Add a title to itemize environment

[Steve Litt]

Ehud via lyx-users said on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:57:09 +0000

>I want to define a new Style of LaTeXType "Item_Environment", that
>will be just the same as the "Itemeize" Style defined in
>`stdlists.inc`, except of one addition: I want to add a boldface short
>title above the bullets that will read "Tasks". After "Tasks" the
>items of the Itemize style will appear. See the attached image. Is
>that possible at all? Can you suggest any workaround? I tried the
>following, but the string "Tasks" doesn't appear above the items: ```
>Style "Tasks"
>    Category              List
>    Margin                Static
>    LatexType             Item_Environment
>    LatexName             myTasksEnvironment
>    LabelType             Itemize
>    LabelString "Tasks" # <-- Doesn't print "Tasks" above the bullets
>    Preamble
>      <latex code goes here>
>    EndPreamble
>End
>```

I suspect it's doable by making a customized layout file. That's a lot
of work though. Why not just make another environment called
Tasks_Title where you put the title above the bullets?

SteveT

Steve Litt 

http://444domains.com