Insert list of figures in the table of contents

Question

Is it possible to create a list of all the figures at the end of a document (this I can do) and make it appear in the table of contents?

So in the the table of content there will be a line saying List of figures ... 19 for example?

Answer 1

The List of Figures is produced with \listoffigures; you have to manually add it to the table of contents, so it should be preceded by \cleardoublepage in order to ensure that the page reference is correct. Uncomment the \phantomsection line if you're using hyperref:

\cleardoublepage
% \phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}
\listoffigures

Answer 2

This answer depends on your document class and some related packages.

• If you are using a standard class you can use the package tocbibind
• If you are using a KOMA-script class you can use the option listof=totoc.
• If you want to add the entry manual you can use the command \addcontentsline
• If you are using the class memoir the command \listoffigures creates an entry in the table of contents.