figure and table kept together

Question

I have a table and a figure, both with captions, that I want to keep together, problem is that when

\begin{figure}[htbp]
   ...figure code, graphics, plot, whatever
   \caption[small caption]{figure caption}\label{fig:figlabel}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}[htbp]
   \caption[small caption]{table caption}\label{tab:tablabel}
   ...table code, numbers, etc.
\end{table}

is used, latex has a tendency to split them up sometimes, I really want them kept together on a dedicated page, there is plenty of room on a single page, for both.

Anyone know a simple solution?

Answer 1

You can use only one float environment and \captionf from the capt-of (or caption) package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{capt-of}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[htbp]
   ...figure code, graphics, plot, whatever
   \caption[small caption]{figure caption}\label{fig:figlabel}
   \captionof{table}[small caption]{table caption}\label{tab:tablabel}
   ...table code, numbers, etc.
\end{figure}

\end{document}