# indentation for nested lists and short labels with enumitem

I am trying to have a nested list with a label, using the enumitem package with the "shortlabels" option. But when I add the label "Note" to the list items, the indentation is aligned with the number instead with the start of the label "Note".

 \documentclass[]{article}%
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}

\begin{document}

Here's my first list, which has the label Note'', but the indentation is too far to the left:

\begin{itemize}
\item First item
\item Second item
\begin{enumerate}[{Note} 1:]
\item First nested item
\item Second nested item
\end{enumerate}
\item Third item
\end{itemize}

Here's a second list, showing the proper indentation of the nested list when there is no Note'' label:

\begin{itemize}
\item First item
\item Second item
\begin{enumerate}
\item First nested item
\item Second nested item
\end{enumerate}
\item Third item
\end{itemize}

\end{document}


enumerate labels are right aligned. That means that if they get longer they stick out to the left. You can change this with the align key:

 \documentclass[]{article}%
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}

\begin{document}

Here's my first list, which has the label Note'', but the indentation is too far to the left:

\begin{itemize}
\item First item
\item Second item
\begin{enumerate}[{Note} 1:,align=left]
\item First nested item
\item Second nested item
\end{enumerate}
\item Third item
\end{itemize}

Here's a second list, showing the proper indentation of the nested list when there is no Note'' label:

\begin{itemize}
\item First item
\item Second item
\begin{enumerate}
\item First nested item
\item Second nested item
\end{enumerate}
\item Third item
\end{itemize}

\end{document}


• If I just add "align=left", the "Note" is aligned directly under "Second item". Is there a way to have "Note" indented to the right of "Second"? I want the "N" of "Note" in the first list to start with the same indentation as "1" in the second list. – Elizabeth J. Aug 9 '18 at 22:10

Ulrike's response provided half of the solution. The other key is to add "leftmargin=1.2cm" in the enumerate options, in addition to the "align=left" option.

    \documentclass[]{article}%
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}

\begin{document}

Here's my first list, which has the label Note'', but the indentation is too far to the left:

\begin{itemize}
\item First item
\item Second item
\begin{enumerate}[{Note} 1:, align=left, leftmargin=1.2cm]
\item First nested item
\item Second nested item
\end{enumerate}
\item Third item
\end{itemize}

Here's a second list, showing the proper indentation of the nested list when there is no Note'' label:

\begin{itemize}
\item First item
\item Second item
\begin{enumerate}
\item First nested item
\item Second nested item
\end{enumerate}
\item Third item
\end{itemize}

\end{document}