Removing spaces between chapter LoF in table of contents - latex

Question

I'm trying to remove the space in LoF between different chapters. i have tried different solutions(patching it as well) but it is not working. I have attached the codes below for your reference. Any help or pointers to resolve it would be highly appreciated.
Edit: Link to a minimal working project file depicting the error.
Working Example
\documentclass[twoside, 12pt]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
%package for higlighting text
\usepackage{color,soul}
%packages for multicol glossary, bibliography and list
\usepackage[section,numberedsection=autolabel, acronym]{glossaries}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[style=ieee]{biblatex}
\usepackage{glossary-mcols}
\usepackage{multicol}
%package for comments
\usepackage{verbatim}
%%Random text
\usepackage{lipsum}
%packages for fancy headers
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{tikz}
%package for subfigures
\usepackage{subfigure}
\makeglossaries
% Use package below to change margins and graphics
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[a4paper,top=25mm,bottom=25mm,left=25mm,right=25mm]{geometry}
% text color package
\usepackage{xcolor}
% use to customize chapter headings of toc lof lot
\usepackage{tocloft}
\renewcommand{\cfttoctitlefont}{\hspace*{\fill}\Large\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\cftaftertoctitle}{\hspace*{\fill}}
\renewcommand{\cftlottitlefont}{\hspace*{\fill}\Large\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\cftafterlottitle}{\hspace*{\fill}}
\renewcommand{\cftloftitlefont}{\hspace*{\fill}\Large\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\cftafterloftitle}{\hspace*{\fill}}
\usepackage{sectsty}
\chapternumberfont{\Large}
\chaptertitlefont{\Large}
\usepackage{hyperref}
%for table
\usepackage{booktabs}
%maths Package
\usepackage{amsmath}
%minted package
\usepackage[]{minted}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
%for greek words
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[greek,english]{babel}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usemintedstyle{vs}
\setminted{bgcolor=myGray,
breaklines,
mathescape,
linenos,
numbersep=5pt,
frame=single,
numbersep=5pt,
xleftmargin=0pt,
breaksymbolleft=\raisebox{0.8ex}{
\small\reflectbox{\carriagereturn}},
breaksymbolindentleft=0pt,
breaksymbolsepleft=0pt,
breaksymbolindentright=0pt,
breaksymbolsepright=0pt
}
%for code listing
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{listings}
\definecolor{myGray}{RGB}{245, 239, 239}
\definecolor{maroon}{RGB}{128,0,0}
\definecolor{forestGreen}{RGB}{1,68,33}
\lstdefinestyle{mystyle}{
backgroundcolor=\color{myGray},
commentstyle=\color{forestGreen},
keywordstyle=\color{blue},
numberstyle=\tiny\color{gray},
stringstyle=\color{maroon},
basicstyle=\ttfamily\small,
breakatwhitespace=false,
breaklines=true,
captionpos=b,
keepspaces=true,
numbers=left,
numbersep=5pt,
showspaces=false,
showstringspaces=false,
showtabs=false,
tabsize=2,
frame=single
}
\lstset{style=mystyle}
%Patch to remove the space in LoF, LoT, LoC per chapter basis
\usepackage{etoolbox}% http://ctan.org/pkg/etoolbox
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\#chapter}{\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10\p#}}}{}{}{}% LoF
\patchcmd{\#chapter}{\addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10\p#}}}{}{}{}% LoT
\makeatother
%for custom caption
\usepackage{caption}
% document begins here
\begin{document}
%Footer and header fancy - chapter x. ChapterName format
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[RO,LE]{\leftmark}
\fancyfoot{}
\fancyfoot[CE,CO]{\thepage}
\newpage
\phantomsection
\tableofcontents
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Table of Contents}
\newpage
\listoftables
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listtablename}
\newpage
\listoffigures
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}
\newpage
\renewcommand{\lstlistingname}{Code}
\renewcommand{\lstlistlistingname}{List of \lstlistingname s}
\lstlistoflistings
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\lstlistlistingname}
%CHAPTERS BEGIN
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\newpage
\input{Chapters/Intro}
\input{Chapters/Results}
\newpage
%%APPENDIX BEGINS
\fancyhead{}
\fancyfoot{}
\end{document}
Please find below the code for respective
The below figures are part of sample Intro file.
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{<someImage>}
\caption{Software Development Lifecycle}
\label{fig:swCycle}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{<someImage>}
\caption{Software Development Lifecycle2}
\label{fig:swCycle2}
\end{figure}
Results File
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{<someImage>}
\caption{Software Development Lifecycle3}
\label{fig:swCycle3}
\end{figure}

Answer 1

You could remove the spaces between the list entries of different chapters if you make the patches before you load hyperref:
\documentclass[twoside, 12pt]{report}
% use to customize chapter headings of toc lof lot
\usepackage{tocloft}
\renewcommand{\cfttoctitlefont}{\hspace*{\fill}\Large\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\cftaftertoctitle}{\hspace*{\fill}}
\renewcommand{\cftlottitlefont}{\hspace*{\fill}\Large\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\cftafterlottitle}{\hspace*{\fill}}
\renewcommand{\cftloftitlefont}{\hspace*{\fill}\Large\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\cftafterloftitle}{\hspace*{\fill}}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\#chapter}{\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10\p#}}}{}{}{}
\patchcmd{\#chapter}{\addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10\p#}}}{}{}{}
\makeatother
% load hyperref after these patches
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\chapter{test}
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\caption{heading}
\end{figure}
\chapter{test}
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\caption{heading}
\end{figure}
\end{document}