Changing header on Fancyhdr

Question

Hello I am new to LaTeX and I am having a problem using fancyhdr package I want the header to only show the chapter number and chapter name in the center of the page and I am having issues doing that the code I am using is

\rhead{}
\chead{}
\lhead{**XXXXX**}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}

where the XXXXX is suppose to be changed to a specific code i tried using \thechapter . \chaptername hoping it would show something like 'Chapter 2.Theoratical Background' but it only shows the number and nothing else I am probably making a mistake with the syntax can someone please help me out. Thank you

Answer 1

I am not sure this is really what the the OP wants to have, but the chapter title is contained in \leftmark (if I remember correctly)

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,twoside]{report}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[head=1.5cm]{geometry}


\rhead{}
\chead{}
\lhead{\leftmark}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}


\usepackage{blindtext}

\pagestyle{fancy}



\begin{document}

\chapter{My first Chapter}
\blindtext[10]

\end{document}