Using two \footnote in a figure's \caption

Question

This question was asked for one footnote before. However, as far as I can see (and tried) the answers only work for one footnote. If I want to use two (quite common in our case, since we use it for publication references), the solutions do not count properly.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
   \centering
   \includegraphics{foo}  ...
   \caption[Caption for LOF]{Real\protect\footnotemark caption\protect\footnotemark}
\end{figure}

\footnotetext{blah blah blah}
\footnotetext{bloh bloh bloh}

\end{document}

Counting 'by hand' with the optional parameter is very painful, since insertion of a footnote on a preceding page will mix up the numbers. Is there a solution that counts properly? Maybe there is a better solution overall, the original question is almost 10 years old?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '20 at 16:06

Although resetting the footnote counter is a nuisance, this will work for multiple footnotes, at least when the figure and footnotes are on the same page and in the order shown with respect to other footnotes on the same page.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

some text.\footnote{first footnote}

\begin{figure}[h]
   \centering
   \textbf{This is a figure.}
   \caption{Caption text\protect\footnotemark\ and more\protect\footnotemark}
\end{figure}

\addtocounter{footnote}{-1}
\footnotetext[\thefootnote]{second footnote}
\addtocounter{footnote}{1}
\footnotetext[\thefootnote]{third footnote}

more text.\footnote{fourth footnote}

\end{document}

MadyYuvi · Answer 2 · 2020-04-01T08:41:11.333

1

Is this helps to you??

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
   \centering
   \includegraphics{foo}  ...
   \caption[Caption for LOF]{Real\protect\ref{firstfootnote}
   caption\protect\ref{secondfootnote}}
\end{figure}

\footnotetext[5]{\label{firstfootnote}blah blah blah}
\footnotetext[6]{\label{secondfootnote}bloh bloh bloh}

\end{document}

I've used \label and \ref instead of \footnotemark...

edited Apr 01 '20 at 08:41

answered Apr 01 '20 at 08:34

MadyYuvi

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This is already better, since I have to count only once. But I still have to manually number the \footnotetext, which might be become wrong if more \footnote are inserted. – Andy Apr 01 '20 at 08:47

Using two \footnote in a figure's \caption

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