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Why does indent disappear in lists?

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3

Consider this small document:

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext

begindocument

blindtext

blindtext

beginenumerate
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

enddocument

This has two paragraphs outside a list environment, and two paragraphs inside a list environment. I've noticed in this situation that paragraphs outside lists have their first line indented, whereas paragraphs inside lists do not have any indent:

Why does this occur? Can I restore the indentation inside a list?

EDIT: I notice that in lists, by default paragraphs are separated by blank lines. Preferably a solution should also get rid of that. (For context, I'm writing up a solution to an assignment, and nearly every paragraph is inside an enumerate or similar.)

lists indentation paragraphs

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edited Mar 28 at 1:00

bradrn

asked Mar 28 at 0:31

bradrnbradrn

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  "why" questions are hard to answer, the list paragraph shape is settable as are the outer paragraphs the standard latex classes chose choose that layout as presumably the original author preferred it that way. you can set listparindent` and other list parameters to achieve other shapes
  
  – David Carlisle
  Mar 28 at 1:23
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Kurt Thank you!
  
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  Mar 28 at 1:24
  

  
  
  
  

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3

Consider this small document:

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext

begindocument

blindtext

blindtext

beginenumerate
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

enddocument

This has two paragraphs outside a list environment, and two paragraphs inside a list environment. I've noticed in this situation that paragraphs outside lists have their first line indented, whereas paragraphs inside lists do not have any indent:

Why does this occur? Can I restore the indentation inside a list?

EDIT: I notice that in lists, by default paragraphs are separated by blank lines. Preferably a solution should also get rid of that. (For context, I'm writing up a solution to an assignment, and nearly every paragraph is inside an enumerate or similar.)

lists indentation paragraphs

share|improve this question

edited Mar 28 at 1:00

bradrn

asked Mar 28 at 0:31

bradrnbradrn

1186

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Welcome to TeX.SE!
  
  – Kurt
  Mar 28 at 1:06
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  "why" questions are hard to answer, the list paragraph shape is settable as are the outer paragraphs the standard latex classes chose choose that layout as presumably the original author preferred it that way. you can set listparindent` and other list parameters to achieve other shapes
  
  – David Carlisle
  Mar 28 at 1:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kurt Thank you!
  
  – bradrn
  Mar 28 at 1:24
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Consider this small document:

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext

begindocument

blindtext

blindtext

beginenumerate
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

enddocument

This has two paragraphs outside a list environment, and two paragraphs inside a list environment. I've noticed in this situation that paragraphs outside lists have their first line indented, whereas paragraphs inside lists do not have any indent:

Why does this occur? Can I restore the indentation inside a list?

EDIT: I notice that in lists, by default paragraphs are separated by blank lines. Preferably a solution should also get rid of that. (For context, I'm writing up a solution to an assignment, and nearly every paragraph is inside an enumerate or similar.)

lists indentation paragraphs

share|improve this question

edited Mar 28 at 1:00

bradrn

asked Mar 28 at 0:31

bradrnbradrn

1186

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext

begindocument

blindtext

blindtext

beginenumerate
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

enddocument

share|improve this question

edited Mar 28 at 1:00

bradrn

asked Mar 28 at 0:31

bradrnbradrn

1186

share|improve this question

edited Mar 28 at 1:00

bradrn

asked Mar 28 at 0:31

bradrnbradrn

1186

asked Mar 28 at 0:31

bradrnbradrn

1186

asked Mar 28 at 0:31

bradrnbradrn

1186

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item properties can be formatted with enumitem. Then you can use listparindent for enumerate environment:

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext
usepackageenumitem
setlist[enumerate]parsep=0pt

begindocument

blindtext

blindtext

 beginenumerate[listparindent=1.5em]

 item
 blindtext

 blindtext

 endenumerate

enddocument

EDIT: Thanks to @David, you can also set parsep to 0 if you want to get rid of that space.

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:35

answered Mar 28 at 0:50

Majid AbdolshahMajid Abdolshah

71828

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  Nice! Unfortunately, this doesn't entirely answer my question: I also asked why this behaviour happens. I also notice that this method still preserves that extra horizontal space between paragraphs in the list; do you have any idea how to get rid of that?
  
  – bradrn
  Mar 28 at 0:56
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @bradrn AFAIK enumerate is kind of old and enumitem gives you more advantage and options comparing to list environments such as itemize and enumerate. However my understanding is enumerate eliminates the paragraph indentation by default. Regarding that horizontal space, I'll have a look.
  
