When the caption is too long to fit in just one line, I want something like this:
Table 1: whateverj lakjsdfñ lkjasdfl kjasñdlf j
wastathahtaht
Table 1 (cont.): Wahtashetlkahkethjaklthjalkdthjalk
lkjwñtjqñjeñtqljetñljk
I have tried using:
\begin{longtable}{c|c}
\caption{whateverj lakjsdfñ lkjasdfl kjasñdlf j wastathahtaht}
\label{tab:my}\\
\toprule
a & b \\
\midrule
\endfirsthead
\caption*{\textbf{Table \ref{tab:mytab} (cont.):} Wahtashetlkahkethjaklthjalkdthjalk lkjwñtjqñjeñtqljetñljk}\\
\toprule
a & b \\
\midrule
\endhead
l1 & l2 \\
\end{longtable}
But instead I'm getting:
Table 1: whateverj lakjsdfñ lkjasdfl kjasñdlf j
wastathahtaht
Table 1 (cont.): Wahtashetlkahkethjaklthjalkdthjalk
lkjwñtjqñjeñtqljetñljk
How can I indent the continuation caption as well?
I'm using KOMA scrbook and longtable package.
Best Answer
You can do it with
\multicolumn
but it is not as good as using\caption*
. However,\LTcapwidth
was useful.