Can tasks be used to make a list with \itemindent = \labelwidth + \labelsep

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My question will use terms from the diagram below.

Using the tasks environment from the tasks package, is it possible to make lists where \itemindent = \labelwidth + \labelsep? The objective is to have lines in "Item 1" beyond the first line have their left boundary line up with the left boundary of the "Label".

[All my experiments with tasks have only managed to make something where the "Label" is completely to the left of the entire "Item 1". In other words, I believe, where \itemindent = 0. ]

Yes, but I'm not too happy with the code. I'll post it though till someone more knowledgeable than me comes with a nicer solution. — alwaysask, Aug 13 '16 at 16:32
The next version (0.12) will support this natively. I'll add an answer once the new version reaches TeX Live. — cgnieder, Aug 13 '16 at 19:48

cgnieder · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-04T10:30:18.763

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Starting from version 0.12 when label-width+label-offset>item-indent the labels no longer stick into the margin but into text block of the item. This means you now only need a setup like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum,microtype}

\usepackage{tasks}[2016/08/13]% v0.12 or newer

\settasks{
  label-width = 1em ,
  label-offset = .5em ,
  item-indent = 0em ,
  column-sep = 2em
}

\begin{document}

Some text:
\begin{tasks}(2)
  \task \lipsum*[66]
  \task \lipsum*[75] 
\end{tasks}
Some text.

\end{document}

edited Sep 04 '16 at 10:30

answered Aug 16 '16 at 07:57

cgnieder

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Thanks for adding this feature. I just now was able to come back to this, upgrade my TeX distribution, update tasks, and try this out. It works great for my needs, so thank you again.
Do you have a suggestion for how I would nicely indent the entire tasks environment some? If there is a way to do it with tasks itself, I would use that way. Otherwise I can wrap the tasks environment in something else to achieve that indentation. In the past I achieved this artificially by making \labelwidth be wide and using label-align=right. That hack won't work with this new feature you added.
– alex.jordan Sep 01 '16 at 19:08
Something like this? \settasks{ label-width = 3em , label-offset = .5em , item-indent = 2em , column-sep = 0em } – cgnieder Sep 04 '16 at 10:33
Perfect. I didn't realize item-indent would work that way with the new feature. Thank you! – alex.jordan Sep 04 '16 at 16:48

Can tasks be used to make a list with \itemindent = \labelwidth + \labelsep

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