Remove space before chapter title - with KOMA script (scrbook)

I am using the KOMA script document class scrbook. Is there any way to make the chapter headings appear exactly at the top of the page body just by using KOMA (without using titlesec, fancyhdr, fncychap, ... for they would mess up other things in my documents)? Is there any way to change the space between section heading and the following text?

edited Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

Werner

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asked Feb 1 '12 at 16:33

Moked

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I'm not quite sure what you mean. Are we talking about the chapter titles in the document and that KOMA, like the standard class, adds a vertical space before the chapter or do you refer to the header where KOMa can print the current section/chapter one reads in. In case you mean the position of chapters, search for chapterheadstartvskip

– Martin H
Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

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edited Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

Werner

448k719931699

asked Feb 1 '12 at 16:33

Moked

780719

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Are we talking about the chapter titles in the document and that KOMA, like the standard class, adds a vertical space before the chapter or do you refer to the header where KOMa can print the current section/chapter one reads in. In case you mean the position of chapters, search for chapterheadstartvskip

– Martin H
Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

add a comment |

edited Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

Werner

448k719931699

asked Feb 1 '12 at 16:33

Moked

780719

sectioning vertical-alignment chapters koma-script

edited Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

Werner

448k719931699

asked Feb 1 '12 at 16:33

Moked

780719

edited Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

Werner

448k719931699

asked Feb 1 '12 at 16:33

Moked

780719

edited Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

Werner

448k719931699

edited Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

Werner

448k719931699

edited Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

Werner

448k719931699

asked Feb 1 '12 at 16:33

Moked

780719

asked Feb 1 '12 at 16:33

Moked

780719

asked Feb 1 '12 at 16:33

Moked

780719

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Are we talking about the chapter titles in the document and that KOMA, like the standard class, adds a vertical space before the chapter or do you refer to the header where KOMa can print the current section/chapter one reads in. In case you mean the position of chapters, search for chapterheadstartvskip

– Martin H
Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

add a comment |

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Are we talking about the chapter titles in the document and that KOMA, like the standard class, adds a vertical space before the chapter or do you refer to the header where KOMa can print the current section/chapter one reads in. In case you mean the position of chapters, search for chapterheadstartvskip

– Martin H
Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Are we talking about the chapter titles in the document and that KOMA, like the standard class, adds a vertical space before the chapter or do you refer to the header where KOMa can print the current section/chapter one reads in. In case you mean the position of chapters, search for chapterheadstartvskip

– Martin H
Feb 1 '12 at 16:38

add a comment |

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The following is probably what you're after:

enter image description here

documentclass{scrreprt}

usepackage{blindtext,showframe}

renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}

begin{document}

chapter{foo} blindtext blindtext

end{document}

Setting chapterheadstartvskip to a no-op removes any vertical skip to set the chapter title on the first line.

showframe was loaded just to highlight the text block, while blindtext provided dummy text.

edited Mar 8 '15 at 1:23

answered Feb 1 '12 at 16:54

Werner

448k719931699

2

There was a change in KOMA-Script version 3.15: now you have to use renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}.

– esdd
Mar 8 '15 at 0:30

@Werner, why is there still a little bit of space above the chapter heading, and how would you eliminate it completely?

– AML
Jun 7 '18 at 18:54

1

@AML: It's most likely as a result of the baseline skip, which leaves room at the top of text so they don't protrude into the descenders of a row of text above it. The easiest would be to try using a small but negative value for the vertical skip; something like renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{vspace{-.2baselineskip}}.

– Werner
Jun 7 '18 at 19:39

add a comment |

Update

Since KOMA-Script version 3.26 you can option afterindent=false to avoid the paragraph indentation of the first text line after the chapter title.

documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage{blindtext}

usepackage{showframe}

RedeclareSectionCommand[

  beforeskip=0pt,

  afterindent=false% <- added

  ]{chapter}

begin{document}

chapter{foo}

blindtext

end{document}

The result is the same as in the original answer below.

With afterindent=false or afterindent=true a negative value of beforeskip results in a negative skip above the chapter title (needs version 3.26 or newer).

Note: With KOMA-Script versions 3.22 - 3.25 you have to set beforeskip to a negative value to avoid the paragraph indentation in the first text line following the chapter title: beforeskip=-1sp. For more information see the documentation or Adjusting spacing around section/subsection titles with koma-script

Original answer

With KOMA-Script Version 3.15 or newer you can use RedeclareSectionCommand or RedeclareSectionCommands to change the space above or below the chapter title.

RedeclareSectionCommand[beforeskip=0pt]{chapter}

enter image description here

Code:

documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage{blindtext}% dummy text

usepackage{showframe}% to show the page layout

RedeclareSectionCommand[beforeskip=0pt]{chapter}

begin{document}

chapter{foo}

blindtext

end{document}

edited Mar 16 at 14:52

answered Mar 8 '15 at 0:25

esdd

59.8k34692

This was the easiest way ever.

