LyX ⇒ Table caption left-justified (really all of it)

[Horstmann2010]

Hi everybody,
I would like to place the caption of the table left-justified above the table. I know this is possible wiht option nooneline. But I use it the second line of a long caption starts not exakt on the left; like here:

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Table 1.1: Name of the table is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,  
           very, very, very, very, very long.

But I hope to get this result:

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Table 1.1: Name of the table is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,  
very, very, very, very, very long.

I'm using Lyx(1.6) and document class book(koma-script).
Best regards
Horstmann

[localghost]

The hanging indent for captions is the default setting in this class(es). Eliminate this indentation as described in Section 3.6.6 (Tables and Figures, p. 108ff) of the KOMA Script manual (English version).

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\setcapindent{0pt}

Since I don't use LyX, I have absolutely no idea where this is to be inserted.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[Horstmann2010]

Perfect! That's it. Next time I will read documentation more carefully. Cheers, Horstmann

Attention: it works only in combination:

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\usepackage[nooneline]{caption} 
% or for LYX user put captions=nooneline in: document -> preference -> documentclass  
\setcapindent{0em} 

[sommerfee]

Attention: it works only in combination:

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\usepackage[nooneline]{caption} 
% or for LYX user put captions=nooneline in: document -> preference -> documentclass  
\setcapindent{0em} 

If it only works this way then your caption package is outdated and especially not adapted to the KOMA Script document classes (yet). So I strongly recommend updating your LaTeX system.

[localghost]

Perfect! That's it. Next time I will read documentation more carefully. Cheers, Horstmann

Attention: it works only in combination:

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\usepackage[nooneline]{caption} 
% or for LYX user put captions=nooneline in: document -> preference -> documentclass  
\setcapindent{0em} 

For basic caption settings in KOMA Script you almost don't need the caption package. The below example works with the current version and should do what you're after (even in LyX).

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\documentclass[%
  captions=nooneline,
  captions=tableabove,
  ngerman
]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}

\setcapindent{0pt}
\setkomafont{caption}{\small}
\setkomafont{captionlabel}{\bfseries}

\begin{document}
  \begin{table}[!ht]
    \caption{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
  \end{table}
\end{document}