Increase the textwidth for figures in latex

Question

I want to make my subfigures bigger and keep them on the same line. Is there any way to increase the textwidth for the figure? Or are there any other ways to do this? Thanks in advance.

\begin{figure}[h]
     \centering
     \begin{subfigure}{0.49\textwidth}
         \centering
         \caption{Annual Return}
         \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{return.png}
     \end{subfigure}
 \begin{subfigure}{0.49\textwidth}
     \centering
     \caption{Annual Volatility}
     \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{volatility.png}
 \end{subfigure}

\end{figure}

Center figure that is wider than \textwidth could be interesting. — leandriis, Aug 11 '20 at 08:07
@leandriis, I must have misunderstood the question. If I compile the code above, the pictures are placed in two rows, when I thought OP wanted them in two columns. — phil-elkabat, Aug 11 '20 at 08:20
@phil-elkabat: To be honest, I am not sure if I understood the question correctly. Let's wait for a clarification of the desired output from the OP. — leandriis, Aug 11 '20 at 08:21
The \centering instructions inside the subfigure environments are redundant. — Mico, Aug 11 '20 at 08:29
The reason why the subfigures aren't placed on the same line is that you've inserted an all-blank line between them; the all-blank line acts to instruct LaTeX to insert a line break. — Mico, Aug 11 '20 at 08:38

phil-elkabat · Answer 1 · 2020-08-11T08:39:11.803

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Your example (even though not compilable, see here) came pretty close:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
        \begin{subfigure}[h]{0.45\linewidth}
            \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-a}
            \caption{left image}
        \end{subfigure}%
    \hfill
        \begin{subfigure}[h]{0.45\linewidth}
            \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-b}
            \caption{right image}
        \end{subfigure}
    \caption{There are two subfigures inside a figure environment}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

The code above will yield the following output:

edited Aug 11 '20 at 08:39

answered Aug 11 '20 at 08:00

phil-elkabat

2,055

+1. The comment character after the second instance of \end{subfigure} is not essential. However, just in case the OP chooses the widths of the two subfigure environments to something like 0.495\textwidth, it's essential to use a % character immediately after the first instance of \end{subfigure}. – Mico Aug 11 '20 at 08:36
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@Mico, you really have eyes like a hawk! Thank you, edit has been made. – phil-elkabat Aug 11 '20 at 08:42

Increase the textwidth for figures in latex

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