– Joseph
Sep 29 '15 at 20:37

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The following is probably what you're after:

enter image description here

documentclass{scrreprt}

usepackage{blindtext,showframe}

renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}

begin{document}

chapter{foo} blindtext blindtext

end{document}

Setting chapterheadstartvskip to a no-op removes any vertical skip to set the chapter title on the first line.

showframe was loaded just to highlight the text block, while blindtext provided dummy text.

edited Mar 8 '15 at 1:23

answered Feb 1 '12 at 16:54

Werner

448k719931699

2

There was a change in KOMA-Script version 3.15: now you have to use renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}.

– esdd
Mar 8 '15 at 0:30

@Werner, why is there still a little bit of space above the chapter heading, and how would you eliminate it completely?

– AML
Jun 7 '18 at 18:54

1

@AML: It's most likely as a result of the baseline skip, which leaves room at the top of text so they don't protrude into the descenders of a row of text above it. The easiest would be to try using a small but negative value for the vertical skip; something like renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{vspace{-.2baselineskip}}.

– Werner
Jun 7 '18 at 19:39

add a comment |

The following is probably what you're after:

enter image description here

documentclass{scrreprt}

usepackage{blindtext,showframe}

renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}

begin{document}

chapter{foo} blindtext blindtext

end{document}

Setting chapterheadstartvskip to a no-op removes any vertical skip to set the chapter title on the first line.

showframe was loaded just to highlight the text block, while blindtext provided dummy text.

edited Mar 8 '15 at 1:23

answered Feb 1 '12 at 16:54

Werner

448k719931699

2

There was a change in KOMA-Script version 3.15: now you have to use renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}.

– esdd
Mar 8 '15 at 0:30

@Werner, why is there still a little bit of space above the chapter heading, and how would you eliminate it completely?

– AML
Jun 7 '18 at 18:54

1

@AML: It's most likely as a result of the baseline skip, which leaves room at the top of text so they don't protrude into the descenders of a row of text above it. The easiest would be to try using a small but negative value for the vertical skip; something like renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{vspace{-.2baselineskip}}.

– Werner
Jun 7 '18 at 19:39

add a comment |

The following is probably what you're after:

enter image description here

documentclass{scrreprt}

usepackage{blindtext,showframe}

renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}

begin{document}

chapter{foo} blindtext blindtext

end{document}

Setting chapterheadstartvskip to a no-op removes any vertical skip to set the chapter title on the first line.

showframe was loaded just to highlight the text block, while blindtext provided dummy text.

edited Mar 8 '15 at 1:23

answered Feb 1 '12 at 16:54

Werner

448k719931699

The following is probably what you're after:

enter image description here

documentclass{scrreprt}

usepackage{blindtext,showframe}

renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}

begin{document}

chapter{foo} blindtext blindtext

end{document}

Setting chapterheadstartvskip to a no-op removes any vertical skip to set the chapter title on the first line.

showframe was loaded just to highlight the text block, while blindtext provided dummy text.

edited Mar 8 '15 at 1:23

answered Feb 1 '12 at 16:54

Werner

448k719931699

edited Mar 8 '15 at 1:23

answered Feb 1 '12 at 16:54

Werner

448k719931699

answered Feb 1 '12 at 16:54

Werner

448k719931699

answered Feb 1 '12 at 16:54

Werner

448k719931699

2

There was a change in KOMA-Script version 3.15: now you have to use renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}.

– esdd
Mar 8 '15 at 0:30

@Werner, why is there still a little bit of space above the chapter heading, and how would you eliminate it completely?

– AML
Jun 7 '18 at 18:54

1

@AML: It's most likely as a result of the baseline skip, which leaves room at the top of text so they don't protrude into the descenders of a row of text above it. The easiest would be to try using a small but negative value for the vertical skip; something like renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{vspace{-.2baselineskip}}.

– Werner
Jun 7 '18 at 19:39

add a comment |

2

There was a change in KOMA-Script version 3.15: now you have to use renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}.

– esdd
Mar 8 '15 at 0:30

@Werner, why is there still a little bit of space above the chapter heading, and how would you eliminate it completely?

– AML
Jun 7 '18 at 18:54

1

@AML: It's most likely as a result of the baseline skip, which leaves room at the top of text so they don't protrude into the descenders of a row of text above it. The easiest would be to try using a small but negative value for the vertical skip; something like renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{vspace{-.2baselineskip}}.

– Werner
Jun 7 '18 at 19:39

There was a change in KOMA-Script version 3.15: now you have to use renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{}.

– esdd
Mar 8 '15 at 0:30

@Werner, why is there still a little bit of space above the chapter heading, and how would you eliminate it completely?

– AML
Jun 7 '18 at 18:54

@AML: It's most likely as a result of the baseline skip, which leaves room at the top of text so they don't protrude into the descenders of a row of text above it. The easiest would be to try using a small but negative value for the vertical skip; something like renewcommand{chapterheadstartvskip}{vspace{-.2baselineskip}}.

