Remove the space produced by navigation symbols

Question

I am using the Dresden scheme. I know how to remove the symbols with

\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{mini frames}{}

but there is still a space left below the section. How do I eliminate it? The upper bar in the header is supposed to have the same height as the lower bar in the header.

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score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

The beamer theme Dresden uses a so-called mini frame navigation, i. e. little circles each representing one slide. With \setbeamertemplate{mini frames}{}, you can remove these, but the space is still occupied:

headline without mini frames, but with spurious space

To get rid of this gap, you have two possibilities:

Remove all \subsection commands from your presentation. Mini frames are only created if there is a subsection present.

Add \renewcommand*{\slideentry}[6]{} to the preamble of your document (the part between \documentclass{beamer} and \begin{document}). This empties the internal beamer macro responsible for generating the mini frames and the space around them:

\documentclass{beamer}

\usetheme{Dresden}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamertemplate{mini frames}{}
\renewcommand*{\slideentry}[6]{}

\begin{document}
\section{Section 1}
\subsection{Subsection 1}
\frame{}\frame{}\frame{}
\subsection{Subsection 2}
\frame{}\frame{}
\section{Section 2}
\subsection{Subsection 1}
\frame{}\frame{}
\subsection{Subsection 2}
\frame{}\frame{}\frame{}\frame{}\frame{}\frame{}
\end{document}

same headline as above, but without empty gap

Thank you for this fast and excellent answer. 2. worked perfectly. — user38510, Oct 23 '13 at 18:51

Remove the space produced by navigation symbols

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