Horizontal List of items with separator as an item under another item

Question

I want to write a section of Skills in resume where the output will be like-

Personal Attributes

Independent | Curious | Adaptable | Problem Solver

Technical Skills

Java | Python | AWS

the above outtput I want to achieve with something like

\begin{skills}
\skilltype{Personla Attributes}
    \begin{skilllist}
\item{Independent}
\item{curious}
\item{adaptable}

\end{skilllist}

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\begin{skills}

How sould I write the .cls file to have \textpipes in between? P.s. I don't want to write it like Curious \textpipe Adaptable etc.

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would be great if possible a solution where the items are equally distributed and spacing between them is auto generated accordingly

Define "equally distributed". Would 3 items (say) take up the same space as 5 items? Or should it just be spread across \textwidth? — Werner, Nov 20 '21 at 19:26
@Werner i mean irrespictive of 3 items or 5 items, they should occupy whole line (not equal width per items, but spacing should auto adjust) — theSwapnilSaste, Nov 20 '21 at 19:35

Dan · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-20T19:42:17.270

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Use an inline list:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\newlist{skillset}{enumerate*}{1}
\setlist[skillset]{label={}, afterlabel={}, itemjoin={{ \textbar{} }}}
\begin{document}
\begin{skillset}
  \item Java
  \item Python
  \item AWS
\end{skillset}
\end{document}

To make the list take the whole line add \hfill to the itemjoin. Margins shown:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry} % to show margins
\newlist{skillset}{enumerate*}{1}
\setlist[skillset]{label={}, afterlabel={}, itemjoin={{\hfill \textbar{} \hfill}}}
\begin{document}
\noindent\begin{skillset}
  \item Java
  \item Python
  \item AWS
\end{skillset}
\end{document}

edited Nov 20 '21 at 19:42

answered Nov 20 '21 at 19:21

Dan

3,699

You can directly define a new list with \newlist{skilllist}{enumerate*}{1} and then say setlist[skilllist]{label={}, afterlabel={}, itemjoin={{ \textbar{} }}} – Jasper Habicht Nov 20 '21 at 19:24
@JasperHabicht Good point. I've updated the answer accordingly. – Dan Nov 20 '21 at 19:29
Then I'll remove mine =) – Jasper Habicht Nov 20 '21 at 19:31
@JasperHabicht Sorry. I hadn't refreshed my page and noticed your answer when I made the edit. – Dan Nov 20 '21 at 19:32
That's totally okay. Just keep yours as it is now. – Jasper Habicht Nov 20 '21 at 19:34
@Dan just a small doubt, I want to add some padding before and after of the list, how do I achieve it? {after using the 2nd approach that you mentioned} – theSwapnilSaste Nov 20 '21 at 21:50
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@theSwapnilSaste Add before={\hspace{2mm}}, after={\hspace{2mm}} options to the \setlist line. You can replace 2mm with whatever length you desire. – Dan Nov 20 '21 at 21:55

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 20 '21 at 19:16

\NewDocumentEnvironment{skilllist}{}
   {%
     \RenewDocumentCommand{\item}{m} % ❶
        {%
          #1%
          \RenewDocumentCommand{\item}{m} % ❷
            { \textpipe\ ##1}% ❸
        }%
   }
   {%
     \par % ❹
   }

In the \begin{skilllist} definition we redefine \item ❶ to take a single argument which will be your skill. And within that redefinition, we will redefine \item again ❷ so that after the first \item each item will have | printed to separate it from the preceding items (with spaces before and after the |). Note also the use of ##1 in the inner redefinition so that LaTeX knows that we're referring to the definition of the defined command and not an outer command.

I've done no other real formatting since you'll likely handle that on your own other than to end the paragraph ❹ in the \end{skilllist} definition, but you can obviously add whatever additional formatting is necessary (e.g., enclosing each skill in \mbox to prevent line breaks in the middle of a skill).

You can also use a delayed executing technique for the separator. See Cunning (La)TeX tricks. — Werner, Nov 20 '21 at 21:52

Horizontal List of items with separator as an item under another item

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