Long caption in minipage not centered?

Question

MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[stable]{footmisc}
\usepackage{footnote}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{listings}\usepackage{genmpage}

\begin{document}
    \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
        \centering
        \begin{lstlisting}[frame=single]
                mycode;
        \end{lstlisting}
        \captionof{figure}{Short.}
    \end{minipage}

    \medskip

    \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
        \centering
        \begin{lstlisting}[frame=single]
                mycode;
        \end{lstlisting}
        \captionof{figure}{Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words.}
    \end{minipage}
\end{document}

In the first example, the caption is aligned perfectly in the middle. However, on the second one it isn't aligned in the center at all. It looks like it's left justified despite having a \centering on it.

Edit:

Using figures to encapsulate lstlistings cause minipages to be out of order.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[stable]{footmisc}
\usepackage{footnote}
\usepackage[justification=centering]{caption}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{genmpage}
\usepackage{graphicx}


\begin{document}


    \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-a.jpg}
        \captionof{figure}{Figure at \#1.}
    \end{minipage}


     \begin{figure}
        \begin{lstlisting}[frame=single]
            Figure at #2;
        \end{lstlisting}
        \caption{Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words.}
    \end{figure}

    \begin{figure}
        \begin{lstlisting}[frame=single]
            Figure at #3;
        \end{lstlisting}
        \caption{Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words.}
    \end{figure}



\end{document}

The use of minipages for pictures is derived from here: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/54449/161008

The use of figures for listings is derived from here: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/19668/161008

I was following this: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/54449/161008 — CaesiumWhale, Apr 18 '18 at 19:47
New here to latex, my document might be all cases of ungodly mess. — CaesiumWhale, Apr 18 '18 at 19:51
While unnecessary, the minipage has the good side effect to suppress the outside box or environment warning — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Apr 18 '18 at 19:53
If you put the only real figure also in a figure environment, their order should be ok again. That said: if you insist on using floating environments like figure, you should also give floating specifier, such as \begin{figure}[htbp]. — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Apr 18 '18 at 20:26

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-18T20:41:54.620

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This is the default behaviour of the caption package. If the caption is less than one line, it is centred, otherwise it is justified.

If you want all captions to be centred, you can modify the default behaviour with justification=centering.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[stable]{footmisc}
\usepackage{footnote}
\usepackage[justification=centering]{caption}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{genmpage}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\renewcommand{\lstlistingname}{Figure}

\begin{document}


    \begin{lstlisting}[frame=single,caption={Short},captionpos=b]
            mycode;
    \end{lstlisting}

  \medskip

    \begin{lstlisting}[frame=single,caption={Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words. Multiple Words.},captionpos=b]
            mycode;
    \end{lstlisting}

\end{document}

edited Apr 18 '18 at 20:41

answered Apr 18 '18 at 19:43

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

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I updated my question, removing the listing from minipage causes issues for other minipages. – CaesiumWhale Apr 18 '18 at 20:21
@HighMans As you can see in my answer, I would not encapsulate the listings in anything and use their own caption mechanism. – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Apr 18 '18 at 20:24
Sorry, I wasn't clear in my edit. How do you go about making the numbering "Figure X" instead of "Listing X"? – CaesiumWhale Apr 18 '18 at 20:37
@HighMans Please see my updated answer – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Apr 18 '18 at 20:42
I just noticed, yes -- it shows "Figure X", but it doesn't counting with the other figures. I can change the name to something that suits my document, but was hoping it'd keep the global counter. – CaesiumWhale Apr 18 '18 at 23:45
@HighMans A dirty hack: \begin{figure}[htbp] \centering \includegraphics[width=.2\textwidth]{example-image} \captionof{lstlisting}{content...} \end{figure} – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Apr 19 '18 at 00:00

Long caption in minipage not centered?

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