  – Majid Abdolshah
  Mar 28 at 1:16
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @bradrn You can always use something like this vspace-0.1cm after the paragraph. But it's not the best solution of course.
  
  – Majid Abdolshah
  Mar 28 at 1:24
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @bradrn the paragraph space is parsep (or parsep in the enumitem interface) so you can set that to 0pt
  
  – David Carlisle
  Mar 28 at 1:26
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @MajidAbdolshah In my 'real' code, I'm already using enumitem.
  
  – bradrn
  Mar 28 at 1:27
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

1

The reason for this behaviour is that inside enumerate the length parindent is set to zero. So you can not use a simple indent as usual in normal text to get the space of parindent set.

You can simulate the ususal behaviour in normal text with the following code (See <===== for important code):

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext
usepackageenumitem % <===============================================
newlengthenumerateparindent % <=====================================

begindocument

setlengthenumerateparindentparindent % <=========================
blindtext

blindtext

beginenumerate
setlengthparindentenumerateparindent % <=========================
%showparindent 
%valueparindent
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

Version 2:
beginenumerate[listparindent=enumerateparindent] % <================
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

enddocument

and the wished result:

Please see that setlengthparindentenumerateparindent does only work in that enumerate list you placed the command inside ...

If you are already using package enumitem -- as mentioned in an comment -- you can use it to use the same indent defined in parindent with version 2 in my mwe.

The you get the resulting version 2:

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edited Mar 28 at 1:53

answered Mar 28 at 1:13

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2

item properties can be formatted with enumitem. Then you can use listparindent for enumerate environment:

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext
usepackageenumitem
setlist[enumerate]parsep=0pt

begindocument

blindtext

blindtext

 beginenumerate[listparindent=1.5em]

 item
 blindtext

 blindtext

 endenumerate

enddocument

EDIT: Thanks to @David, you can also set parsep to 0 if you want to get rid of that space.

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:35

answered Mar 28 at 0:50

Majid AbdolshahMajid Abdolshah

71828

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Nice! Unfortunately, this doesn't entirely answer my question: I also asked why this behaviour happens. I also notice that this method still preserves that extra horizontal space between paragraphs in the list; do you have any idea how to get rid of that?
  
  – bradrn
  Mar 28 at 0:56
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @bradrn AFAIK enumerate is kind of old and enumitem gives you more advantage and options comparing to list environments such as itemize and enumerate. However my understanding is enumerate eliminates the paragraph indentation by default. Regarding that horizontal space, I'll have a look.
  
  – Majid Abdolshah
  Mar 28 at 1:16
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @bradrn You can always use something like this vspace-0.1cm after the paragraph. But it's not the best solution of course.
  
  – Majid Abdolshah
  Mar 28 at 1:24
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @bradrn the paragraph space is parsep (or parsep in the enumitem interface) so you can set that to 0pt
  
  – David Carlisle
  Mar 28 at 1:26
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @MajidAbdolshah In my 'real' code, I'm already using enumitem.
  
  – bradrn
  Mar 28 at 1:27
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

2

item properties can be formatted with enumitem. Then you can use listparindent for enumerate environment:

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext
usepackageenumitem
setlist[enumerate]parsep=0pt

begindocument

blindtext

blindtext

 beginenumerate[listparindent=1.5em]

 item
 blindtext

 blindtext

 endenumerate

enddocument

EDIT: Thanks to @David, you can also set parsep to 0 if you want to get rid of that space.

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:35

answered Mar 28 at 0:50

Majid AbdolshahMajid Abdolshah

71828

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Nice! Unfortunately, this doesn't entirely answer my question: I also asked why this behaviour happens. I also notice that this method still preserves that extra horizontal space between paragraphs in the list; do you have any idea how to get rid of that?
  
  – bradrn
  Mar 28 at 0:56
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @bradrn AFAIK enumerate is kind of old and enumitem gives you more advantage and options comparing to list environments such as itemize and enumerate. However my understanding is enumerate eliminates the paragraph indentation by default. Regarding that horizontal space, I'll have a look.
  
  – Majid Abdolshah
  Mar 28 at 1:16
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @bradrn You can always use something like this vspace-0.1cm after the paragraph. But it's not the best solution of course.
  
  – Majid Abdolshah
  Mar 28 at 1:24
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @bradrn the paragraph space is parsep (or parsep in the enumitem interface) so you can set that to 0pt
  
  – David Carlisle
  Mar 28 at 1:26
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @MajidAbdolshah In my 'real' code, I'm already using enumitem.
  
