BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Correct numbering of refs within figures

[colmatrix]

Hi,

The problem I'm having at the moment is that the numbering of my references is being thrown off by the fact that I have placed some citations within figures. For example, I have:

blah blah blah, \cite{ref A}.

\begin{figure}
........
\caption{Figure caption, from \cite{ref B}}
\end{figure}

blah blah blah, \cite{ref C}

I would like the references to be numbered in the order they appear in the final document, so in the example I would want above A to be numbered #1, B=2, etc. However, what I actually get is that the reference contained within the figure is labeled first, then the other references. So I would get B=1, A=2, C=3 in the above example. That way, when you read the compiled document, reference 2 appears before refernece 1...

I'm using the natbib bibliography style, formatted with unsrtnat.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can sort this? Thanks in advance!

[colmatrix]

I've actually (kind of) sorted it. The problem was that there was a list of figures before the main document. This meant that, technically, references contained within figure captions appeared at the start of the document, which threw the numbering off. By removing the list of figures all the references are back in the correct order.

I could put the list of figures at after the main document, to keep the numbering correct, and then simply move the printed page to the start afterwards......unless anyone has a more elegant LaTeX based solution?

[magicmoose]

Try using

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\caption[short caption for LoF/LoT]{Full caption with reference}

[colmatrix]

That worked a treat. Thanks for your help!