I want the list of figures and the list of tables to appear in my table of contents as sections instead of as chapters. A bit like the elements right above (from summary to acronyms)
A quick reminder that I used
\listoftables
\listoffigures
To automatically generate the list of tables and figures
I also used
\section*{Summary} \label{sec:summary} \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\nameref{sec:summary}}
To create and and the sections to the table of contents
Suggestion using package tocbasic:
\documentclass{book} \usepackage{blindtext}% only for dummy text \usepackage{tocbasic} \renewcommand*{\listoffigures}{\listoftoc[\listfigurename]{lof}} \renewcommand*{\listoftables}{\listoftoc[\listtablename]{lot}} \setuptoc{lof}{leveldown,totoc} \setuptoc{lot}{leveldown,totoc} \begin{document} \listoffigures \listoftables \tableofcontents \blinddocument \begin{table} \caption{A table} \end{table} \begin{figure}% \caption{A figure}% \end{figure} \end{document} 
Remark: tocbasic can not be used together with package tocloft or titletoc.
Try this, no need to change any pre-existing code.
% loftoc.tex SE 600162 \documentclass{report} \begin{document} \tableofcontents \clearpage \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Figures} \listoffigures \chapter{First} \begin{figure} \centering \caption{A figure} \end{figure} \end{document} The macro \addcontentsline is basic LaTeX.
\listoffigures automatically adds the content line to the table of content report, and book classes. With a minor adjustment, use listoffigures* it works for the memoir class.
\usepackage{etoolbox}\patchcmd{\listoffigures}{\chapter}{\section}{}{}and similarly for\listoftables\renewcommand