margin figure's label counter

[Ehud Behar]

Just tried it. It effectively sets the new Style a counter of its own, indifferent to what is the chapter or section or any other parent counter. That is: Margin figure 1, margin figure 2 in chapter 1, margin figure 3 in chapter 2 etc.


------- Original Message -------
On Saturday, July 16th, 2022 at 8:47 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgouttes.lyx.org at free.fr> wrote:


> 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
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