Bulleted list with vertical lines

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I want to add different positions within a company in a similar fashion to what LinkedIn uses, i.e. the vertical line connecting the dots of the bullet list. How can this be done?

Bulleted list with vertical line

Edit: now with a minimal working example after doing some research:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibrarycalc

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%

begindocument

beginitemize
 item[linkedlista] test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. 
 item[linkedlistb] test
 item[linkedlistc] test
enditemize
begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
draw[gray] ($(a)!0.1!(b)$) -- ($(a)!0.9!(b)$);
draw[gray] ($(b)!0.2!(c)$) -- ($(b)!0.8!(c)$);
endtikzpicture

enddocument

The problem currently is that I need to add the lines manually in a second overlay picture and that I specify the "gap" between the dot and the start/end of the line using a percentage instead of a fixed value (e.g. 2pt). This causes the gaps to be of different size depending on the length of the paragraph.

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I want to add different positions within a company in a similar fashion to what LinkedIn uses, i.e. the vertical line connecting the dots of the bullet list. How can this be done?

Bulleted list with vertical line

Edit: now with a minimal working example after doing some research:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibrarycalc

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%

begindocument

beginitemize
 item[linkedlista] test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. 
 item[linkedlistb] test
 item[linkedlistc] test
enditemize
begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
draw[gray] ($(a)!0.1!(b)$) -- ($(a)!0.9!(b)$);
draw[gray] ($(b)!0.2!(c)$) -- ($(b)!0.8!(c)$);
endtikzpicture

enddocument

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I want to add different positions within a company in a similar fashion to what LinkedIn uses, i.e. the vertical line connecting the dots of the bullet list. How can this be done?

Bulleted list with vertical line

Edit: now with a minimal working example after doing some research:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibrarycalc

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%

begindocument

beginitemize
 item[linkedlista] test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. 
 item[linkedlistb] test
 item[linkedlistc] test
enditemize
begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
draw[gray] ($(a)!0.1!(b)$) -- ($(a)!0.9!(b)$);
draw[gray] ($(b)!0.2!(c)$) -- ($(b)!0.8!(c)$);
endtikzpicture

enddocument

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I want to add different positions within a company in a similar fashion to what LinkedIn uses, i.e. the vertical line connecting the dots of the bullet list. How can this be done?

Bulleted list with vertical line

Edit: now with a minimal working example after doing some research:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibrarycalc

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%

begindocument

beginitemize
 item[linkedlista] test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. 
 item[linkedlistb] test
 item[linkedlistc] test
enditemize
begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
draw[gray] ($(a)!0.1!(b)$) -- ($(a)!0.9!(b)$);
draw[gray] ($(b)!0.2!(c)$) -- ($(b)!0.8!(c)$);
endtikzpicture

enddocument

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The following solution works as long as you have a single list. If you need multiple lists, page breaking, etc., you need to expand the code.

I used a new counter to name and save the nodes automatically and iterate over them in the end.

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibrarycalc

newcountermycnt % Usage of a new counter to name and iterate over bullet points

newcommandmyitem% Modified `item` to update counter and save nodes
 stepcountermycnt
 item[linkedlistiarabicmycnt]

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%


AtEndDocument% To draw the lines in the end
 begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
 ifnumvaluemycnt>1% Only if there are at least 2 bullet points
 foreach x in 2,...,arabicmycnt% iterate over them
 pgfmathparseint(x-1)
 draw[gray] ($(ipgfmathresult)+(0,-1ex)$) -- ($(ix)+(0,1ex)$);% and draw the connecting lines
 fi
 endtikzpicture


begindocument

beginitemize
 myitem test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph.
 myitem test
 myitem test
enditemize


enddocument

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You can use shorten option to fix a certain distance between node's border and end of line. There's no nees for calc:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
%usetikzlibrarycalc

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%

begindocument

beginitemize
 item[linkedlista] test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. 
 item[linkedlistb] test
 item[linkedlistc] test
enditemize
begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
draw[gray, shorten >=1mm, shorten <=1mm] (a)-- (b);
draw[gray, shorten >=1mm, shorten <=1mm] (b)-- (c);
endtikzpicture

enddocument

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The following solution works as long as you have a single list. If you need multiple lists, page breaking, etc., you need to expand the code.

I used a new counter to name and save the nodes automatically and iterate over them in the end.

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibrarycalc

newcountermycnt % Usage of a new counter to name and iterate over bullet points

newcommandmyitem% Modified `item` to update counter and save nodes
 stepcountermycnt
 item[linkedlistiarabicmycnt]

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%


AtEndDocument% To draw the lines in the end
 begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
 ifnumvaluemycnt>1% Only if there are at least 2 bullet points
 foreach x in 2,...,arabicmycnt% iterate over them
 pgfmathparseint(x-1)
 draw[gray] ($(ipgfmathresult)+(0,-1ex)$) -- ($(ix)+(0,1ex)$);% and draw the connecting lines
 fi
 endtikzpicture


begindocument

beginitemize
 myitem test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph.
 myitem test
 myitem test
enditemize


enddocument

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up vote
2
down vote

The following solution works as long as you have a single list. If you need multiple lists, page breaking, etc., you need to expand the code.

