Command/setuplist

\setuplist

Summary

The command \setuplist configures collected lists like for the TOC

Settings

\setuplist[...,...][...=...,...]
[...,...]	list
state	start stop
location	none here
type	simple command userdata
criterium	local intro reference sectionblock:reference all sectionblock:all text sectionblock:text current sectionblock:current here previous sectionblock:previous component section sectionblock:section
list	name
width	fit broad dimension
height	fit broad dimension
depth	fit broad dimension
symbol	one two three none default
label	yes no none name
starter	command
stopper	command
command	threearguments
numbercommand	oneargument
textcommand	oneargument
pagecommand	oneargument
pagenumber	yes no always realpage
headnumber	yes no always
before	command
after	command
inbetween	command
margin	none dimension
distance	none dimension
aligntitle	yes no
numberalign	left right middle flushleft flushright inner outer
align	see \setupalign
hang	yes no
left	command
right	command
interaction	yes no all number text title page sectionnumber pagenumber
limittext	yes no text
style	style command
color	color
numberstyle	style command
numbercolor	color
textstyle	style command
textcolor	color
pagestyle	style command
pagecolor	color
reference	number
extras	name
order	command all title
alternative	a b c d e f g left right top bottom command none interactive paragraph horizontal vertical name
maxwidth	dimension
pageprefix	yes no
pageprefixseparatorset	name
pageprefixconversionset	name
pageprefixset	name
pageprefixsegments	number number:number number:* number:all section section:section section:* section:all current
pageprefixconnector	command processor->command
pageconversionset	name
pagestarter	command processor->command
pagestopper	command processor->command
...=...,...	inherits from \setupcounter
...=...,...	inherits from \setupframed

Option	Explanation
criterium	Default criterium is criterium=local for a newly defined list. That can cause an empty \placelist. Criterium criterium=component is used to establish ToC (and other lists) via project structures. local list of the current section/chapter all complete list (e.g. ToC of a whole book)
list	Inherit settings from this named list
width	The width of the heading number (which is left aligned).
starter	Gets inserted before the (section) number
stopper	Gets inserted after the (section) number
command	Replace the rendering of the whole list entry with your own macro (number, text, page no.).
numbercommand	Replace the rendering of the number with your own macro.
textcommand	Replace the rendering of the list entry text with your own macro.
pagecommand	Replace the rendering of the page number with your own macro.
pagenumber	Show page number?
headnumber	Show head number?
before	Insert before list.
after	Insert after list.
inbetween	Insert between list entries.
margin	Extra indent between the margin (where text would normally start) and the heading number.
distance	The gap between the heading number and the heading.
aligntitle	should an unnumbered section will align in the table of contents under the number rather than the title?
numberalign	Alignment of the number
align	Alignment of the text
hang	indented text after number?
left	Insert before entry text
right	Insert after entry text
interaction	what part of content line should be interactive if \setupinteraction[state=start]
style	style of the whole entry
color	color of the whole entry
numberstyle	style of the number
numbercolor	color of the number
textstyle	style of the entry text
textcolor	color of the entry text
pagestyle	style of the page number
pagecolor	color of the page number
extras	Trick to insert stuff into a list, e.g. page breaks
order	Sort entries? title sorts the list by title
alternative	Overall layout of the list. The alternatives a, b, c, etc. are predefined. The most flexible solution to implement a custom layout is to define a new custom one which can be set as argument to alternative, see \definelistalternative for exact details. a number – title – pagenumber b number – title – spaces – pagenumber c number – title – dots – pagenumber d number – title – pagenumber (continuous) e title (framed) f title (left, middle or right aligned) g title (centered) command use with own 3-parameter macro, e.g command=\MyListEntry. removes linking and bookmarks in the parameters, unless added by the supplied macro. interactive use with own 3-parameter macro command=\MyListEntry. keeps linking and bookmarks in the parameters.
maxwidth	Max. width of the entry text
pageprefix	prefix of the page number; see prefix in \setupcounter
pagestarter	Insert before the page number
pagestopper	Insert after the page number

Examples

Unnumbered ToC items, with some shift

Sometimes we need to insert unnumbered items into the ToC, and to specify them horizontal shift to "keep the look" of the other (numbered) items. Here "margin" option comes into play:

\setuppapersize[A7,landscape]
\setuplist[alternative=c]

\setuphead[subsubsection][number=no]
\setuplist[subsubsection][margin=20mm]

\starttext
  \placecontent
  \hairline
  \section{Section}
    \subsection{Subsection}
      \subsubsection{Subsubsection}
\stoptext

Use different alternatives for different levels in the same ToC

You can use different alternatives for different levels.

\setuppapersize[A7,landscape]
\setuplist[alternative=c]
\setuplist[subsection][alternative=d]

\starttext
 \placecontent
 \hairline
 \section{Section}
   \subsection{Subsection}
     \subsubsection{Subsubsection}
\stoptext

Left-hand page numbers

The following example positions the page number to the left of the list entry title:

\define[3]\SectionToCEntry{
  \leftaligned\bgroup
     \hbox to 2em{#3}%
     \hskip 1em
     \vtop{\hsize\dimexpr\textwidth-3em\relax#2}%
  \egroup
}

\setuplist
  [section]
  [alternative=interactive,
   command=\SectionToCEntry,
   after=\endgraf]

The alternative=interactive is required to maintain hyperlinked page numbers when links are enabled in the document. Without the after=\endgraf items would be displayed on one line.

Using tabular numbers

In a long TOC it looks awkward if proportional numbers are used. It is better to enable the font feature tabularnumbers:

\setuplist
  [chapter]
  [pagestyle={\feature[+][tabularnumbers]}]

See also

• \definecounter
• \defineframed
• \definelist
• \setupalign
• \setupcounter
• \setupframed
• strc-lst.mkvi
• \setupcombinedlist
• \definecombinedlist
• \definelistalternative
• Table of Contents

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