Awful ToC layout, while using roman number

Question

I use the article class.

I want a ToC and pages with roman number, so I use the following :

\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}}

But the ToC layout is horrible (while page title are great) :

Any help, please?

For the record, I'm using latex since two month and I did great until this problem, which i can't solve by myself. I did a research over the web but I can't find anything about this.

Welcome to the site! Does TOC Text - numbers alignment help? (Note that if you're using the memoir class you don't have to load the tocloft package.) — Torbjørn T., Aug 25 '15 at 07:03
Is there any special reason you want to use Roman numbering when mentioning your A9 operating system? — Brent.Longborough, Aug 25 '15 at 07:34
My temporary solution is to use the report class instead of the article class. I will keep trying with tocloft package like Torbjørn T suggested. And I'm sorry Brent but i don't understand what do you mean by "A9 operating system"? — Sub, Aug 25 '15 at 09:10
Not sure if @Brent.Longborough is joking or not. If not, AIX. — Mike Renfro, Aug 25 '15 at 12:21
@MikeRenfro I was joking (if you can call it that) to make a point -- Roman numerals aren't very user-friendly. Maybe OK for numbering Parts, but only if five or less. — Brent.Longborough, Aug 25 '15 at 15:40

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '15 at 14:50

Use tocloft as suggested by Torbjorn. Here is an example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\setlength{\cftsecnumwidth}{3em}   %% adjust as you wish
\cftsetindents{section}{3em}{1.5em}   %% adjust as you wish
\cftsetindents{subsection}{4.5em}{2.5em}   %% adjust as you wish
\cftsetindents{subsubsection}{7em}{3.5em}   %% adjust as you wish
\usepackage{blindtext}   %% for dummy text
\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\Roman{section}}
\tableofcontents
\Blinddocument
\end{document}

Awful ToC layout, while using roman number

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