Customize page header for even and odd pages WITHOUT fancyhdr

Question

I am using MastersDoctoralThesis for writing my thesis. Its default settings are:

On even numbered pages: outer header has page number while inner header has chapter number
On odd numbered pages: outer header has page number while inner header had section number

My university requirements are:

On even numbered pages: outer header should have section number while inner header should have thesis title
On odd numbered pages: outer header should have university name while inner header should have chapter number

I am successful in putting university name on page headers. However, I am unable to make the desired layout. I have done some work on lines 277-295 of MastersDoctoralThesis.cls. I have commented some original code.
RequirePackage[markcase=used]{scrlayer-scrpage}
providepairofpagestyles{thesisSimple}{%
    clearpairofpagestyles%
%   automark[chapter]{chapter}
%   ihead{headmark}% Inner header
%   ohead[pagemark]{pagemark}% Outer header
    automark[chapter]{chapter}
    ohead{Jiangsu University Master's Degree Thesis}
    ihead{headmark}% Inner header
}
ifoot{}% Inner footer
ofoot{}% Outer footer
pagestyle{thesisSimple}
%pagestyle{scrheadings}
providepairofpagestyles[thesisSimple]{thesis}{%
    automark*[section]{}
    ofoot[pagemark]{pagemark}
}

Note: Somehow fancyhdr is not supported by MastersDoctoralThesis.cls (line 302). Maybe we need to tweak scrlayer-scrpage.

esdd · Accepted Answer

It is not recommended to edit the class file. Change the settings in the document preamble: pagestyle{thesis}% defined by the class using package scrlayer-scrpage clearpairofpagestyles lehead{ttitle} rehead{rightmark} lohead{leftmark} rohead{univname} ofoot*{pagemark}% or should there be no page number at all? Example: documentclass[english,headsepline]{MastersDoctoralThesis}[2017/08/27]% v1.6 LaTeXTemplates.com usepackage{fontspec} usepackage{blindtext}% only for dummy text pagestyle{thesis}% defined by the class using package scrlayer-scrpage clearpairofpagestyles lehead{ttitle} rehead{rightmark} lohead{leftmark} rohead{univname} ofoot*{pagemark}% or should there be no page number at all? thesistitle{Thesis Title} university{href{http://www.university.com}{University Name}} begin{document} frontmatter pagestyle{plain} tableofcontents mainmatter pagestyle{thesis} BlinddocumentBlinddocument BlinddocumentBlinddocument appendix BlinddocumentBlinddocument end{document} Update If there should be only "Chaptern " and "Section

" in inner header, you can add the following code in the preamble before you select page style thesis: providecaptionname{english}{Sectionname}{Section} makeatletter AddToLayerPageStyleOptions{thesis}{onselect={% renewcommand*{chaptermark}[1]{markboth{chaptermarkformat}{}}% renewcommand*{sectionmark}[1]{markright{sectionmarkformat}}% renewcommand*chaptermarkformat{@chapapp~thechapter}% renewcommand*sectionmarkformat{Sectionname~thesection}% }} makeatother Example: documentclass[english,headsepline]{MastersDoctoralThesis}[2017/08/27]% v1.6 LaTeXTemplates.com usepackage{fontspec} usepackage{blindtext}% only for dummy text providecaptionname{english}{Sectionname}{Section} makeatletter AddToLayerPageStyleOptions{thesis}{onselect={% renewcommand*{chaptermark}[1]{markboth{chaptermarkformat}{}}% renewcommand*{sectionmark}[1]{markright{sectionmarkformat}}% renewcommand*chaptermarkformat{@chapapp~thechapter}% renewcommand*sectionmarkformat{Sectionname~thesection}% }} makeatother pagestyle{thesis} clearpairofpagestyles lehead{ttitle} rehead{rightmark} lohead{leftmark} rohead{univname} ofoot*{pagemark} thesistitle{Thesis Title} university{href{http://www.university.com}{University Name}} begin{document} frontmatter pagestyle{plain} tableofcontents mainmatter pagestyle{thesis} BlinddocumentBlinddocument BlinddocumentBlinddocument appendix BlinddocumentBlinddocument end{document}

John Kormylo · Answer

Here is an example of how to create a page style (myheadings).  I used scrbook instead of your thesis, but it should still work.
I added the words Chapter and Section and used arabic{section} instead of thesection.  It should be noted that chaptermark is called by chapter and is passed the chapter title, while sectionmark is called by section and is passed the section title (which I ignored).  This is so that if more than one section is on a page, the first section is used instead of the last.
documentclass{scrbook}

makeatletter
defps@myheadings{% create myheadings pagestyle
    def@oddfoot{hfilthepagehfil}%
    def@evenfoot{hfilthepagehfil}%
    def@evenhead{slshaperightmarkhfil@title}%
    def@oddhead{slshape Universe City Universityhfilleftmark}%
    let@mkboth@gobbletwo% disable
    renewcommand*{chaptermark}[1]{markboth{@chapapp thechapter.  }{}}%
    renewcommand*{sectionmark}[1]{markright{Section arabic{section}.  }}% no sectionname defined
    }
makeatother

pagestyle{myheadings}
renewcommand*{chapterpagestyle}{myheadings}

title{My Thesis}
author{Me}

usepackage{lipsum}% not part of solution

begin{document}
frontmatter
maketitle
mainmatter
chapter{First}
section{Test}
lipsum[1-12]
end{document}

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