Exam class: TikZ-circled choices not aligned to hanging indent












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I am typesetting a competition examination paper, and I wanted to satisfy a very specific requirement for the multiple-choice questions: five choices, each with capital letter choice labels all in equal-sized circles with the labels smack in the centres of the circles, and all aligned to the question text hanging indent. It took me a while, but I have thus far combined the (excellent, detailed and clean) solutions in the following threads:




  1. Good way to make textcircled numbers?

  2. Using circled numbers for answer choices in exam document class

  3. How can I draw circled integers with the same size by TikZ?

  4. Set indentation of choice in exam documentclass


And thus I have the following MWE:



documentclass[preview, class=exam,varwidth=true]{standalone}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}

newcommand*circled[1]{tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
node[shape=circle, draw, minimum size=1.5em, inner sep=0pt, label={center:#1}, thick] (char) {#1};}}
renewcommandchoicelabel{%
circled{thechoice}}
renewcommand{questionshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{0pt}}
renewcommand{choiceshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{W.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}

begin{document}

begin{questions}

begin{EnvUplevel}
Welcome to the competition.
end{EnvUplevel}

question This is an example of a question.
begin{choices}
choice This is Choice A.
choice This is Choice B.
choice This is Choice C.
choice This is Choice D.
choice This is Choice E.
end{choices}
end{questions}
end{document}


MWE



The thing is, the circles now appear to exceed the hanging indent of the question text and are a bit too far to the left, as shown by the black line I've added in mspaint. I would like the left edges of the circles to coincide precisely with the hanging indent of the question text; how may I go about doing this?










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    Unrelated: label={center:#1} isn't needed, because you have #1 in the node contents as well, so you end up printing the label twice, in the same place.

    – Torbjørn T.
    2 days ago






  • 2





    Probably not a good fix, but you could change 0em to 3pt (or thereabouts).

    – Torbjørn T.
    2 days ago
















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I am typesetting a competition examination paper, and I wanted to satisfy a very specific requirement for the multiple-choice questions: five choices, each with capital letter choice labels all in equal-sized circles with the labels smack in the centres of the circles, and all aligned to the question text hanging indent. It took me a while, but I have thus far combined the (excellent, detailed and clean) solutions in the following threads:




  1. Good way to make textcircled numbers?

  2. Using circled numbers for answer choices in exam document class

  3. How can I draw circled integers with the same size by TikZ?

  4. Set indentation of choice in exam documentclass


And thus I have the following MWE:



documentclass[preview, class=exam,varwidth=true]{standalone}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}

newcommand*circled[1]{tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
node[shape=circle, draw, minimum size=1.5em, inner sep=0pt, label={center:#1}, thick] (char) {#1};}}
renewcommandchoicelabel{%
circled{thechoice}}
renewcommand{questionshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{0pt}}
renewcommand{choiceshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{W.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}

begin{document}

begin{questions}

begin{EnvUplevel}
Welcome to the competition.
end{EnvUplevel}

question This is an example of a question.
begin{choices}
choice This is Choice A.
choice This is Choice B.
choice This is Choice C.
choice This is Choice D.
choice This is Choice E.
end{choices}
end{questions}
end{document}


MWE



The thing is, the circles now appear to exceed the hanging indent of the question text and are a bit too far to the left, as shown by the black line I've added in mspaint. I would like the left edges of the circles to coincide precisely with the hanging indent of the question text; how may I go about doing this?










share|improve this question




















  • 1





    Unrelated: label={center:#1} isn't needed, because you have #1 in the node contents as well, so you end up printing the label twice, in the same place.

    – Torbjørn T.
    2 days ago






  • 2





    Probably not a good fix, but you could change 0em to 3pt (or thereabouts).

    – Torbjørn T.
    2 days ago














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I am typesetting a competition examination paper, and I wanted to satisfy a very specific requirement for the multiple-choice questions: five choices, each with capital letter choice labels all in equal-sized circles with the labels smack in the centres of the circles, and all aligned to the question text hanging indent. It took me a while, but I have thus far combined the (excellent, detailed and clean) solutions in the following threads:




  1. Good way to make textcircled numbers?

  2. Using circled numbers for answer choices in exam document class

  3. How can I draw circled integers with the same size by TikZ?

  4. Set indentation of choice in exam documentclass


And thus I have the following MWE:



documentclass[preview, class=exam,varwidth=true]{standalone}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}

newcommand*circled[1]{tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
node[shape=circle, draw, minimum size=1.5em, inner sep=0pt, label={center:#1}, thick] (char) {#1};}}
renewcommandchoicelabel{%
circled{thechoice}}
renewcommand{questionshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{0pt}}
renewcommand{choiceshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{W.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}

begin{document}

begin{questions}

begin{EnvUplevel}
Welcome to the competition.
end{EnvUplevel}

question This is an example of a question.
begin{choices}
choice This is Choice A.
choice This is Choice B.
choice This is Choice C.
choice This is Choice D.
choice This is Choice E.
end{choices}
end{questions}
end{document}