I used a new counter to name and save the nodes automatically and iterate over them in the end.

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibrarycalc

newcountermycnt % Usage of a new counter to name and iterate over bullet points

newcommandmyitem% Modified `item` to update counter and save nodes
 stepcountermycnt
 item[linkedlistiarabicmycnt]

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%


AtEndDocument% To draw the lines in the end
 begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
 ifnumvaluemycnt>1% Only if there are at least 2 bullet points
 foreach x in 2,...,arabicmycnt% iterate over them
 pgfmathparseint(x-1)
 draw[gray] ($(ipgfmathresult)+(0,-1ex)$) -- ($(ix)+(0,1ex)$);% and draw the connecting lines
 fi
 endtikzpicture


begindocument

beginitemize
 myitem test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph.
 myitem test
 myitem test
enditemize


enddocument

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answered 17 mins ago

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up vote
2
down vote

The following solution works as long as you have a single list. If you need multiple lists, page breaking, etc., you need to expand the code.

I used a new counter to name and save the nodes automatically and iterate over them in the end.

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibrarycalc

newcountermycnt % Usage of a new counter to name and iterate over bullet points

newcommandmyitem% Modified `item` to update counter and save nodes
 stepcountermycnt
 item[linkedlistiarabicmycnt]

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%


AtEndDocument% To draw the lines in the end
 begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
 ifnumvaluemycnt>1% Only if there are at least 2 bullet points
 foreach x in 2,...,arabicmycnt% iterate over them
 pgfmathparseint(x-1)
 draw[gray] ($(ipgfmathresult)+(0,-1ex)$) -- ($(ix)+(0,1ex)$);% and draw the connecting lines
 fi
 endtikzpicture


begindocument

beginitemize
 myitem test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph.
 myitem test
 myitem test
enditemize


enddocument

MWE result

answered 17 mins ago

nox

3,215419

The following solution works as long as you have a single list. If you need multiple lists, page breaking, etc., you need to expand the code.

I used a new counter to name and save the nodes automatically and iterate over them in the end.

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibrarycalc

newcountermycnt % Usage of a new counter to name and iterate over bullet points

newcommandmyitem% Modified `item` to update counter and save nodes
 stepcountermycnt
 item[linkedlistiarabicmycnt]

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%


AtEndDocument% To draw the lines in the end
 begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
 ifnumvaluemycnt>1% Only if there are at least 2 bullet points
 foreach x in 2,...,arabicmycnt% iterate over them
 pgfmathparseint(x-1)
 draw[gray] ($(ipgfmathresult)+(0,-1ex)$) -- ($(ix)+(0,1ex)$);% and draw the connecting lines
 fi
 endtikzpicture


begindocument

beginitemize
 myitem test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph.
 myitem test
 myitem test
enditemize


enddocument

MWE result

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answered 17 mins ago

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answered 17 mins ago

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up vote
1
down vote

You can use shorten option to fix a certain distance between node's border and end of line. There's no nees for calc:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
%usetikzlibrarycalc

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%

begindocument

beginitemize
 item[linkedlista] test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. 
 item[linkedlistb] test
 item[linkedlistc] test
enditemize
begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
draw[gray, shorten >=1mm, shorten <=1mm] (a)-- (b);
draw[gray, shorten >=1mm, shorten <=1mm] (b)-- (c);
endtikzpicture

enddocument

enter image description here

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up vote
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down vote

You can use shorten option to fix a certain distance between node's border and end of line. There's no nees for calc:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
%usetikzlibrarycalc

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%

begindocument

beginitemize
 item[linkedlista] test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. 
 item[linkedlistb] test
 item[linkedlistc] test
enditemize
begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
draw[gray, shorten >=1mm, shorten <=1mm] (a)-- (b);
draw[gray, shorten >=1mm, shorten <=1mm] (b)-- (c);
endtikzpicture

enddocument

enter image description here

answered 18 mins ago

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up vote
1
down vote

You can use shorten option to fix a certain distance between node's border and end of line. There's no nees for calc:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
%usetikzlibrarycalc

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%

begindocument

beginitemize
 item[linkedlista] test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. 
 item[linkedlistb] test
 item[linkedlistc] test
enditemize
begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
draw[gray, shorten >=1mm, shorten <=1mm] (a)-- (b);
draw[gray, shorten >=1mm, shorten <=1mm] (b)-- (c);
endtikzpicture

enddocument

enter image description here

answered 18 mins ago

Ignasi

88.1k4159293

You can use shorten option to fix a certain distance between node's border and end of line. There's no nees for calc:

documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
%usetikzlibrarycalc

newcommandlinkedlist[1]
 begintikzpicture[remember picture]%
 node (#1) [gray,circle,fill,inner sep=1.5pt];
 endtikzpicture%

begindocument

beginitemize
 item[linkedlista] test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. test with a very long paragraph. 
 item[linkedlistb] test
 item[linkedlistc] test
enditemize
begintikzpicture[remember picture,overlay]
draw[gray, shorten >=1mm, shorten <=1mm] (a)-- (b);
draw[gray, shorten >=1mm, shorten <=1mm] (b)-- (c);
endtikzpicture

enddocument

enter image description here

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