Am Montag, den 22.08.2016, 11:17 +0000 schrieb Bernt Lie: > > Jürgen, > > Thanks for suggestion. I'll take a look at them. > > If I choose to go with the nonfloat package, I assume there is the > standard problem with nonfloating figures that if there is no room > for them at the current location, they are pushed to the next page, > leaving a lot of white space at the bottom of a page...?? (Same with > Tables...).
Yes, of course you lose all the benefits of floats. > > > In addition to the "\figcaption" command, is there also a > "\tabcaption" command? Yes. Please refer to the nonfloat manual for details. Jürgen > > > -B > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On > Behalf Of Jürgen Spitzmüller > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 12:23 > To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Subject: Re: Insert Box with Figure? > > Am Dienstag, den 09.08.2016, 14:52 +0000 schrieb Bernt Lie: > > > > > > Q: Insert Box with shaded background, settings: Inner Box -> None > > > > Preliminaries: > > · Windows 10 + LyX 2.2.1 > > > > I write a document with lots of examples. If I set the entire > > examples > > in the Example environment, this reduces somewhat the > > possibilities > > for typesetting. So I have planned to do the following: > > · insert the examples in a box with shaded background > > (Insert > > Box/Shaded Background. Apply Settings... Inner Box: None.) > > · > > Let the *first* paragraph of the box be an Example environment – > > this > > makes sure that the example is numbered, and I can define labels > > to > > the example. > > · Let the subsequent paragraphs be of type Standard. > > > > I sometimes include floats, e.g., figures, in these shaded boxes. > > *HOWEVER*, it seems like I get *error messages* because of this; > > some > > figures are not shown (or appear, say, 10 pages after they > > *should* > > normally appear), and references to the figures appear to not work. > > > > Question: Is there a problem with inserting floats in such Boxes? > > Do you really need floats or just the captions? If the latter, you > should use the nonfloat package which provides the \figcaption > command: > > Preamble: > > \usepackage{nonfloat} > > In the box: > > Image (not in a float) > \figcaption{The image's caption} > > If you want to have the images floating, you need to define a > specific float type similar to the boxedfloat type here: > http://wiki.lyx.org/Layouts/Modules > > > You might also want to have a look at the tcolorbox package, which > provides possibilities to produce all sorts of highly complex boxes > (that also allow for floats and captions): > http://mirror.easyname.at/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/tcolorbox/tcolorb > ox > .pdf > > This package is partially supported by LyX via the "Fancy Colored > Boxes" module (see Help > Specific Manuals > Colored Boxes). > > HTH > Jürgen > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Bernt L.
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