Subfigure caption for a non-float figure

Question

Following the answer here (or here), I have an inline figure with four subfigures. I would like to add subcaptions for those, preferably with automatic labels, but since the figure isn't a float, things like \subcaptionbox do not work. I also couldn't find a way of faking it using \captionof. Does anyone know of a solution, or at least a hack to manually specify the labels and subcaptions?

\noindent%
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}%
    \makebox[\linewidth]{%
        \includegraphics[width=0.49\linewidth]{image.png}%
        \includegraphics[width=0.49\linewidth]{image.png}
    }
    \makebox[\linewidth]{%
        \includegraphics[width=0.49\linewidth]{image.png}
        \includegraphics[width=0.49\linewidth]{image.png}
    }
    \captionof{figure}{Main caption}\label{fig:some-figure}
\end{minipage}

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 25 '18 at 13:08

Use either \captionsetup{type=figure} or \setcaptiontype{figure}:

\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}%
    \setcaptiontype{figure}%
    \subcaptionbox{..}{..}
    \subcaptionbox{..}{..}
    \caption{Main caption}\label{fig:some-figure}
\end{minipage}

This is the preferred way anyway since \captionof could cause wrong hyperref jump targets.

For more information take a look at the caption package documentation.

Subfigure caption for a non-float figure

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