Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ \listoffigures with \captionof{figure}

[Michael_590]

How can I get a list of figures if I use the following code:

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    \documentclass{article}
    \usepackage{caption}
    \usepackage{graphicx}
    \begin{document}
    \listoffigures

    \bigbreak

    \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
            \begin{center}
                    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{example-image}
                    \captionof{figure}{this is my caption}
            \end{center}
    \end{minipage}
    \end{document}

\listoffigures doesn't appear to work.

Thank you,

[Johannes_B]

You can always run your own code or any other code her at LaTeX-community) by clicking on »open in writelatex«.
As you can see, your code is fine. You just have to remember to compile the document twice.

[cgnieder]

Your example works for me. If you click on “open in WriteLaTeX” above your code example you can see this for yourself.

Regards

[Michael_590]

When I moved "\listoffigures" to the end of the document, it works well. I guess I can live with this.

If I were to put "\listoffigures" directly after the "\tableofcontents" I get a lot of pages that can't be displayed. And, I get error messages when I tried to view the figure pages.

If I want to try and find the problem I could create smaller and smaller documents until I find the problem.

Thanks,

[cgnieder]

When I moved "\listoffigures" to the end of the document, it works well. I guess I can live with this.

It also works at the beginning of the document. You just need to compile at least twice! (You need to do that anyway for \listoffigures.)

Regards