http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1999
The attached patch works perfectly for me. What do you think? Jürgen
Index: src/text.C =================================================================== --- src/text.C (Revision 13335) +++ src/text.C (Arbeitskopie) @@ -2264,8 +2264,18 @@ string LyXText::getPossibleLabel(LCursor } } - string text = layout->latexname().substr(0, 3); - if (layout->latexname() == "theorem") + string name = layout->latexname(); + + // for captions, we want the abbreviation of the float type + if (layout->labeltype == LABEL_SENSITIVE) { + InsetBase * const in = &cur.inset(); + if (in && in->lyxCode() == InsetBase::FLOAT_CODE + || in->lyxCode() == InsetBase::WRAP_CODE) + name = in->getInsetName(); + } + + string text = name.substr(0, 3); + if (name == "theorem") text = "thm"; // Create a correct prefix for prettyref text += ':';