List of tables/figures without their captions

Question

I would like to have a list of tables and figures with their page numbers.

Using:

\listoffigures
\listoftables

will produce a list like below:

List of Tables
Table#  Caption ................. Page#
Table#  Caption ................. Page#

But I would like to have:

List of Tables
Table# .......................... Page#
Table# .......................... Page#

I appreciate any help.

Answer 1

A quick hack with redefinition of \caption.

If the \ifnumberonly boolean test is true, then the usual caption content is displayed in the body but omitted in the Lof or LoT

Say \numberonlytrue to enable the 'easy' display in the LoT or \numberonlyfalse for the usual content.

\documentclass{book}

\usepackage{pgffor}


\usepackage{xparse}

\newif\ifnumberonly
\numberonlytrue

\makeatletter
\let\caption@@orig\caption

\RenewDocumentCommand{\caption}{som}{%
  \IfBooleanTF{#1}{%
    \caption@@orig*{#3}%
  }{%
    \ifnumberonly
    \caption@@orig[]{#3}
    \else
    \IfValueTF{#2}{%
      \caption@@orig[#2]{#3}
    }{%
      \caption@@orig{#3}
    }%
    \fi
  }%
}
\makeatother



\begin{document}

\listoftables
\listoffigures
\foreach \x in {1,...,20}{%
\begin{figure}
  \caption{Figure \x\ but you won't see this}
\end{figure}

\begin{table}
  \caption{Table \x\ but you won't see this}
\end{table}

}

\end{document}