[Tex/LaTex] Caption on the side of a figure

captionspositioning

Can anyone tell me how to get my caption on side of my figure, and at the same time aligned with the top of my figure?

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You can use the \floatbox and \capbeside commands provided by the floatrow package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{floatrow}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\floatbox[{\capbeside\thisfloatsetup{capbesideposition={left,top},capbesidewidth=4cm}}]{figure}[\FBwidth]
{\caption{A test figure with its caption side by side}\label{fig:test}}
{\includegraphics[width=5cm]{name}}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\floatbox[{\capbeside\thisfloatsetup{capbesideposition={right,top},capbesidewidth=4cm}}]{figure}[\FBwidth]
{\caption{A test figure with its caption side by side}\label{fig:test}}
{\includegraphics[width=5cm]{name}}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

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You could also be interested in the tufte document classes:

\documentclass{tufte-book}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1]
\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=5cm]{name}
  \caption{\protect\lipsum[1]}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

enter image description here

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[Tex/LaTex] Caption on the side of a table

Since you use a KOMA-Script class, you can use its captionbeside environment (adjust the lengths according to your needs):

\documentclass[10pt,DIV=12,a4paper,numbers=noenddot]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{tabu}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
\begin{captionbeside}
{This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption This is the caption}
[r][\linewidth][0em]
\raisebox{0.8\totalheight}{%
\begin{tabu} to .4\textwidth {X[L] X[L]}
\toprule
AAAAAA & BBBBBB \\
AAAAAA & BBBBBB \\
AAAAAA & BBBBBB \\
AAAAAA & BBBBBB \\
AAAAAA & BBBBBB \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabu}%
}
\end{captionbeside}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Caption positioned at the side of the figure

Here's one possibility (the geometry package with its showframe option was only used to display a frame as a visual guide):

\documentclass[12 pt]{article}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage[singlelinecheck=off]{caption}
\usepackage{floatrow}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newlength\Myfigwd

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\setlength\Myfigwd{5cm}
\floatbox[{\capbeside
\thisfloatsetup{capbesidesep=quad,
justification=justified,
capbesideposition= {left,center},
capbesidewidth=\dimexpr\linewidth-\Myfigwd-1em\relax}}]
{figure}[\FBwidth]
{\caption{Figure caption}\label{fig:test}}
{\includegraphics[width=\Myfigwd]{name}}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\setlength\Myfigwd{7cm}
\floatbox[{\capbeside
\thisfloatsetup{capbesidesep=quad,
justification=justified,
capbesideposition= {left,center},
capbesidewidth=\dimexpr\linewidth-\Myfigwd-1em\relax}}]
{figure}[\FBwidth]
{\caption{\protect\lipsum[2]}\label{fig:test}}
{\includegraphics[width=\Myfigwd]{name}}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

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