Remove the default space in the ToC between chapter number and the chapter itself

[jsv1]

1. Set up chapter numbering:

   Tools > Chapter Numbering:

   • Numbering:

     • Level = 1
     • Number = 1, 2, 3

     

   • Position:

     • Numbering followed by = Nothing
     • Indent at = 0

     

2. Create two headings Foo and Bar

   

3. Create the ToC. You will notice that the chapter number is separated from the Chapter by a space.

   

Is it possible to remove it?

Why do I want this, at all?

I want this because I dont’t want to have the period after the chapter number in the text itself, but I want to have this period in the ToC. So it should be:

In the text:

1    Foo (there will be a tab)
2    Bar

In the ToC:

1. Foo
2. Bar

Without removing the “default” space after the section number in the ToC, the ToC will look like

1 . Foo
2 . Bar

This is not what I want, of course. So I need to find a way to remove the “default” space or some workaround.

[ajlittoz]

It looks like this spurious space can’t be removed.

The TOC structure is defined by the dialog when you create the TOC (or right-click in the TOC and Edit index) in the Entries tab. The chapter number is inserted with the E# key. This key seems to be suffixed by a space, independently of any separator you can type between E# and E.

The list style feature does not allow either to change the dot-separator within a number sequence nor to eliminate the last dot.

I’m afraid there is no solution.

[jsv1]

This key seems to be suffixed by a space, independently of any separator you can type between E# and E .

A very strange decision, I would say. We already have an option to insert as many spaces as we want manually. So there is no point to insert the default one: it just makes ToC less flexible.

[jsv1]

Feel free to support the request for enhancement: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145473

[ajlittoz]

I fully agree with you and added a comment to tdf#145473.