# Spacing between equation number and its description in a custom listofequations page

I'm currently in the process of writing my thesis and have been asked to have a list of equations are the start of write up similar to that of a list of figures or list of tables. When compiled, the latter numbers of the "equation numbers" overlaps with the first letter(s) of their respective descriptions. What I would like to do is set a distance like I did using LaTeX internal macros for list of figures and tables like I did in the following code.

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\@pnumwidth}{2em}
\let\l@table\l@figure
\makeatother


However, due to this not being a defined part of LaTeX's internal macros i'm unsure as to how to do a similar command.

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,oneside]{report}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\newcommand{\myequations}[1]{%

\begin{document}

\newcommand{\listequationsname}{List of Equations}
\newlistof{myequations}{equ}{\listequationsname}

\listofmyequations

\newpage

\chapter{1}
$$\label{eq:Bragg1} n\lambda = 2d_{hk\ell} \: sin\theta$$
\myequations{Bragg's Law1}

$$\label{eq:Bragg2} n\lambda = 2d_{hk\ell} \: sin\theta$$
\myequations{Bragg's Law2}

$$\label{eq:Bragg3} n\lambda = 2d_{hk\ell} \: sin\theta$$
\myequations{Bragg's Law3}

$$\label{eq:Bragg4} n\lambda = 2d_{hk\ell} \: sin\theta$$
\myequations{Bragg's Law4}

$$\label{eq:Bragg5} n\lambda = 2d_{hk\ell} \: sin\theta$$
\myequations{Bragg's Law5}

$$\label{eq:Bragg6} n\lambda = 2d_{hk\ell} \: sin\theta$$
\myequations{Bragg's Law6}

$$\label{eq:Bragg7} n\lambda = 2d_{hk\ell} \: sin\theta$$
\myequations{Bragg's Law7}

$$\label{eq:Bragg8} n\lambda = 2d_{hk\ell} \: sin\theta$$
\myequations{Bragg's Law8}

$$\label{eq:Bragg9} n\lambda = 2d_{hk\ell} \: sin\theta$$
\myequations{Bragg's Law9}

$$\label{eq:Bragg10} n\lambda = 2d_{hk\ell} \: sin\theta$$
\myequations{Bragg's Law10}

\end{document}

• Welcome to TeX.SE! – Mico Sep 11 '18 at 12:48
• Off-topic: Instead of } \: sin\theta, do consider writing }\sin\theta. Let yourself be impressed by how much better the equations look. :-) – Mico Sep 11 '18 at 13:11

\addcontentsline{equ}{myequations}{\protect\numberline{\theequation}#1}\par}

\addcontentsline{equ}{myequations}{\protect\numberline{\theequation}\qquad #1}\par}