Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Vertical centering of: Figure - Text - Figure

[steenreem]

Hi,

After trying solutions from other posts, I'm getting a bit desperate.

I simply want three items horizontaly next to each other but vertically centered. There are two images on the sides that have a large height, while there is an arrow in the middle that should be vertically centered.

I've tried this:

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\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=2cm]{AntiSequence.eps}
\begin{minipage}[t]{2cm}
$\Longleftrightarrow$
\vspace{1cm}
\end{minipage}
\includegraphics[height=2cm]{StartEnd.eps}
\caption{Annihilation \& Production}
\label{fig:annihilation}
\end{figure}

I also tried using a tabular environment with m,p,t columns. And I tried a parbox.

Could you give me a working example? Thanks.


EDIT:
Nevermind I got this working using:

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\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{m{0.5\linewidth} c m{0.3\linewidth}}
\includegraphics[height=2cm]{AntiSequence.eps} &
$\Longleftrightarrow$ &
\includegraphics[height=2cm]{StartEnd.eps}
\end{tabular}
\caption{Annihilation \& Production}
\label{fig:annihilation}
\end{figure}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi steenreem!

It's very good that you posted the solution you found yourself.

There's another approch: using \vcenter for vertical centering, such as

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\vcenter{\hbox{\includegraphics{filename}}}}

A remark: for posting code please use the forum code tags. I did this for you and edited your post, further I marked it as solved. Kindly do so next time, thanks.

Stefan