itemize settings

[reyhanhgh]

Hi Pascal,

I am encountering difficulties while attempting to use the \usepackage{enumitem}package within the template, which is preventing me from making adjustments to the itemize settings. I am looking to remove the white space before the bullets in the itemize environment within some text color boxes, as shown in the image below:

using:

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{research framework}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.825\textwidth]{figures/framework.pdf}

\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    \node[fill=white, text width=5cm, align=center, inner sep=2pt, draw=black, text=black, font=\sffamily\small] at (3.5,4) {
        \begin{minipage}{5cm} 
            In both spaces:
            \begin{itemize}
                \item Conceptual Benchmark\\ 
                \item Performance Metric:\\
                KGE \citep{gupta2009}
            \end{itemize}
        \end{minipage}
    };
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{frame}

From my research, it appears that most solutions to this issue involve utilizing commands from the enumitem package. However, due to the current limitations of my template, I am unable to use this package.

I was wondering if you could suggest any workarounds or alternative approaches to achieve the desired formatting. Thank you very much

[pmichaillat]

Yes, the enumitem package does not work with the Beamer class, so I could not use it in the template (although it is a great package, which I use in my paper template).

The Beamer class offers commands to modify lists directly without resorting to other packages. For instance in the template I use the following modifications:

\setbeamertemplate{itemize item}{\textbullet}
\setbeamertemplate{itemize subitem}{\textendash} 
\setbeamertemplate{enumerate item}[default]
\setbeamertemplate{enumerate subitem}[default]
\setbeamertemplate{enumerate subitem}{\alph{enumii}.}

The setbeamertemplate command might be all you need.

I have also found a few posts describing the conflicts between enumitem and Beamer, and explaining how to produce sophisticated lists with Beamer:

• https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/31505/trouble-combining-enumitem-and-beamer
• https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/356795/enumitem-breaks-beamers-itemize-despite-fixes
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2611276/latex-beamer-way-to-change-the-bullet-indentation
• https://copyprogramming.com/howto/checklist-in-beamer-using-enumitem-package

These posts might contain useful additional information.

Good luck, and let me know what you find.