fpart}{
                \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\contentsline{part}{\thepart\hspace{1em}\thisparttitle}{}{part.\theHpart}}
                \global\togglefalse{Fpart}
            }{}
            \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\contentsline{chapter}{\thechapter\hspace{1em}\thischaptertitle}{}{chapter\thechapter}}
            \global\togglefalse{noFigs}
        }{}
    }
    \AtBeginEnvironment{table}{
        \iftoggle{noTabs}{
            \iftoggle{Tpart}{
                \addtocontents{lot}{\protect\contentsline{part}{\thepart\hspace{1em}\thisparttitle}{}{part.\theHpart}}
                \global\togglefalse{Tpart}
            }{}
            \addtocontents{lot}{\protect\contentsline{chapter}{\thechapter\hspace{1em}\thischaptertitle}{}{chapter\thechapter}}
            \global\togglefalse{noTabs}
        }{}
    }
    \AtBeginEnvironment{lists}{
        \iftoggle{noList}{
            \iftoggle{Lpart}{
                \addtocontents{lol}{\protect\contentsline{part}{\thepart\hspace{1em}\thisparttitle}{}{part.\theHpart}}
                \global\togglefalse{Tpart}
            }{}
            \addtocontents{lol}{\protect\contentsline{chapter}{\thechapter\hspace{1em}\thischaptertitle}{}{chapter.\theHchapter}}
            \global\togglefalse{noList}
        }{}
    }
}
\usepackage{xurl}
%Change Language
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
%Absolutly no clue
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%For Pictures and Graphics
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
%For Tables
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}
    \frontmatter
    \chapter{Testchapter}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \mainmatter
    \tableofcontents
    \part{Testpart}
    \chapter{Testchapter}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \part{Testpart}
    \chapter{Testchapter}
    \section{Testsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \section{Testsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \section{Testsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \subsection{Testsubsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \section{Testsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \subsection{Testsubsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \subsection{Testsubsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \chapter{Testchapter}
    \chapter{Testchapter}
    \section{Testsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \section{Testsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \part{Testpart}
    \chapter{Testchapter}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \section{Testsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \chapter{Testchapter}
    \section{Testsection}
    \begin{figure}[H]
        \caption{Testfigure}
    \end{figure}
    \chapter{Testchapter}
    \section{Testsection}
    Some Formula and Text.
    \begin{table}[H]
        \caption{Testtable}
    \end{table}
    \chapter{Testchapter}
    \section{Testsection}
    \begin{figure}[H]
        \caption{Testfigure}
    \end{figure}
    \begin{figure}[H]
        \caption{Testfigure}
    \end{figure}
    \newpage
    \backmatter
    \listoftables
    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listtablename}
    \newpage
    \listoffigures
    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}
\end{document}

So thanks again to @cfr for helping me!

titlesec interferes with addcontentsline/addtocontents (adding Parts and Chapters to lot and lof)

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