margin figure's label counter

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 16/07/2022 à 21:03, Ehud Behar via lyx-users a écrit :
> I want to define a new float in my document - margin figure.
> 
> I defined a new float using a module file with a Style:
> 
> Float
> Type                  marginfigure
> GuiName               MarginFigure
> NumberWithin          figure  # <————
> RefPrefix             fig
> more commands etc.
> End
> 
> The document class is book, and inside chapter 1, as you can see in the 
> attached image, I inserted a regular figure, followed by a margin 
> figure. The margin figure counter in the editor is 1.1.1, since it is in 
> chapter one, and it inherited the first number inside the figure counter.
> 
> I want the margin figure to have the label 1.2 (which logically makes 
> more sense if you treat figure and marginfigure on an equal footing).
> 
> What amendments should I make to the Style to get it changed the way I want?

Hello,

Did you try "NumberWithin none" like other floats in layouts/stdfloats.inc?

To be frank, I thought I knoew how this stuff wors, but it seems that 
many things happened since that time :)

JMarc