algorithmicx no listofalgorithms in contents section

Question

So I'm using algorithmicx to define some algorithms. It looks great, but I have one problem. When I use \listofalgorithms a page is created with the captions and links to the algorithms. However, there is no "List of algorithms" section in the contents section of the document. "List of tables" and "List of figures" are there just as expected.

Any ideas on why?

Answer 1

You can manually add the list of algorithms to the table of contents using the \addcontentsline command. Immediately after \listofalgorithms in your code, include

\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of algorithms}

(and make sure to compile it a couple of times until the output stops changing). By changing section in that command to chapter, subsection, etc., you can affect what level it displays at in the table of contents (i.e. how big it is, whether it's bold, if it's indented below another higher item).