Gal Aviel wrote:
>
> Anybody know how to set the table float caption to left alligned ?
>
> I have this really small table of 2x2, which is left allighed by default, but
> it looks really bad since the (long) caption is center alligned by defualt.
>
> I have tried inserting /begin{flushleft} and /end{flushleft} before the first word
>of the
> caption and after the table, but it does not work (I see it in the latex export, but
> it seems to have effect only on the table, not on the caption).
>
> How can I bypass it ?
>
> My setup : Lyx 1.1.6fix4 on a recent i386 Redhat machine (7 something).
write in preamble:
\long\def\@makecaption#1#2{%
\vskip\abovecaptionskip
\sbox\@tempboxa{#1: #2}%
\ifdim \wd\@tempboxa >\hsize
#1: #2\par
\else
\global \@minipagefalse
\hb@xt@\hsize{\box\@tempboxa\hfil}%
\fi
\vskip\belowcaptionskip}
Herbert
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