Wrong placing of captions for minipages

Question

I have problems placing subcaptions and captions for minipages. A picture depicts what I want, but a figure included in one graph. Maybe, the right solution wasn't \picture in a previous post. I hope you can help me.

\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{graphicx,picture,calc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.11}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{minipage}{0.4\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[ymin=0,xmin=-20000,x=.001mm,y=1cm, axis x line=bottom,axis y line=left,ylabel={\scriptsize TEXT},clip=false]
    \addplot[mark=none,very thick,red] coordinates{(0,8)(1873,8)(845,7)(3504,7)(1358,6)(4127,6)(1384,5)(4057,5)(1458,4)(3366,4)(2243,3)(1828.5,3)(4189,2)(1710,2)(7393,1)(5661,1)(11723,0)};
    \addplot+[mark=none,fill,pattern=north east lines] coordinates{(0,8)(1873,8)(845,7)(3504,7)(1358,6)(4127,6)(1384,5)(4057,5)(1458,4)(3366,4)(2243,3)(1828.5,3)(4189,2)(1710,2)(7393,1)(5661,1)(11723,0)}\closedcycle;
    \addplot[mark=none]coordinates{(0,0)(0,8)};
\node at (axis cs:1873,8.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {1873};
\node at (axis cs:3504,7.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {3504};
\node at (axis cs:4127,6.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {4127};
\node at (axis cs:4057,5.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {4057};
\node at (axis cs:3366,4.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {3366};
\node at (axis cs:2243,3.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {2243};
\node at (axis cs:4189,2.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {4189};
\node at (axis cs:7393,1.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {7393};
\node at (axis cs:11723,0.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {11723};
    \end{axis}
    \end{tikzpicture}
    \subcaption{Subcaption}
\end{minipage}%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{minipage}{0.4\linewidth}
\centering
\sbox0{
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.3]
\draw (0,0)--(0,.4)--(1.575,.4)--(1.575,7.8)--(0,7.8)--(0,8.2)--(3.4,8.2)--(3.4,7.8)--(1.825,7.8)--(1.825,.4)--(3.4,.4)--(3.4,0)--cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}
}
\sbox2{
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[ymin=0,x=.001mm,y=1cm, axis x line=bottom,axis y line=left,hide y axis,clip=false]
    \addplot[mark=none,red,very thick] coordinates{(0,8)(287,8)(2363,7)(2013,7)(6596,6)(6236,6)(12237,5)(11880,5)(19002,4)(18658,4)(26639,3)(26350,3)(34817,2)(34625,2)(43433,1)(43332,1)(51380,0)};
    \addplot+[mark=none,fill,pattern=north east lines] coordinates{(0,8)(287,8)(2363,7)(2013,7)(6596,6)(6236,6)(12237,5)(11880,5)(19002,4)(18658,4)(26639,3)(26350,3)(34817,2)(34625,2)(43433,1)(43332,1)(51380,0)}\closedcycle;
    \addplot [mark=none]coordinates{(0,0)(0,8)};
\node at (axis cs:287,8.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {287};
\node at (axis cs:2363,7.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {2363};
\node at (axis cs:6596,6.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {6596};
\node at (axis cs:12237,5.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {12237};
\node at (axis cs:19002,4.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {19002};
\node at (axis cs:26639,3.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {26639};
\node at (axis cs:34817,2.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {34817};
\node at (axis cs:43433,1.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {43433};
\node at (axis cs:51380,0.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {51380};
    \end{axis}
    \end{tikzpicture}
    }
\begin{picture}(\wd0, \ht0 )
\put(0,0){\usebox0}
%% Adjust the -0.7cm and -0.5cm shifts
\put(\wd0 - \wd2 - 0.5cm,\ht0 - \ht2 - 0.1cm){\usebox{2}}
\end{picture}
    \subcaption{Subcaption}
\end{minipage}%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\caption{Caption}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

This does not compile for me. Do you miss the package subcaption? Your example is not minimal. — LaRiFaRi, Sep 01 '14 at 13:15
@Isai can you be more specific as to where the problem lies? Do you simply want to reproduce what's in the picture you showed? — greyshade, Sep 01 '14 at 14:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 01 '14 at 14:56

In your case the smaller \sbox was used as the reference inside the picture, thus your alignment was broken. Further damage was done by the \centering inside the minipage which seems to cause the point (0,0) to be shifted. Finally I gave alignment specifiers for the minipages, i.e. [b].

