Adding text between figure number and its punctuations

Question

We are using the below definition to get the figure numberings automatically

\renewcommand\thefigure{\@arabic\c@figure}
\def\fnum@figure{\figurename~\thefigure}

The output is as shown below:

Figure 1. Caption

But, we need to insert the text "(Online color)" after figure number as shown below:

Figure 1 (Online color). Caption

To achieve this I again redefining the command

\def\fnum@figure{\figurename~\thefigure (Online color)}

which again I have to reset for the next captions.

Could anyone suggest how to get this automatically?

If you redefine \fnum@figure it will stay redefined unless something else changes it. What class/packages are you using? Can you please provide an example? — Thruston, Feb 11 '14 at 10:31
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score 5 · Answer 1 · 2014-02-11T15:31:26.417

This should get you started. I have defined a new environment myfigure. If you want

Figure 1 (Online color). Caption

use myfigure or else use figure.

A sample code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\DeclareCaptionFormat{myformat}{#1 (Online color)#2#3}
\newenvironment{myfigure}%
{\captionsetup{format=myformat,labelsep=period}
\figure
}%
{\endfigure}%
\begin{document}
\listoffigures
  \begin{myfigure}[htb]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=4cm]{example-image-a}
    \caption[myfig1]{my caption here}
  \end{myfigure}

  \begin{figure}[htb]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=4cm]{example-image-b}
    \caption[myfig2]{my caption here}
  \end{figure}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Further adjustments are left as assignment. For details refer to caption manual.

karlkoeller · Answer 2 · 2014-02-11T12:16:28.103

Here a different solution with no need for additional packages.

Simply issue the command \onlinecap inside those figure environments where you want the modified caption.

MWE:

\documentclass{article}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\thefigure{\@arabic\c@figure}
\renewcommand\fnum@figure{\figurename~\thefigure}
\newcommand\onlinecap{\renewcommand\fnum@figure{\figurename~\thefigure~(Online color)}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
  \caption{A}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
  \onlinecap
  \caption{B}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
  \caption{C}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Output:

enter image description here

Just in case you have figures with multiple captions, you might need a command to nullify the effect of \onlinecap for a subsequent caption. In this case you might also insert between \makeatletter and \makeatother another line which defines a command \offlinecap for this purpose:

\newcommand\offlinecap{\renewcommand\fnum@figure{\figurename~\thefigure}}

Probably also an \offlinecap command should be provided, in case a figure environment has two captions, only the first of which has the addition. — egreg, Feb 11 '14 at 11:46

Adding text between figure number and its punctuations

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