– Werner
Jun 7 '18 at 19:39

add a comment |

Update

Since KOMA-Script version 3.26 you can option afterindent=false to avoid the paragraph indentation of the first text line after the chapter title.

documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage{blindtext}

usepackage{showframe}

RedeclareSectionCommand[

  beforeskip=0pt,

  afterindent=false% <- added

  ]{chapter}

begin{document}

chapter{foo}

blindtext

end{document}

The result is the same as in the original answer below.

With afterindent=false or afterindent=true a negative value of beforeskip results in a negative skip above the chapter title (needs version 3.26 or newer).

Original answer

With KOMA-Script Version 3.15 or newer you can use RedeclareSectionCommand or RedeclareSectionCommands to change the space above or below the chapter title.

RedeclareSectionCommand[beforeskip=0pt]{chapter}

enter image description here

Code:

documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage{blindtext}% dummy text

usepackage{showframe}% to show the page layout

RedeclareSectionCommand[beforeskip=0pt]{chapter}

begin{document}

chapter{foo}

blindtext

end{document}

edited Mar 16 at 14:52

answered Mar 8 '15 at 0:25

esdd

59.8k34692

This was the easiest way ever.

– Joseph
Sep 29 '15 at 20:37

add a comment |

Update

Since KOMA-Script version 3.26 you can option afterindent=false to avoid the paragraph indentation of the first text line after the chapter title.

documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage{blindtext}

usepackage{showframe}

RedeclareSectionCommand[

  beforeskip=0pt,

  afterindent=false% <- added

  ]{chapter}

begin{document}

chapter{foo}

blindtext

end{document}

The result is the same as in the original answer below.

With afterindent=false or afterindent=true a negative value of beforeskip results in a negative skip above the chapter title (needs version 3.26 or newer).

Original answer

With KOMA-Script Version 3.15 or newer you can use RedeclareSectionCommand or RedeclareSectionCommands to change the space above or below the chapter title.

RedeclareSectionCommand[beforeskip=0pt]{chapter}

enter image description here

Code:

documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage{blindtext}% dummy text

usepackage{showframe}% to show the page layout

RedeclareSectionCommand[beforeskip=0pt]{chapter}

begin{document}

chapter{foo}

blindtext

end{document}

edited Mar 16 at 14:52

answered Mar 8 '15 at 0:25

esdd

59.8k34692

This was the easiest way ever.

– Joseph
Sep 29 '15 at 20:37

add a comment |

Update

Since KOMA-Script version 3.26 you can option afterindent=false to avoid the paragraph indentation of the first text line after the chapter title.

documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage{blindtext}

usepackage{showframe}

RedeclareSectionCommand[

  beforeskip=0pt,

  afterindent=false% <- added

  ]{chapter}

begin{document}

chapter{foo}

blindtext

end{document}

The result is the same as in the original answer below.

With afterindent=false or afterindent=true a negative value of beforeskip results in a negative skip above the chapter title (needs version 3.26 or newer).

Original answer

With KOMA-Script Version 3.15 or newer you can use RedeclareSectionCommand or RedeclareSectionCommands to change the space above or below the chapter title.

RedeclareSectionCommand[beforeskip=0pt]{chapter}

enter image description here

Code:

documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage{blindtext}% dummy text

usepackage{showframe}% to show the page layout

RedeclareSectionCommand[beforeskip=0pt]{chapter}

begin{document}

chapter{foo}

blindtext

end{document}

edited Mar 16 at 14:52

answered Mar 8 '15 at 0:25

esdd

59.8k34692

Update

Since KOMA-Script version 3.26 you can option afterindent=false to avoid the paragraph indentation of the first text line after the chapter title.

documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage{blindtext}

usepackage{showframe}

RedeclareSectionCommand[

  beforeskip=0pt,

  afterindent=false% <- added

  ]{chapter}

begin{document}

chapter{foo}

blindtext

end{document}

The result is the same as in the original answer below.

With afterindent=false or afterindent=true a negative value of beforeskip results in a negative skip above the chapter title (needs version 3.26 or newer).

Original answer

With KOMA-Script Version 3.15 or newer you can use RedeclareSectionCommand or RedeclareSectionCommands to change the space above or below the chapter title.

RedeclareSectionCommand[beforeskip=0pt]{chapter}

enter image description here

Code:

documentclass{scrbook}

usepackage{blindtext}% dummy text

usepackage{showframe}% to show the page layout

RedeclareSectionCommand[beforeskip=0pt]{chapter}

begin{document}

chapter{foo}

blindtext

end{document}

edited Mar 16 at 14:52

answered Mar 8 '15 at 0:25

esdd

59.8k34692

edited Mar 16 at 14:52

answered Mar 8 '15 at 0:25

esdd

59.8k34692

answered Mar 8 '15 at 0:25

esdd

59.8k34692

answered Mar 8 '15 at 0:25

esdd

59.8k34692

This was the easiest way ever.

– Joseph
Sep 29 '15 at 20:37

add a comment |

This was the easiest way ever.

– Joseph
Sep 29 '15 at 20:37

This was the easiest way ever.

– Joseph
Sep 29 '15 at 20:37

add a comment |

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