Itemize with a dash "-" instead of a bullet

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If I use

\begin{itemize}
\item asdasd
\item dsfsdf
\end{itemize}

the items are with a bullet, but how can I itemize these two with a "-" (a dash / a hyphen / a small line)?

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I had the same issue, but I had a silly mistake. \end{itemize} was missing on one of the earlier pages. — Nilkanth Jadhav, Jun 21 '18 at 09:33

score 219 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 24 '17 at 15:18

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One-at-a-time method:

\begin{itemize}
\item[--] asdasd
\item[--] dsfsdf
\end{itemize}

Set all first-level bullet-point to --:

At preamble, in plain-TeX

\def\labelitemi{--}

or in LaTeX

\renewcommand\labelitemi{---}

These have the same effect, but if you want all your definitions to look similar you can prefer one over the other.

Set the first-level bullet-point to -- only in one itemize environment:

\begin{itemize}
\renewcommand\labelitemi{--}
\item asdasd
\item dsfsdf
\end{itemize}

edited Feb 24 '17 at 15:18

9999years

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answered Mar 13 '10 at 15:31

kennytm

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Note that there's no reason that it would have to be two dashes instead of one; this would work equally well as \item[-]. – Mar 13 '10 at 15:35
@Tyler: - (hyphen) is shorter than -- (en-dash). – kennytm Mar 13 '10 at 15:35
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@Tyler except that it is poorer typographical style, I believe. – Mar 13 '10 at 15:41
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@Vasily I would not say "poorer"; it's a poor style (it's a thing you want to do when you want to look like MSWord). – yo' Jul 07 '12 at 11:53
@picco's answer is what's needed here, I'd say. – LondonRob Jul 11 '14 at 17:01
much better looking results are obtained if one uses \item[$-$] instead of \item[--] – mathreader Oct 31 '17 at 19:29
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@kennytm. Does the command \renewcommand\labelitemi{---} available in beamer as well? I'm getting error for missing command. – CKM Aug 17 '19 at 17:32
Is there a way to do this for second-level bullet points? – Michael Hoffmann Feb 07 '20 at 01:31

score 74 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '12 at 14:22

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For reference, here's a package-wise approach using the (de-facto) list manipulation package, enumitem:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}% http://ctan.org/pkg/enumitem
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}[label={--}]
\item asdasd
\item dsfsdf
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

answered Jul 07 '12 at 14:22

Werner

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You can also set defaults with \setlist[⟨names⟩,⟨levels⟩]{⟨keys/values⟩}. See the enumitem documentation. I have an answer here that gives some settings I like in a beamer presentation. – T. Zack Crawford Apr 13 '21 at 19:37

score 37 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 28 '13 at 11:25

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% before \begin{document}
\usepackage{enumerate}

% after \begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}[-]
 \item asdasd
 \item dsfdsf
\end{enumerate}

Ideally, the enumerate package is already in MiKTeX so you need not download it.

edited Feb 28 '13 at 11:25

lockstep

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answered Feb 28 '13 at 11:07

picco

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Welcome to TeX.sx! You can format code using the {} button in the edit window or by indenting the code by four blank spaces. – Peter Jansson Feb 28 '13 at 11:14
@picco: enumerate is a latex “required” package; a distribution that doesn't contain it is non-conforming. so idealism ought not to be required... – wasteofspace Feb 28 '13 at 14:55
This totally looks like an up-to-date best practice to me. – mcbetz Feb 28 '13 at 17:31
This is clearly the best answer! – LondonRob Jul 11 '14 at 16:52

Ceylan B. · Answer 4 · 2019-03-21T14:27:49.323

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The alternative solution for whole document/representation:

\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist[itemize]{itemsep=10pt, label={--}}

edited Mar 21 '19 at 14:27

answered Mar 21 '19 at 07:11

Ceylan B.

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Use \setlist[itemize]{...}. The command \setitemizewas deprecated 8 years ago. – Javier Bezos Mar 21 '19 at 14:19
Thanks. I changed. – Ceylan B. Mar 21 '19 at 14:28

score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 31 '17 at 19:45

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A much better looking results are obtained if one uses math minus symbol instead of en-dash:

\begin{itemize}
\item[$-$] asdasd
\item[$-$] dsfsdf
\end{itemize}

answered Oct 31 '17 at 19:45

mathreader

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 09 '21 at 20:02

Use package enumitem with parameter shortlabels:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}
\begin{document}
Remember use ``shortlabels'' parameter
\begin{itemize}[-]
    \item aaa 
    \item bbb
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

To use bold dash, replace [-] by [\textbf{-}]; or longer dash, replace [-] by [--]. To use +, replace [-] by [+].

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