Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Show titles or labels in \listoffigures?

[mèlèth]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to add a table of figures to my article with \listoffigures and I was wondering if there was a way to display the titles or the labels of the figures in the table instead of the caption. My captions are pretty long as I use them to explain what's on the figure so they aren't really fit for a table.

Thank you in advance.

[Johannes_B]

The caption command does know an optional argument.

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\caption[Short entry for the list]{The long entry with the object
explaining the stuff. If an optional argument is given, it is printed to 
the lof. If it is given but empty, an empty entry is typeset (depending on 
the class and packages). If no optional argument is given, the mandatory 
argument is used for the lof as is. The same mechanism is at work for the 
list of tables}

[mèlèth]

Awesome! Thank you.