The following should work:

enter image description here

\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{graphicx,picture,calc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.11}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.4\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[ymin=0,xmin=-20000,x=.001mm,y=1cm, axis x line=bottom,axis y line=left,ylabel={\scriptsize TEXT},clip=false]
    \addplot[mark=none,very thick,red] coordinates{(0,8)(1873,8)(845,7)(3504,7)(1358,6)(4127,6)(1384,5)(4057,5)(1458,4)(3366,4)(2243,3)(1828.5,3)(4189,2)(1710,2)(7393,1)(5661,1)(11723,0)};
    \addplot+[mark=none,fill,pattern=north east lines] coordinates{(0,8)(1873,8)(845,7)(3504,7)(1358,6)(4127,6)(1384,5)(4057,5)(1458,4)(3366,4)(2243,3)(1828.5,3)(4189,2)(1710,2)(7393,1)(5661,1)(11723,0)}\closedcycle;
    \addplot[mark=none]coordinates{(0,0)(0,8)};
\node at (axis cs:1873,8.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {1873};
\node at (axis cs:3504,7.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {3504};
\node at (axis cs:4127,6.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {4127};
\node at (axis cs:4057,5.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {4057};
\node at (axis cs:3366,4.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {3366};
\node at (axis cs:2243,3.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {2243};
\node at (axis cs:4189,2.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {4189};
\node at (axis cs:7393,1.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {7393};
\node at (axis cs:11723,0.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {11723};
    \end{axis}
    \end{tikzpicture}
    \subcaption{Subcaption}
\end{minipage}%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.55\linewidth}
%\centering
\sbox0{
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.2]
\draw (0,0)--(0,.4)--(1.575,.4)--(1.575,7.8)--(0,7.8)--(0,8.2)--(3.4,8.2)--(3.4,7.8)--(1.825,7.8)--(1.825,.4)--(3.4,.4)--(3.4,0)--cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}
}
\sbox2{
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[ymin=0,x=.001mm,y=1cm, axis x line=bottom,axis y line=left,hide y axis,clip=false]
    \addplot[mark=none,red,very thick] coordinates{(0,8)(287,8)(2363,7)(2013,7)(6596,6)(6236,6)(12237,5)(11880,5)(19002,4)(18658,4)(26639,3)(26350,3)(34817,2)(34625,2)(43433,1)(43332,1)(51380,0)};
    \addplot+[mark=none,fill,pattern=north east lines] coordinates{(0,8)(287,8)(2363,7)(2013,7)(6596,6)(6236,6)(12237,5)(11880,5)(19002,4)(18658,4)(26639,3)(26350,3)(34817,2)(34625,2)(43433,1)(43332,1)(51380,0)}\closedcycle;
    \addplot [mark=none]coordinates{(0,0)(0,8)};
\node at (axis cs:287,8.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {287};
\node at (axis cs:2363,7.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {2363};
\node at (axis cs:6596,6.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {6596};
\node at (axis cs:12237,5.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {12237};
\node at (axis cs:19002,4.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {19002};
\node at (axis cs:26639,3.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {26639};
\node at (axis cs:34817,2.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {34817};
\node at (axis cs:43433,1.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {43433};
\node at (axis cs:51380,0.15) [font=\scriptsize, right] {51380};
    \end{axis}
    \end{tikzpicture}
    }
\begin{picture}(\wd0, \ht0 )
\put(0,0){\usebox2}
%% Adjust the -0.7cm and -0.5cm shifts
\put(\wd2 - \wd0 - 1cm,\ht2 - \ht0 - 1cm){\usebox{0}}
\end{picture}
    \subcaption{Subcaption}
\end{minipage}%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\caption{Caption}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Wrong placing of captions for minipages

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