Search code examples
latextableofcontents

Modifying LaTeX Table of Contents to add a period after chapter/table/figure number

I need to add a period after the chapter/table/figure number in each line in Table of Contents/LoT/LoF.

ie, right now it shows:

TABLES
1   first
2   second

but I need it to show:

TABLES
1.  first
2.  second

I know this can be done with the tocloft package, however, that package is conflicting with the latex style I'm using, with the error: \c@lotdepth is already defined. (The style is an old style for my university's thesis format, but it's slightly out of date, so I need to make some changes to get it right.

I also found that I can change thechapter/thetable/thefigure, so those contain periods. However, that then messes up my references and has the period in all of my references.

Solution

  • Ok, so I found the answer. The \addcontentslines{...} is what adds the actual text, and because latex formatting is difficult to follow when there's fifty statements, I was missing it. Adding a period into there took care of it.