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I'm trying to add unnumbered subsubsections to my ToC while keeping it properly indented and without removing the title numbers within the text. Here is the example and code of what I have but don't want:

basic code

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\begin{document}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\cftpagenumbersoff{part} % suppress page number in toc for parts
\tableofcontents
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}
    {\arabic{subsection}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}
    {\Alph{subsubsection}}
\newpage

\part*{Part}
\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Part}
\section{Section1}
\section{Section2}
\subsection{Subsection1}
\subsubsection{SubsubsectionA}
\subsubsection{SubsubsectionB}
\section{Section3}

\end{document}

When I remove the subsubsection numbering with \setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}, it also removes the indent, flushing it even with the subsection. Below is that result.

depth at 2

I'd also like to avoid the above solution as it removes the title numbers within the text, which I want to keep. Below is the ideal solution I'd like to achieve: A properly indented ToC that includes the subsubsection without section number BUT still includes the section number within the text.

IDEAL SOLUTION ideal solution 1

If that's impossible or too difficult, then simply changing the indent space between the subsubsection number and the title would be fine, as in:

LESS IDEAL SOLUTION 1 less ideal solution 1

or

LESS IDEAL SOLUTION 2 less ideal solution 2

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Here is a suggestion using package tocbasic instead tocloft (do not use both!):

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage{tocbasic}
\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[
  pagenumberformat=\gobble,
  numwidth=0pt
]{tocline}{part}
\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[
  entrynumberformat=\gobble,
  numwidth=2em
]{tocline}{subsubsection}
\newcommand\gobble[1]{}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}

\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{subsection}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}{\Alph{subsubsection}}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\clearpage
\part*{Part}\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Part}
\section{Section1}
\section{Section2}
\subsection{Subsection1}
\subsubsection{SubsubsectionA}
\subsubsection{SubsubsectionB}
\section{Section3}
\end{document}

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Regarding a comment below:

If you want to decrease the space between subsection number and its title in TOC, you can use

\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[
  numwidth=1.5em
]{tocline}{subsection}

Then I would change numwidth for subsection too.

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Code:

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage{tocbasic}
\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[
  pagenumberformat=\gobble,
  numwidth=0pt
]{tocline}{part}
\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[
  numwidth=1.5em
]{tocline}{subsection}
\DeclareTOCStyleEntry[
  entrynumberformat=\gobble,
  numwidth=1.5em
]{tocline}{subsubsection}
\newcommand\gobble[1]{}

\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}

\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{subsection}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}{\Alph{subsubsection}}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\clearpage
\part*{Part}\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Part}
\section{Section1}
\section{Section2}
\subsection{Subsection1}
\subsubsection{SubsubsectionA}
\subsubsection{SubsubsectionB}
\section{Section3}
\end{document}
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  • This works great thank you so much! While we're here, would you know how to decrease the huge space between 1 and Subsection1 in the ToC?
    – vm-ta
    Apr 25, 2018 at 9:10
  • @VincentMQ You can change numwidth for subsection, too. See my updated answer.
    – esdd
    Apr 25, 2018 at 9:40
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The tocloft manual is rather well done and is also a very good reference on LaTeX2e's parameters for table of contents. Here we use the parameters provided by tocloft itself. I recommend you read the manual.

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}
\cftpagenumbersoff{part} % suppress page number in toc for parts

\setlength{\cftsubsubsecindent}
    {\dimexpr\cftsubsubsecindent+\cftsubsubsecnumwidth\relax}

\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\arabic{subsection}}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}{\Alph{subsubsection}}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\newpage

\part*{Part}
\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Part}
\section{Section1}
\section{Section2}
\subsection{Subsection1}
\subsubsection{SubsubsectionA}
\subsubsection{SubsubsectionB}
\section{Section3}

\end{document}

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  • you can naturally adjust the indent to the desired width. The point is that you can use \cftsubsubsecindent on "both sides" of \setlength. For example on right side \cft...indent + 2em inside the \dimexpr.
    – user4686
    Apr 25, 2018 at 7:27

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