What is the appropriate placement of \label in a 'figure' environment

Asked Feb 23 '21 at 07:05

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I found that if I don't place \label in a \begin{figure}...\end{figure} correctly, it will generate a ?? when I \autoref it.

Where is the appropriate position?

\begin{figure}
\label{}
\includegraphics{}
\caption{}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics{}
\label{}
\caption{}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics{}
\caption{}
\label{}
\end{figure}

edited Feb 23 '21 at 07:23

Mico

asked Feb 23 '21 at 07:05

Norman

4

LaTeX tries to associate the argument of \label with the most recently incremented counter variable -- here: the figure counter. The figure counter gets incremented by the \caption directive. Hence, the only possible correct answer in your list is #3. – Mico Feb 23 '21 at 07:26
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A fourth (working) variant is \caption{text\label{label}}. – Ulrike Fischer Feb 23 '21 at 07:48
@UlrikeFischer Wow this could be very clean – Norman Feb 23 '21 at 07:48
@UlrikeFischer Unfortunately TexStudio produces a ugly green squiggly line used to show potential syntax error (despite no error). I guess your solution is too advanced haha. – Norman Feb 23 '21 at 07:57
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but it is better, a \label behind a caption can affect spacing in some cases. – Ulrike Fischer Feb 23 '21 at 08:12

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