boxesfloatslabels
I want to create a box (in which I put extra information for the reader) that behaves like a float. In other words, it should have a caption (outside of the box that says Box 1: Here is my box caption) and label that I can refer to with \cref like any other float.
Most of the solutions using \fbox, \framebox, \usepackage{framed} are all creating the box, but not about the caption and the label.
How to accomplish a floating box?
The syntax is \myFloat[optArgs left]{text left}[optArgs right]{text right}{caption}{label} the last two can be empty.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}% only for demo
\usepackage{xcolor,mdframed,caption}
\makeatletter
\def\myFLoat{\@ifnextchar[{\myFloat@i}{\myFloat@i[]}}
\def\myFloat@i[#1]#2{\@ifnextchar[%
{\myFloat@ii[#1]{#2}}%
{\myFloat@ii[#1]{#2}[]}}
\def\myFloat@ii[#1]#2[#3]#4#5#6{\par\medskip%
% \mdfsetup{innerleftmargin=10pt,innerrightmargin=10pt}%
\noindent\begin{minipage}[t]{0.475\textwidth}\leavevmode
\begin{mdframed}[#1]#2\end{mdframed}
\end{minipage}\hfill
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.475\textwidth}\leavevmode
\begin{mdframed}[#3]#4\end{mdframed}
\end{minipage}
\ifx\relax#5\relax\else\captionof{figure}{#5}\fi%
\ifx\relax#6\relax\else\label{#6}\fi\par}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\blindtext
\myFLoat[linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt,backgroundcolor=yellow]{\blindtext}%
[linecolor=red,linewidth=3pt]{\blindtext}%
{my caption for this float}{myLabel}
as seen in my Figure~\ref{myLabel} it works.
\blindtext
\myFLoat[linecolor=blue,linewidth=2pt,backgroundcolor=yellow]{\blindtext}%
[linecolor=red,linewidth=3pt]{\begin{align}y=\int\limits_1^2 f(x)dx\end{align}}%
{my caption for this float}{myLabelB}
\end{document}
Here is an example with a very simple tcolorbox setup:
In principle, the tcolorbox can 'conquer' the figure environment and blend into, this would mean, that the caption is at the top and displayed as the the title of the box.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\newtcolorbox{annotatedbox}[1][]{%
enhanced jigsaw,
sharp corners,
colback=white,
float=htb,
boxsep=0pt,
#1%
}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\blindtext[5]
\begin{annotatedbox}
Some text before
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.2]{ente}
\captionof{figure}{A beautiful duck}
\end{center}
\hfill Some other text right
\end{annotatedbox}
\blindtext[6]
\begin{annotatedbox}[colframe={red!40!brown},boxrule=5pt]
Some text before
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.2]{ente}
\captionof{figure}{Another beautiful duck}
\end{center}
\hfill Some other text right
\end{annotatedbox}
\end{document}
Best Answer
First as a non-float. Then, as a float. EDITED to put caption outside of box. EDITED to introduce new float,
InfoBox.