  – bradrn
  Mar 28 at 1:27
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

item properties can be formatted with enumitem. Then you can use listparindent for enumerate environment:

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext
usepackageenumitem
setlist[enumerate]parsep=0pt

begindocument

blindtext

blindtext

 beginenumerate[listparindent=1.5em]

 item
 blindtext

 blindtext

 endenumerate

enddocument

EDIT: Thanks to @David, you can also set parsep to 0 if you want to get rid of that space.

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:35

answered Mar 28 at 0:50

Majid AbdolshahMajid Abdolshah

71828

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext
usepackageenumitem
setlist[enumerate]parsep=0pt

begindocument

blindtext

blindtext

 beginenumerate[listparindent=1.5em]

 item
 blindtext

 blindtext

 endenumerate

enddocument

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:35

answered Mar 28 at 0:50

Majid AbdolshahMajid Abdolshah

71828

answered Mar 28 at 0:50

Majid AbdolshahMajid Abdolshah

71828

answered Mar 28 at 0:50

Majid AbdolshahMajid Abdolshah

71828

1

The reason for this behaviour is that inside enumerate the length parindent is set to zero. So you can not use a simple indent as usual in normal text to get the space of parindent set.

You can simulate the ususal behaviour in normal text with the following code (See <===== for important code):

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext
usepackageenumitem % <===============================================
newlengthenumerateparindent % <=====================================

begindocument

setlengthenumerateparindentparindent % <=========================
blindtext

blindtext

beginenumerate
setlengthparindentenumerateparindent % <=========================
%showparindent 
%valueparindent
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

Version 2:
beginenumerate[listparindent=enumerateparindent] % <================
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

enddocument

and the wished result:

Please see that setlengthparindentenumerateparindent does only work in that enumerate list you placed the command inside ...

If you are already using package enumitem -- as mentioned in an comment -- you can use it to use the same indent defined in parindent with version 2 in my mwe.

The you get the resulting version 2:

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:53

answered Mar 28 at 1:13

KurtKurt

40.9k950164

add a comment | 

1

The reason for this behaviour is that inside enumerate the length parindent is set to zero. So you can not use a simple indent as usual in normal text to get the space of parindent set.

You can simulate the ususal behaviour in normal text with the following code (See <===== for important code):

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext
usepackageenumitem % <===============================================
newlengthenumerateparindent % <=====================================

begindocument

setlengthenumerateparindentparindent % <=========================
blindtext

blindtext

beginenumerate
setlengthparindentenumerateparindent % <=========================
%showparindent 
%valueparindent
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

Version 2:
beginenumerate[listparindent=enumerateparindent] % <================
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

enddocument

and the wished result:

Please see that setlengthparindentenumerateparindent does only work in that enumerate list you placed the command inside ...

If you are already using package enumitem -- as mentioned in an comment -- you can use it to use the same indent defined in parindent with version 2 in my mwe.

The you get the resulting version 2:

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:53

answered Mar 28 at 1:13

KurtKurt

40.9k950164

add a comment | 

The reason for this behaviour is that inside enumerate the length parindent is set to zero. So you can not use a simple indent as usual in normal text to get the space of parindent set.

You can simulate the ususal behaviour in normal text with the following code (See <===== for important code):

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext
usepackageenumitem % <===============================================
newlengthenumerateparindent % <=====================================

begindocument

setlengthenumerateparindentparindent % <=========================
blindtext

blindtext

beginenumerate
setlengthparindentenumerateparindent % <=========================
%showparindent 
%valueparindent
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

Version 2:
beginenumerate[listparindent=enumerateparindent] % <================
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

enddocument

and the wished result:

Please see that setlengthparindentenumerateparindent does only work in that enumerate list you placed the command inside ...

If you are already using package enumitem -- as mentioned in an comment -- you can use it to use the same indent defined in parindent with version 2 in my mwe.

The you get the resulting version 2:

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:53

answered Mar 28 at 1:13

KurtKurt

40.9k950164

documentclassarticle

usepackageblindtext
usepackageenumitem % <===============================================
newlengthenumerateparindent % <=====================================

begindocument

setlengthenumerateparindentparindent % <=========================
blindtext

blindtext

beginenumerate
setlengthparindentenumerateparindent % <=========================
%showparindent 
%valueparindent
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

Version 2:
beginenumerate[listparindent=enumerateparindent] % <================
item%
blindtext

blindtext
endenumerate

enddocument

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 28 at 1:53

answered Mar 28 at 1:13

KurtKurt

40.9k950164

answered Mar 28 at 1:13

KurtKurt

40.9k950164

answered Mar 28 at 1:13

KurtKurt

40.9k950164