captionslyxsidecaptables
I used sidecap package in LyX to put the caption on the right of the tables, but I got problem with it.
sidecap works good with figure caption but it's not good with table caption:
Please are there any why to put the table caption on the right of table in LyX.
Best regards
I would suggest you to use the more powerful and flexible floatrow package instead; it allows you to easily customize the caption position per figure; a little example using the a0poster document class and some of the settings of your document.
The example shows three three figures; the leftmost one has its caption to the right; the middle one has the caption below the figure, and the rightmost figure has the caption to the left; of course, you can change the lengths used according to your needs:
\documentclass{a0poster}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage[capbesideposition={bottom},facing=yes,capbesidesep=quad]{floatrow}
\usepackage{lipsum}% just to generate text for the example
\usepackage{textpos}
\TPGrid[10mm,10mm]{122}{100} % e.g., 3 cols width=40, plus 2 gaps width=1
\parindent=0pt
\parskip=0.5\baselineskip
\setlength\fboxsep{0pt}
\setlength\fboxrule{0.5pt}
\begin{document}
\begin{textblock}{40}(0,8.2)
\lipsum[3-11]
\begin{figure}
\thisfloatsetup{capbesideposition={bottom,outside},capbesidewidth=15cm}
\fcapside[\FBwidth]
{\caption{some text here to represent the caption for figure one}\label{fig:testa}}
{\includegraphics[width=10cm,height=6cm]{image1}}
\end{figure}
\end{textblock}
\begin{textblock}{40}(41,8.2)
\lipsum[3-11]
\begin{figure}
\floatbox{figure}[3\FBwidth]
{\caption{some text here to represent the caption for figure two}\label{fig:testb}}
{\includegraphics[width=10cm,height=6cm]{image3}}
\end{figure}
\end{textblock}
\begin{textblock}{40}(82,8.2)
\lipsum[3-11]
\begin{figure}
\thisfloatsetup{capbesideposition={bottom,inside},capbesidewidth=15cm}
\fcapside[\FBwidth]
{\caption{some text here to represent the caption for figure three}\label{fig:testc}}
{\includegraphics[width=10cm,height=6cm]{image3}}
\end{figure}
\end{textblock}
\end{document}
The demo option for graphicx simply replaces actual figures with black rectangles; do not use that option in your actual document.
textblock environment, the floating mechanism is disabled so the usual placement specifiers (e.g., [!b] or [!hb]) won't have effect here; as far as I know, you'll have to adjust the vertical positioning manually.EDIT: Solution revised to handle long captions. Place a vertical rule at the beginning of the caption:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{sidecap}
\sidecaptionvpos{figure}{t}
\begin{document}
\begin{SCfigure}
\includegraphics{graphs/dataset17b.pdf}
\caption{\protect\rule{0ex}{5ex}Foo bar Foo bar Foo bar Foo bar Foo bar Foo bar Foo bar }
\end{SCfigure}
\end{document}
Best Answer
There is no straightforward way of moving a caption from left to right or vice versa. The package only allows for global settings, so the captions are always on the left or always on the right. For two page setups you can also have them always on the inner or always on the outer side. There are things you can try though:
Make the caption wider
It looks from your screenshot that the problem is more that the area for the caption is too narrow, making it overprint the table itself. Fixing this problem is very easy:
At the very start of the
SCtablefloat, add an ERT with Ctrl + L, and write[3]in this. What this does is adding[3]as an optional argument to theSCtableenvironment, and that number is the relative width of the caption to the table. With3the caption can be three times the width of the table. Here is a screenshot from LyX with PDF output next to it:ERT hackery
Add an ERT just before the table, and write in that the following:
If you copy-paste, use Edit --> Paste Special (Ctrl+Shift+v) to paste the code in.
Just after the table, add a new ERT and add just a closing brace, i.e.
}.Don't use
sidecapYou can place captions next to tables without using
sidecapat all. Add a normal table float, and start by deleting the caption that is already there. Add aminipagewith Insert -> Box -> Frameless, and make that for example half the width of the line. Add the caption inside this box, with Insert --> Caption. Finally, add the table on the same line as the box (i.e., don't hit enter before adding the table).