Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Can we add a title to each caption in scrbook class ?

[Cham]

I'm wondering if it's possible to add a bold title to each figure and table caption, in the scrbook class.

Because of the command \setcapindent*{0pt} in the preamble, the caption text is placed below the caption number, with a useless space after the number (where a single-line title could stand). If I use\setcapindent{0pt} instead, there is no wasted space.

So is there a way to use the useless space after the number to add a title to the caption?

Here's a MWE to try :

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\RequirePackage[l2tabu,orthodox]{nag}
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,letterpaper,headsepline,footsepline,cleardoublepage=plain,]{scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[total={6.25in,10in},left=1.25in,top=0.5in,includehead,includefoot]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{subfig}
\setcapindent*{0pt}

\begin{document}

	\begin{figure}
		\centering
			\includegraphics[height=4cm]{example-image-a}
		\quad
			\includegraphics[height=4cm]{example-image-b}
		\\[12pt]
			\includegraphics[height=4cm]{example-image-c}
		\quad
			\includegraphics[height=4cm]{example-image}
		\caption{Some long description text, to show what would happen when a caption is long, long and very long.  Hey, what a boring text to write !  Maybe I should use a verbatim or another random text package instead of writing this annoying text.  Oh well, such is life anyway.  We never know in advance what would happen next.  Why do I remember the past, and not the future instead, or maybe we already do, so that the future is actually the past?}
	\end{figure}

\end{document}

PS. The autocompletion mechanism of my browser is annoying : always changing "scrbook" to "scrapbook" !

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You could use \setcapindent without a star *, and add a title that way, using the title also for the list of figures:

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\setcapindent{0pt}
...
\caption[Figure title]{\textbf{Figure title}\\Some long description text, ...}

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Stefan