On 2012-09-12, Rainer M Krug wrote: > Hi
> I am by no means a LaTeX expert and only was told > (http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/71280/best-way-to-centre-figure-in-float > and also > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2651/should-i-use-center-or-centering-for-figures-and-tables) > that > \begin{centering}\includegraphics{whatever} > \end{centering} > should not be used and is actually wrong and > \centering\includegraphics{whatever} > should be used instead. Now I am wondering: is there a reason, why LyX > uses \begin{centering} in floats and not \centering, which apparently > is the correct way? The difference is not whether the centering happens in a float or elsewhere. You could also put 3 paragraphs of text like A leading text. A centered paragraph. A trailing text. Figure 3: example of "text figure" in a figure float. > Should this probably be changed? Instead, I vote for an alternative GUI method to center graphics (or other content) with \centering. I would also welcome a generic setting to have graphics in figure floats centered by default (If you browse the list postings of the past 10 or so years, you will find that this is a long standing request not only by me). Günter
