Symbollist not left aligned

Question

Refer to this post, I try to adapt my list of symbols to my list of abbreviations.

List of abbreviations

% Setup list of abbreviations
\newglossarystyle{mylong}{
\setglossarystyle{long}
\renewenvironment{theglossary}{\vspace{-3mm}\begin{longtable*}[l]{@{}p{\dimexpr 2cm-\tabcolsep}p{0.8\hsize}}}{\end{longtable*}}}

\printglossary[style=mylong,type=\acronymtype,title=Abkürzungsverzeichnis]

Now I would like to achieve a quite similar presentation for my list of symbols.

List of symbols

\newglossary{symbolslist}{syi}{syg}{}
\glsaddstoragekey{unit}{}{\glsentryunit}

\newglossarystyle{symbunitlong}{
\setglossarystyle{long3col}
\renewenvironment{theglossary}{\vspace{-3mm}
\begin{longtable*}[l]{lp{\glsdescwidth}>{\arraybackslash}p{1cm}}}{\end{longtable*}}
\renewcommand*{\glossentry}[2]{
\glstarget{##1}{\glossentryname{##1}} & \glossentrydesc{##1} & \glsentryunit{##1}\\
}
}

\printunsrtglossary[type=symbols,style=symbunitlong,title=Symbolverzeichnis]

How to left align the list of symbols and how to adapt the distance between my symbols to the distance from CAD to CRC?

EDIT1

To solve the problem with the vertical distance I have just to add a sort property to the definition of a new symbol like this:

\glsxtrnewsymbol[
description={test1},
unit={m},
sort={a}]
{y}{y}

Thanks to @leandriis for more information see this post.

EDIT2

If I change the line to this like mentioned of @leandriis

\begin{longtable*}[l]{@{}lp{\glsdescwidth}>{\arraybackslash}p{1cm}}}{\end{longtable*}}

It seems to be better but not perfect

EDIT3

MWE

\documentclass[]{scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[binary-units=true,locale = DE]{siunitx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[nonumberlist,acronym,toc,symbols,nomain]{glossaries-extra}

\usepackage{showframe} % just for the example

% Setup list of abbreviations
\newglossarystyle{mylong}{
  \setglossarystyle{long}
  \renewenvironment{theglossary}{%
    \vspace{-3mm}%
    \begin{longtable*}[l]{@{}p{\dimexpr 2cm-\tabcolsep}p{\dimexpr\textwidth-\tabcolsep-2cm}@{}}%
  }{\end{longtable*}}
}
\setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{long-short}

\newacronym[
plural={Test},
firstplural={Test (Test)},
description={Test}]
{Test}{Test}{Test}

\newacronym[
plural={Test1},
firstplural={Test1 (Test1)},
description={Test1}]
{Test1}{Test1}{Test1}

% Setup list of symbols
\newglossary{symbolslist}{syi}{syg}{}
\glsaddstoragekey{unit}{}{\glsentryunit}
\newglossarystyle{symbunitlong}{
\setglossarystyle{long3col}
\renewenvironment{theglossary}{\vspace{-3mm}\begin{longtable*}[l]{@{}p{\dimexpr 2cm-\tabcolsep}p{\glsdescwidth}>{\arraybackslash}p{1cm}}}{\end{longtable*}}

\renewcommand*{\glossentry}[2]{
\glstarget{##1}{\glossentryname{##1}} & \glossentrydesc{##1} & \glsentryunit{##1}\\
}
}

\glsxtrnewsymbol[
description={test0},
unit={m},
sort={a}]
{x}{x}

\glsxtrnewsymbol[
description={test1},
unit={m},
sort={a}]
{y}{y}

\makeglossaries

\glsadd{x}
\glsadd{y}
\glsadd{Test}
\glsadd{Test1}

\begin{document}
\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,style=mylong,title=Abkürzungsverzeichnis]

\printunsrtglossary[type=symbols,style=symbunitlong,title=Symbolverzeichnis]
\end{document}

RESULT

The vertical spacing between the shown entries might be due to grouping with redard to the first letter. See here: How do I remove alphabetical grouping of acronyms in the list? — leandriis, Aug 12 '19 at 14:00
To remove the horizontal indentation, you could add @{} to {lp{\glsdescwidth}>{\arraybackslash}p{1cm}}} as follows: {@{}lp{\glsdescwidth}>{\arraybackslash}p{1cm}}} (See also What is the use of @{}?) — leandriis, Aug 12 '19 at 14:02
Due to the lack of a complete MWE my above comments were just pure guesses. Could you therefore please edit your question to include a full minimal working example (MWE) that allows others to reproduce the issue you describe? — leandriis, Aug 12 '19 at 14:29

egreg · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-12T15:18:11.167

Don't guess the width and redefine the left distance:

\documentclass[]{scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[binary-units=true,locale = DE]{siunitx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[nonumberlist,acronym,toc,symbols,nomain]{glossaries-extra}

\usepackage{showframe} % just for the example

% Setup list of abbreviations
\newglossarystyle{mylong}{
  \setglossarystyle{long}
  \renewenvironment{theglossary}{%
    \vspace{-3mm}%
    \begin{longtable*}{
      @{}
      p{\dimexpr 2cm-\tabcolsep}
      p{\dimexpr\textwidth-\tabcolsep-2cm}
      @{}
    }%
  }{\end{longtable*}}
}
\setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{long-short}

% Setup list of symbols
\newglossary{symbolslist}{syi}{syg}{}
\glsaddstoragekey{unit}{}{\glsentryunit}
\newglossarystyle{symbunitlong}{
  \setglossarystyle{long3col}%
  \renewenvironment{theglossary}{%
    \vspace{-3mm}%
    \setlength{\LTleft}{0pt}%
    \begin{longtable*}{%
      @{}
      p{\dimexpr 2cm-\tabcolsep}
      p{\glsdescwidth}
      r
      @{}
    }%
  }{\end{longtable*}}
  \renewcommand*{\glossentry}[2]{%
    \glstarget{##1}{\glossentryname{##1}} & \glossentrydesc{##1} & \glsentryunit{##1}\\
  }%
}

\newacronym[
plural={Test},
firstplural={Test (Test)},
description={Test}]
{Test}{Test}{Test}

\newacronym[
plural={Test1},
firstplural={Test1 (Test1)},
description={Test1}]
{Test1}{Test1}{Test1}


\glsxtrnewsymbol[
description={test0},
unit={m},
sort={a}]
{x}{x}

\glsxtrnewsymbol[
description={test1},
unit={m},
sort={a}]
{y}{y}

\makeglossaries

\glsadd{x}
\glsadd{y}
\glsadd{Test}
\glsadd{Test1}

\begin{document}
\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,style=mylong,title=Abkürzungsverzeichnis]

\printunsrtglossary[type=symbols,style=symbunitlong,title=Symbolverzeichnis]
\end{document}

Don't forget \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

Thanks for your answer, but the problem is located in the list of symbols not in the list of abbreviations. — PascalS, Aug 12 '19 at 15:06

Symbollist not left aligned

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