The first attempt uses 3 minipages (see the code below). This looks nice as the figure number is aligned vertically with the middle of the figure. However, as the width of the figure approaches the width of the page, things start to break down. Also, it doesn't behave very nicely at pagebreaks.
The second attempt uses the equation environment with a different label. Apart from the fact that I don't know if this is a sensible thing to do, it produces extra whitespace in the beginning of the next paragraph. It also doesn't align the label vertically in the center, but puts it on the bottom.
Here's a minimal example of both attempts:
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgf,tikz}
\usepackage{lipsum}
%
% Attempt 1
%
% Uses 3 minipages.
% Breaks if figure is wide, and at the bottom of a page.
%
\usepackage{calc}
\newlength{\figlabelwidth} % width of label
\newlength{\imgwidth} % max. width of figure
\newenvironment{inlinefig1}
{
\refstepcounter{figure} % increase figure number
\begin{center} % don't know if this is necessary
\setlength{\figlabelwidth}{\widthof{(Fig. \thefigure)}}
\setlength{\imgwidth}{\textwidth - \figlabelwidth - \figlabelwidth}
\setlength{\imgwidth}{0.9\imgwidth} % to be on the safe side
\begin{minipage}{\figlabelwidth}\makebox[\figlabelwidth]{}\end{minipage} % ghost minipage for centering
\hfill
\begin{minipage}{\imgwidth}\begin{center} % minipage for figure
}
{
\end{center}\end{minipage}
\hfill
\begin{minipage}{\figlabelwidth}(Fig. \thefigure)\end{minipage} % minipage for label
\end{center}
}
%
% Attempt 2
%
% Uses an equation environment with relabeled labels.
% Label is not centered vertically, and produces extra whitespace in the paragraph after it.
%
\def\theoldequation{\theequation} % save the old equation format
\newenvironment{inlinefig2}
{
\refstepcounter{figure} % increase figure number
\def\theequation{Fig. \arabic{figure}} % switch to figure numbering
\begin{equation}
}
{
\end{equation}
\def\theequation{\theoldequation} % reset to old equation label format
\addtocounter{equation}{-1} % correct the equation numbering
}
\begin{document}
\noindent \lipsum[1]
\begin{inlinefig1}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) grid +(12,2);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{inlinefig1}
\lipsum[2]
\begin{inlinefig2}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) grid +(12,2);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{inlinefig2}
\lipsum[3]
\end{document}
