change figure numbering in lyx

Question

I have a lyx document with two figures side-by-side. right now everytime I reference to them I get them numbered like this 2a and 2b. I want to make lyx to number them like this: 2(a) and 2(b). I want to add the parentheses. Is there any way? maybe add something to the preamble? Thank you

Answer 1

Please take a look at Adding parentheses around subfig references.

In LyX, it seems you will have to put \usepackage[subrefformat=parens,labelformat=parens]{subfig} in your preamble, and then you might need to use an ERT such as Figure~\subref*{sf1} in your document body for the reference.