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I am using imakeidx to generate a multicolumn index with makeindex.

Here is an excerpt from my .ind:

 \item \BRbooktitlestyle {\BRepistlenumberstyle {1}Jean} \subitem \BRchapterstyle {2}\BRchvsep \BRversestyle {2} \dotfill \textrm{18} \subitem \BRchapterstyle {4}\BRchvsep \BRversestyle {9}\BRvrsep \BRversestyle {10} \dotfill \textrm{18}

where \BRfoo are bibleref formatting macros. Unfortunately, the \item is at the bottom of a left column, so the \subitems get pushed to the right column:

column break in index

Is there an equivalent to \nobreak which could be used here to prevent this behaviour, and how?

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  • Try \makeatletter\g@addto@macro\@idxitem\nobreak\makeatotherin your preamble. Commented Jun 25, 2011 at 22:13
  • This forces everything on one column and one page... Commented Jun 26, 2011 at 5:37

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You want that a column break is preferred before each \item command; the usual definition of \item in an index is \par\hangindent 40\p@; so something like

\indexsetup{othercode={\let\item\breakitem}}

may do what needed, after saying in the preamble

\makeatletter \def\breakitem{\par\goodbreak\hangindent 40\p@} \makeatother

Another trick could be to add

\vadjust{\nobreak}

to the definition of \BRbooktitlestyle

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  • This is perfect! I used the second trick since I'm already redefining the style. Commented Jun 26, 2011 at 11:52
  • That is really helpful! Unfortunately, I gave a (private) book into print two days ago without this (I had only \nobreak), but the next edition will benefit from your trick. Adding \vadjust{\nobreak} works perfectly. Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 5:42

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