MWE



The thing is, the circles now appear to exceed the hanging indent of the question text and are a bit too far to the left, as shown by the black line I've added in mspaint. I would like the left edges of the circles to coincide precisely with the hanging indent of the question text; how may I go about doing this?










share|improve this question
















I am typesetting a competition examination paper, and I wanted to satisfy a very specific requirement for the multiple-choice questions: five choices, each with capital letter choice labels all in equal-sized circles with the labels smack in the centres of the circles, and all aligned to the question text hanging indent. It took me a while, but I have thus far combined the (excellent, detailed and clean) solutions in the following threads:




  1. Good way to make textcircled numbers?

  2. Using circled numbers for answer choices in exam document class

  3. How can I draw circled integers with the same size by TikZ?

  4. Set indentation of choice in exam documentclass


And thus I have the following MWE:



documentclass[preview, class=exam,varwidth=true]{standalone}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}

newcommand*circled[1]{tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
node[shape=circle, draw, minimum size=1.5em, inner sep=0pt, label={center:#1}, thick] (char) {#1};}}
renewcommandchoicelabel{%
circled{thechoice}}
renewcommand{questionshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{0pt}}
renewcommand{choiceshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{W.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}

begin{document}

begin{questions}

begin{EnvUplevel}
Welcome to the competition.
end{EnvUplevel}

question This is an example of a question.
begin{choices}
choice This is Choice A.
choice This is Choice B.
choice This is Choice C.
choice This is Choice D.
choice This is Choice E.
end{choices}
end{questions}
end{document}


MWE



The thing is, the circles now appear to exceed the hanging indent of the question text and are a bit too far to the left, as shown by the black line I've added in mspaint. I would like the left edges of the circles to coincide precisely with the hanging indent of the question text; how may I go about doing this?







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  • 1





    Unrelated: label={center:#1} isn't needed, because you have #1 in the node contents as well, so you end up printing the label twice, in the same place.

    – Torbjørn T.
    2 days ago






  • 2





    Probably not a good fix, but you could change 0em to 3pt (or thereabouts).

    – Torbjørn T.
    2 days ago














  • 1





    Unrelated: label={center:#1} isn't needed, because you have #1 in the node contents as well, so you end up printing the label twice, in the same place.

    – Torbjørn T.
    2 days ago






  • 2





    Probably not a good fix, but you could change 0em to 3pt (or thereabouts).

    – Torbjørn T.
    2 days ago








1




1





Unrelated: label={center:#1} isn't needed, because you have #1 in the node contents as well, so you end up printing the label twice, in the same place.

– Torbjørn T.
2 days ago





Unrelated: label={center:#1} isn't needed, because you have #1 in the node contents as well, so you end up printing the label twice, in the same place.

– Torbjørn T.
2 days ago




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2





Probably not a good fix, but you could change 0em to 3pt (or thereabouts).

– Torbjørn T.
2 days ago





Probably not a good fix, but you could change 0em to 3pt (or thereabouts).

– Torbjørn T.
2 days ago










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Here is a proposal. I only changed



 renewcommand{choiceshook}{settowidth{leftmargin}{circled{W}.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}


to change the indent. Big thanks to Torbjørn T. for pointing out that I misread a requirement before.



documentclass[preview, class=exam,varwidth=true]{standalone}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}

newcommand*circled[1]{tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
node[shape=circle, draw, minimum size=1.5em, inner sep=0pt , thick] (char) {#1};}}
renewcommandchoicelabel{circled{Alph{choice}}}
renewcommand{questionshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{0pt}}
renewcommand{choiceshook}{settowidth{leftmargin}{circled{W}.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}

begin{document}

begin{questions}

begin{EnvUplevel}
Welcome to the competition.
end{EnvUplevel}

question This is an example of a question.
begin{choices}
choice This is Choice A.
choice This is Choice B.
choice This is Choice C.
choice This is Choice D.
choice This is Choice E.
end{choices}
end{questions}
end{document}


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    Thanks for the answer! However, I used @Torbjørn T.'s solution (the correct indent was actually 6pt) to achieve perfect alignment with the choices that the oneparchoices environment creates.

