TOC Spacing in Memoir

Question

I am using memoir, and I would like to change the vertical space between entries in my toc. This seems like a simple thing that should have been answered elsewhere, but I can't find anything that answers this directly.

Answer 1

Section 9, around table 9.3 in the memoir manual.

Memoir defines a number of lengths, called \cftbeforeKskip (where K is the name of the piece of structure concerned), as the amount of additional space before each type of entry. Thus, to add space before a subsection entry, use something like:

\setlength{\cftbeforesubsectionskip}{2em}

The defaults are zero for section and below. For book, part and chapter, the defaults are these:

\setlength{\cftbeforebookskip}{2.25em \@plus\p@}
\setlength{\cftbeforepartskip}{2.25em \@plus\p@}
\setlength{\cftbeforechapterskip}{1.0em \@plus\p@}

If you want to do something similar, in order to add glue, rather than a fixed length, in your preamble, remember to enclose them in a \makeatletter ... \makeatother pair.