HowTo_PrefixNumberInListOf

How to number entries to directories with “Figure N” resp. “Table N”

Although I consider it absolutely pointless to prefix the numbers in the list of figures or list of tables with “figure” or “table”, because nobody would expect anything other than a figure or table in the corresponding directory, the KOMA-Script classes nevertheless offer the option listof=entryprefix. The text used is then \listof*file extension*entryname before the number, i.e. \listoflofentryname for the list of figures and \listoflotentryname for the list of tables. These are predefined in the KOMA-Script classes with \figurename or \tablename and are therefore dependent on the current language.

Example:

\documentclass[listof=entryprefix]{scrartcl}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\listoftables
\section{Example}
This is an example section with a figure and a table.
\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \rule{1cm}{1cm}
  \caption{A square of 1\,cm width and height}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{lr}
  left & right \\
  1     &      2 \\
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{A left aligned left column and a right aligned right column}
\end{table}
\end{document}

More information on the listof=entryprefix option can be found in the user manual.