Recent changes to HowTo_PrefixNumberInListOf

HowTo_PrefixNumberInListOf modified by Markus Kohm

Markus Kohm — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:41:25 -0000

--- v5
+++ v6
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@
 ```latex
 \DeclareTOCStyleEntries[numberpostfix=:]{tocline}{figure,table}
 ```
-is recommended. The advantage of this version is that the class options `numbers=autoenddot`, `numbers=enddot` or `numbers=noenddot` are still taken into account.
+is recommended. The advantage of this version is that the class options `numbers=autoenddot`, `numbers=enddot` or `numbers=noenddot` are still taken into account. If you do not want a period to be placed at the end of the number in the directories, regardless of the option `numbers`, continue to use the old version or
+```latex
+\BeforeStartingTOC[lof]{\renewcommand*{\autodot}{}}
+\BeforeStartingTOC[lot]{\renewcommand*{\autodot}{}}
+\DeclareTOCStyleEntries[numberpostfix=:]{tocline}{figure,table}
+```
+is the method of choice. Theoretically, KOMA-Script could of course determine whether the value of `numberpostfix` begins with a punctuation mark and then deactivate `\autodot`. However, this would also restrict the user and is by no means as clear-cut as is sometimes assumed. Since redefinitions of `\autodot` have also been a documented possibility since its introduction, the chosen solution seems plausible and consistent to me. Anyone who disagrees is welcome to define their own directory style and then specify a different behavior.

 Um sowohl den Präfix „Abbildung“ bzw. „Tabelle” als auch den Doppelpunkt auch bei Verwendung einer Standardklasse zu erreichen, kann man die letzte Lösung auch noch um eine passende Einstellung `numberprefix` erweitern. Zusätzlich sollte man dann `dynnumwidth` verwenden oder aber mit `numwidth` eine passende neue Breite für die Nummer einschließlich Präfix angeben:
 ```latex

HowTo_PrefixNumberInListOf modified by Markus Kohm

Markus Kohm — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:19:23 -0000

--- v4
+++ v5
@@ -30,3 +30,47 @@
 [[img src=LofLotPrefix.png alt="Figure: List of Figures and List of Tables with prefixed entry numbers"]]

 More information on the `listof=entryprefix` option can be found in the user manual.
+
+Incidentally, it is also very easy to insert a colon after "Figure N" or "Table N". As the KOMA-Script classes use the `\autodot` documented in the user guides, this only needs to be redefined locally for the two directories. To do this, simply add somewhere in the document preamble:
+```latex
+\BeforeStartingTOC[lof]{\renewcommand*{\autodot}{:}}
+\BeforeStartingTOC[lot]{\renewcommand*{\autodot}{:}}
+```
+More information on `\BeforeStartingTOC` can be found in the user guides.
+
+As of KOMA-Script 3.46 instead:
+```latex
+\DeclareTOCStyleEntries[numberpostfix=:]{tocline}{figure,table}
+```
+is recommended. The advantage of this version is that the class options `numbers=autoenddot`, `numbers=enddot` or `numbers=noenddot` are still taken into account.
+
+Um sowohl den Präfix „Abbildung“ bzw. „Tabelle” als auch den Doppelpunkt auch bei Verwendung einer Standardklasse zu erreichen, kann man die letzte Lösung auch noch um eine passende Einstellung `numberprefix` erweitern. Zusätzlich sollte man dann `dynnumwidth` verwenden oder aber mit `numwidth` eine passende neue Breite für die Nummer einschließlich Präfix angeben:
+```latex
+\documentclass{article}
+\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
+\usepackage{tocbasic}
+\DeclareTOCStyleEntries[numberpostfix=:]{tocline}{figure,table}
+\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[numberprefix=\figurename\ ,dynnumwidth]{tocline}{figure}
+\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[numberprefix=\tablename\ ,dynnumwidth]{tocline}{table}
+\begin{document}
+\tableofcontents
+\listoffigures
+\listoftables
+\section{Beispiel}
+Dies ist ein Beispielabschnitt mit einer Abbildung und einer Tabelle.
+\begin{figure}
+  \centering
+  \rule{1cm}{1cm}
+  \caption{Ein Quadrat mit 1\,cm Kantenlänge}
+\end{figure}
+\begin{table}
+  \centering
+  \begin{tabular}{lr}
+  links & rechts \\
+  1     &      2 \\
+  \end{tabular}
+  \caption{Eine linksbündige linke Spalte und eine rechtsbündige rechte Spalte}
+\end{table}
+\end{document}
+```
+Of course, in this example the package `tocbasic`, which provides the required options, must be loaded explicitly.

HowTo_PrefixNumberInListOf modified by Markus Kohm

Markus Kohm — Tue, 27 May 2025 11:37:18 -0000

--- v3
+++ v4
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@
 \end{document}
 ```

+[[img src=LofLotPrefix.png alt="Figure: List of Figures and List of Tables with prefixed entry numbers"]]
+
 More information on the `listof=entryprefix` option can be found in the user manual.

HowTo_PrefixNumberInListOf modified by Markus Kohm

Markus Kohm — Tue, 27 May 2025 11:35:13 -0000

--- v2
+++ v3
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 \tableofcontents
 \listoffigures
 \listoftables
-\begin{document}
 \section{Example}
 This is an example section with a figure and a table.
 \begin{figure}

HowTo_PrefixNumberInListOf modified by Markus Kohm

Markus Kohm — Tue, 27 May 2025 10:23:33 -0000

--- v1
+++ v2
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@
 \end{table}
 \end{document}
 ```
+
+More information on the `listof=entryprefix` option can be found in the user manual.

HowTo_PrefixNumberInListOf modified by Markus Kohm

Markus Kohm — Tue, 27 May 2025 10:19:08 -0000

How to number entries to directories with “Figure N” resp. “Table N”

Although I consider it absolutely pointless to prefix the numbers in the list of figures or list of tables with “figure” or “table”, because nobody would expect anything other than a figure or table in the corresponding directory, the KOMA-Script classes nevertheless offer the option listof=entryprefix. The text used is then \listof*file extension*entryname before the number, i.e. \listoflofentryname for the list of figures and \listoflotentryname for the list of tables. These are predefined in the KOMA-Script classes with \figurename or \tablename and are therefore dependent on the current language.

Example:

\documentclass[listof=entryprefix]{scrartcl}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\listoftables
\begin{document}
\section{Example}
This is an example section with a figure and a table.
\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \rule{1cm}{1cm}
  \caption{A square of 1\,cm width and height}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{lr}
  left & right \\
  1     &      2 \\
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{A left aligned left column and a right aligned right column}
\end{table}
\end{document}