[Tex/LaTex] Caption in subfloat shifted to the right

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I'm seeing strange behavior when using subfloat. I have 6 figures that I want to display as 2 by 3 (2 lines, 3 columns). The caption (a, b, c etc.) is shifted to the right which means figure b) is labeled a) and c) appears on page margin where no image is located.

\usepackage{graphicx,subfig}

\begin{document}
    \begin{figure}[ht!]
        \centering
            \subfloat[Shield One]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/shield_1}}
            \subfloat[Shield Two]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/shield_2}}
            \subfloat[Shield Three]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/shield_3}}
            \newline
            \subfloat[Sword One]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/sword_1}}
            \subfloat[Sword Two]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/sword_2}}
            \subfloat[Sword Three]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/sword_3}}
            \caption[Items and their definition]{Items and their definition}
            \label{fig:items}
    \end{figure}
\end{document}

Does anyone have a clue ?

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Check images and if there's sufficient space, also look for warnings. Perhaps post a compilable example. This compilable example shows the expected correct behavior:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx,subfig}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[ht!]
    \centering
        \subfloat[Shield One]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/shield_1}}
        \subfloat[Shield Two]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/shield_2}}
        \subfloat[Shield Three]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/shield_3}}
        \newline
        \subfloat[Sword One]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/sword_1}}
        \subfloat[Sword Two]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/sword_2}}
        \subfloat[Sword Three]{\includegraphics[width=4cm]{figure/items/sword_3}}
        \caption[Items and their definition]{Items and their definition}
        \label{fig:items}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

subfloats example

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[Tex/LaTex] Subfloat caption width requirements and alignment problems

Here are some suggestions to fix your current situation:

Note the subfloat notation:
```
\subfloat[<LoF>][<subcaption>]{<body>}
```
Since your <body> consisted only of a \label command, the <subcaption> (actually, the <LoF> entry) had to wrap around something that is "very thin", causing it to not typeset properly. See page 4 of the subfig documentation for an explanation of this.
Also, the \label should be included in the <body>.
If you put the entire \subfloat within a fixed-width environment, the caption will wrap according to that width. This can be achieved via a minipage environment, for example. In the following minimal example, I've defined two new commands:
```
\vertfig[<subcaption>]{<body>}% For vertical figure placement
\horizfig[<subcaption>]{<body>}% For horizontal figure placement
```
that you can use to replace the traditional \subfloat. \vertfig typesets its contents in a 5in-width minipage, while \horizfig does so in a 3in-width minipage. Both dropped the second optional argument of \subfloat[..][..]{...}, since it didn't seem to matter to you.

As you can see, no fixed-width \captionsetup is required, since the captions wrap to the box they're contained in.

Different subfloats with different widths

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[a3paper]{geometry}% http://ctan.org/pkg/geometry
\usepackage{graphicx}% http://ctan.org/pkg/graphicx
%\usepackage{caption}% http://ctan.org/pkg/caption
\usepackage{subfig}% http://ctan.org/pkg/subfig
\newsubfloat{figure}
\pagestyle{empty}% No header/footer
\newcommand{\vertfig}[2][]{%
  \begin{minipage}{5in}\subfloat[#1]{#2}\end{minipage}}
\newcommand{\horizfig}[2][]{%
  \begin{minipage}{3in}\subfloat[#1]{#2}\end{minipage}}
\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[ht]
  \centering
  \vertfig% \subfloat
    [This is probably the biggest tiger you will ever see in your life.
     The caption associated with this subfloat should span more than one
     line even though the width of the contents is 5in.]
    {\includegraphics[width=5in]{tiger}\label{fig:vizcardfront}}

  \vertfig% \subfloat
    [Data submission form on the back of the view guide.]
    {\includegraphics[width=5in]{tiger}\label{fig:vizcardback}}
  \caption{The visibility monitoring view guide.}\label{fig:viewcard}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[ht]
  \centering
  \horizfig%\subfloat
    [Here is another picture of the tiger, this time a little smaller.
     It is still very fierce-looking, right?]
    {\includegraphics[width=3in]{tiger}\label{fig:plantcam}}
  \hfill
  \horizfig%\subfloat
    [A HOBO$\textsuperscript{\textregistered}$ data logger for air and soil data.]
    {\includegraphics[width=3in]{tiger}\label{fig:logger}}
  \caption{Automatic data collection instruments.}\label{fig:autodata}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

geometry was merely used to set the paper size to a3paper.

[Tex/LaTex] Subfloat caption in wrong position

If I modify your MWE so it starts with

\documentclass[12pt,draft]{article}

as I don't have your eps files I get the following

enter image description here

which shows that it works. If you get the same, then remove the draft again and try outside of the figure, just in normal text

\fbox{\includegraphics[width=4.5cm]{QR.eps}}

If the box does not surround the figure, it means that the bounding box in the file is incorrect and so the dimensions of the image are not as they appear. if that is the case you can fix the eps file or supply a corrected bounding box using the bb= 1 2 3 4 key in the optional argument to \includegraphics using the correct values not 1 2 3 4!

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