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I want to create a TOC, that will have equal margins between section numbers and section titles regardless of the number of digits in section number.

I have an example of solution, but I want to use titlesec to define my sections.

\renewcommand{\subsection}[1]
{%
  \refstepcounter{subsection}%
  \vskip 1.5ex%  
    {\bf\thesubsection \ #1}%
    \addcontentsline{toc}{subsection{\hspace{1em}\thesubsection\hspace{0.5em}#1}%
  \vskip 1.5ex %  
}%

Here is my try with titletoc It's seems to be right, but I can have a huge amount of sections and subsections in my document, so the reserved space will end up soon.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{titletoc}
\dottedcontents{subsection}[3.5em]{}{3.2em}{1pc}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\subsection{Subsection1}

\subsection{Subsection2}

\subsection{Subsection3}

\subsection{Subsection4}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\end{document}

TOC with titlesec

MWE with redefined subsection:

\documentclass{article}

\renewcommand{\subsection}[1]
{%
  \refstepcounter{subsection}%
  \vskip 1.5ex%  
    {\bf\thesubsection \ #1}%
    \addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{\hspace{1em}\thesubsection\hspace{0.5em}#1}%
  \vskip 1.5ex %  
}%

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\subsection{Subsection1}

\subsection{Subsection2}

\subsection{Subsection3}

\subsection{Subsection4}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\end{document}

TOC with redefined subsection

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  • Why don't you use also titlesec for your subsections? On the other hand, I don't understand very well the problem with using titletoc?
    – Bernard
    Sep 1, 2019 at 12:17
  • @Bernard | use titlesec for my subsections, but I suppressed my subsections definitions to show only TOC.
    – Shalom Alecheim
    Sep 1, 2019 at 12:34
  • @Bernard The problem with titletoc is that I can't understand how to set equal margins between section number and section title with it.
    – Shalom Alecheim
    Sep 1, 2019 at 12:35
  • I'm not sure I understand quite well. Do you mean the, for instance, the gap between 10 and Section is not the same as between 9 and its title?
    – Bernard
    Sep 1, 2019 at 12:40
  • @Bernard Yes, it is
    – Shalom Alecheim
    Sep 1, 2019 at 12:45

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I can propose this, with the rightlabels option and some trial and errors:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[rightlabels]{titletoc}%
\dottedcontents{section}[1.7em]{}{1.5em}{1pc}
\dottedcontents{subsection}[4.25em]{\small}{4.25em}{1pc}

\begin{document}
\setlength{\labelsep}{1cm}
\tableofcontents

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\section{Section}

\subsection{Subsection1}

\subsection{Subsection2}

\subsection{Subsection3}

\subsection{Subsection4}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\subsection{SubsectionN}

\end{document}

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You could use the tocloft package.

My apologies, I initially used the memoir code but the following works for the article class.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\setlength{\cftsecnumwidth}{...} % resets space for section number (usually 2.3em)
\setlength{\cftsubsecnumwidth}{...} % resets space for subsection number (usually 3.2em)
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
% ...
\end{document}

Change the ...numwidths to suit your numbering scheme.

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  • Do titlesec and tocloft play well together?
    – Alan Munn
    Sep 1, 2019 at 19:26
  • This doesn't work with article, only with memoir
    – Shalom Alecheim
    Sep 2, 2019 at 6:57
  • @AlanMunn I don't know. Any ideas?
    – Peter Wilson
    Sep 2, 2019 at 19:40
  • @AlanMunn I don't know. It may depend on what the user is trying to do. Any ideas. (I tried to edit my earlier comment but SE has a 5 minute space in which you can do so! (I started within the limit but ended outside it. Not a good user interface!)
    – Peter Wilson
    Sep 2, 2019 at 19:47
  • @ShalomAlecheim Thnk you. I have modified my answer.
    – Peter Wilson
    Sep 2, 2019 at 20:11

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