    – SRSR333
    2 days ago











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Here is a proposal. I only changed



 renewcommand{choiceshook}{settowidth{leftmargin}{circled{W}.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}


to change the indent. Big thanks to Torbjørn T. for pointing out that I misread a requirement before.



documentclass[preview, class=exam,varwidth=true]{standalone}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}

newcommand*circled[1]{tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
node[shape=circle, draw, minimum size=1.5em, inner sep=0pt , thick] (char) {#1};}}
renewcommandchoicelabel{circled{Alph{choice}}}
renewcommand{questionshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{0pt}}
renewcommand{choiceshook}{settowidth{leftmargin}{circled{W}.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}

begin{document}

begin{questions}

begin{EnvUplevel}
Welcome to the competition.
end{EnvUplevel}

question This is an example of a question.
begin{choices}
choice This is Choice A.
choice This is Choice B.
choice This is Choice C.
choice This is Choice D.
choice This is Choice E.
end{choices}
end{questions}
end{document}


enter image description here






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  • 1





    Thanks for the answer! However, I used @Torbjørn T.'s solution (the correct indent was actually 6pt) to achieve perfect alignment with the choices that the oneparchoices environment creates.

    – SRSR333
    2 days ago
















6














Here is a proposal. I only changed



 renewcommand{choiceshook}{settowidth{leftmargin}{circled{W}.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}


to change the indent. Big thanks to Torbjørn T. for pointing out that I misread a requirement before.



documentclass[preview, class=exam,varwidth=true]{standalone}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}

newcommand*circled[1]{tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
node[shape=circle, draw, minimum size=1.5em, inner sep=0pt , thick] (char) {#1};}}
renewcommandchoicelabel{circled{Alph{choice}}}
renewcommand{questionshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{0pt}}
renewcommand{choiceshook}{settowidth{leftmargin}{circled{W}.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}

begin{document}

begin{questions}

begin{EnvUplevel}
Welcome to the competition.
end{EnvUplevel}

question This is an example of a question.
begin{choices}
choice This is Choice A.
choice This is Choice B.
choice This is Choice C.
choice This is Choice D.
choice This is Choice E.
end{choices}
end{questions}
end{document}


enter image description here






share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    Thanks for the answer! However, I used @Torbjørn T.'s solution (the correct indent was actually 6pt) to achieve perfect alignment with the choices that the oneparchoices environment creates.

    – SRSR333
    2 days ago














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6







Here is a proposal. I only changed



 renewcommand{choiceshook}{settowidth{leftmargin}{circled{W}.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}


to change the indent. Big thanks to Torbjørn T. for pointing out that I misread a requirement before.



documentclass[preview, class=exam,varwidth=true]{standalone}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}

newcommand*circled[1]{tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
node[shape=circle, draw, minimum size=1.5em, inner sep=0pt , thick] (char) {#1};}}
renewcommandchoicelabel{circled{Alph{choice}}}
renewcommand{questionshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{0pt}}
renewcommand{choiceshook}{settowidth{leftmargin}{circled{W}.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}

begin{document}

begin{questions}

begin{EnvUplevel}
Welcome to the competition.
end{EnvUplevel}

question This is an example of a question.
begin{choices}
choice This is Choice A.
choice This is Choice B.
choice This is Choice C.
choice This is Choice D.
choice This is Choice E.
end{choices}
end{questions}
end{document}


enter image description here






share|improve this answer















Here is a proposal. I only changed



 renewcommand{choiceshook}{settowidth{leftmargin}{circled{W}.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}


to change the indent. Big thanks to Torbjørn T. for pointing out that I misread a requirement before.



documentclass[preview, class=exam,varwidth=true]{standalone}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{lmodern}
usepackage{tikz}

newcommand*circled[1]{tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{%
node[shape=circle, draw, minimum size=1.5em, inner sep=0pt , thick] (char) {#1};}}
renewcommandchoicelabel{circled{Alph{choice}}}
renewcommand{questionshook}{%
settowidth{leftmargin}{0pt}}
renewcommand{choiceshook}{settowidth{leftmargin}{circled{W}.hskiplabelsephskip 0em}}

begin{document}

begin{questions}

begin{EnvUplevel}
Welcome to the competition.
end{EnvUplevel}

question This is an example of a question.
begin{choices}
choice This is Choice A.
choice This is Choice B.
choice This is Choice C.
choice This is Choice D.
choice This is Choice E.
end{choices}
end{questions}
end{document}


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    Thanks for the answer! However, I used @Torbjørn T.'s solution (the correct indent was actually 6pt) to achieve perfect alignment with the choices that the oneparchoices environment creates.

    – SRSR333
    2 days ago














  • 1





    Thanks for the answer! However, I used @Torbjørn T.'s solution (the correct indent was actually 6pt) to achieve perfect alignment with the choices that the oneparchoices environment creates.

    – SRSR333
    2 days ago








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Thanks for the answer! However, I used @Torbjørn T.'s solution (the correct indent was actually 6pt) to achieve perfect alignment with the choices that the oneparchoices environment creates.

– SRSR333
2 days ago





Thanks for the answer! However, I used @Torbjørn T.'s solution (the correct indent was actually 6pt) to achieve perfect alignment with the choices that the oneparchoices environment creates.

– SRSR333
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