How to replace fixed indentation of ToC entry names with fixed space between number and name?

Question

How to make indents as in the second image?

This is what it looks like now:

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This is what it should look like:

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MWE:

\documentclass[a4paper, 14pt, english]{extreport}

\usepackage[T2A]{fontenc}   
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage[a4paper, left=25mm, right=10mm, top=20mm, bottom=20mm]{geometry}

\linespread{1.3} 
\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ftm} 
\frenchspacing

\renewcommand{\cftchapfont}{\normalsize  } 
\renewcommand\cftchappagefont{\normalfont} 

\renewcommand{\cftbeforechapskip}{0em} 
\renewcommand{\cftparskip}{-1mm} 
\renewcommand{\cftdotsep}{1} 
\renewcommand{\cftpartleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}} 
\renewcommand{\cftchapleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}}

\cftsetindents{chapter}{0pt}{10pt} 
\cftsetindents{section}{0pt}{30pt}
\cftsetindents{subsection}{0pt}{40pt}
\cftsetindents{subsubsection}{0pt}{50pt}



\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\thispagestyle{empty} 
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\thispagestyle{empty}}

\chapter{test}
\section{test} 
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test} 
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test} 
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\end{document}

Related or duplicated: How to modify the indentation before sectioning titles in the table of contents? — Marco Daniel, May 13 '13 at 17:54
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also related: Roman numerals become “too wide” in table of contents and Extra space for numbered titles in table of contents — barbara beeton, May 13 '13 at 18:15
@MarcoDaniel The OP seems to want to replace fixed indentation of section names with a fixed space between section number and name. Taking a quick look at the tocloft manual, it's not obvious how to achieve this. — lockstep, May 13 '13 at 19:04

Marco Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-13T19:45:23.070

The package tocloft supports this indirect. However this modification allows all settings by tocloft

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\numberline}[1]{%
  \setbox0\hbox{#1\quad}%
  \hb@xt@\wd0{\@cftbsnum #1\@cftasnum\hfil}\@cftasnumb}
\makeatother
\begin{document}

\tableofcontents
\chapter{foo}
\section{bar}
\section{bar}
\setcounter{section}{170}
\section{bar}
\section{bar}

\end{document}

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lockstep · Answer 2 · 2013-05-13T19:42:49.193

While I can't offer a tocloft solution, the desired layout can be achieved by using the tocstyle package (part of KOMA-Script) and its tocfullflat option.

\documentclass{report}

\usepackage[tocfullflat]{tocstyle}
\usetocstyle{allwithdot}
\settocstylefeature[0]{entryhook}{\normalfont}
\settocstylefeature[0]{entryvskip}{0pt}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\@dotsep}{1}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\chapter{test}
\section{test} 
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test} 
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test} 
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}
\section{test}

\end{document}

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How to replace fixed indentation of ToC entry names with fixed space between number and name?

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