On 2022-01-08 05:38, Anthony Macks via lyx-users wrote: > >>On 2022-01-07 23:09, Anthony Macks via lyx-users wrote: > >> Dear LyX users, > >> > >> I am nesting description lists and want to justify the text within the > >> nested list. > >> > >> I have attached my MWE, output and a copy of what I want the output to > >> look like. > >> > >> I am using the module "Customisable Lists (enumitem)." with the article > >> class. When I right click on the description label, an options box is > >> produced. However, the options to go in the box (I get the options from > >> the enumitem package) are not producing the desired effect. > >> > >> Warm Regards, > >> Anthony > >> > > >Dear Anthony, > > >I am not sure that it is possible to adjust the width of the label > >automatically. Have you tried any of these instead? > > > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67720/description-list-with-aligned-descriptions < https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67720/description-list-with-aligned-descriptions >
> > >Best regards, > >Daniel > > Thanks Daniel. > > I have looked at the link. It will require me to create a new > environment which I was hoping to avoid. > > I have tried and can create the new environment successfully, however, > it looks ugly with all the ERT I have to use. > > Perhaps, I can create the new environment in a local layout. I have > written a local layout for an itemized list before. > How would it differ from a description list? > > I have attached a file below which contains my local layout. > > > Warm Regards, > Anthony > > > On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 15:26, Daniel via lyx-users > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 2022-01-07 23:09, Anthony Macks via lyx-users wrote: > > Dear LyX users, > > > > I am nesting description lists and want to justify the text > within the > > nested list. > > > > I have attached my MWE, output and a copy of what I want the > output to > > look like. > > > > I am using the module "Customisable Lists (enumitem)." with the > article > > class. When I right click on the description label, an options > box is > > produced. However, the options to go in the box (I get the > options from > > the enumitem package) are not producing the desired effect. > > > > Warm Regards, > > Anthony > > > > Dear Anthony, > > I am not sure that it is possible to adjust the width of the label > automatically. Have you tried any of these instead? > > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67720/description-list-with-aligned-descriptions < https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67720/description-list-with-aligned-descriptions > > > Best regards, > Daniel > I should have read the thread more carefully to the end. Attached is a > tweaked version of your example. >Note: >1. The enumitem package is loaded by the enumitem module. (You don't >have to load the enumitem package manually.) >2. The Description Options you used only affected the leftmargin from >the second line of a description list onward. (It is not clear to me >what should happen in the second line from your MWE.) >3. In order to use LaTeX commands in LyX (those starting with \), you >need to put them into a TeX Code inset. (Insert > TeX Code or Ctrl+L / >Cmd+L.) Thanks Daniel. Problem solved. Point 3 was worth exploring and it fixed an issue I had asked about. I will try and write a local layout for my new environment which automatically calculates the width of the longest label, Warm Regards, Anthony On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 15:50, Daniel via lyx-users <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2022-01-08 05:38, Anthony Macks via lyx-users wrote: > > >>On 2022-01-07 23:09, Anthony Macks via lyx-users wrote: > > >> Dear LyX users, > > >> > > >> I am nesting description lists and want to justify the text within > the > > >> nested list. > > >> > > >> I have attached my MWE, output and a copy of what I want the output > to > > >> look like. > > >> > > >> I am using the module "Customisable Lists (enumitem)." with the > article > > >> class. When I right click on the description label, an options box is > > >> produced. However, the options to go in the box (I get the options > from > > >> the enumitem package) are not producing the desired effect. > > >> > > >> Warm Regards, > > >> Anthony > > >> > > > > >Dear Anthony, > > > > >I am not sure that it is possible to adjust the width of the label > > >automatically. Have you tried any of these instead? > > > > > > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67720/description-list-with-aligned-descriptions > < > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67720/description-list-with-aligned-descriptions > > > > > > >Best regards, > > >Daniel > > > > Thanks Daniel. > > > > I have looked at the link. It will require me to create a new > > environment which I was hoping to avoid. > > > > I have tried and can create the new environment successfully, however, > > it looks ugly with all the ERT I have to use. > > > > Perhaps, I can create the new environment in a local layout. I have > > written a local layout for an itemized list before. > > How would it differ from a description list? > > > > I have attached a file below which contains my local layout. > > > > > > Warm Regards, > > Anthony > > > > > > On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 15:26, Daniel via lyx-users > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On 2022-01-07 23:09, Anthony Macks via lyx-users wrote: > > > Dear LyX users, > > > > > > I am nesting description lists and want to justify the text > > within the > > > nested list. > > > > > > I have attached my MWE, output and a copy of what I want the > > output to > > > look like. > > > > > > I am using the module "Customisable Lists (enumitem)." with the > > article > > > class. When I right click on the description label, an options > > box is > > > produced. However, the options to go in the box (I get the > > options from > > > the enumitem package) are not producing the desired effect. > > > > > > Warm Regards, > > > Anthony > > > > > > > Dear Anthony, > > > > I am not sure that it is possible to adjust the width of the label > > automatically. Have you tried any of these instead? > > > > > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67720/description-list-with-aligned-descriptions > < > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67720/description-list-with-aligned-descriptions > > > > > > Best regards, > > Daniel > > > > > > -- > > lyx-users mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users > > <http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users> > > > > > > Something went wrong with the attachment. Here is a new one.-- > lyx-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users >
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