mdframed box, cross-reference, paragraph spacing

Question

I'm trying to create an environment that provides a framed box within a report. My current problems are:

1. The interparagraph spacing does not match the body text spacing (the space within the box is small)
2. The box caption prints but can't be cross-referenced (the labels aren't getting through)

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\documentclass[parskip=half,twocolumn,landscape]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{caption,mdframed,newfloat,xcolor}
\usepackage{varioref}
\usepackage{cleveref}

\setkomafont{disposition}{\bfseries\color{orange}}

\RedeclareSectionCommand[
  beforeskip=-.75\baselineskip,
  afterskip=.5\baselineskip]{subsection}


\definecolor{orangeBackground}{RGB}{254,240,222}
\DeclareCaptionFont{orange}{\color{orange}}

\DeclareFloatingEnvironment[fileext=frm,placement={!ht},name=Box]{smallboxfloat}
\mdfdefinestyle{aFrameBox}{%
    linecolor=orange,
    nobreak=true, % prevents page breaking
    outerlinewidth=0.5pt,
    innertopmargin=0.5\baselineskip,
    innerbottommargin=\baselineskip,
    innerrightmargin=11pt,
    innerleftmargin=11pt,
    backgroundcolor=orangeBackground
    }

\newenvironment{smallbox}[2]{%
\begin{smallboxfloat}
\begin{mdframed}[style=aFrameBox]%
 \captionsetup{labelfont={bf,orange}, font={bf,orange}, format=plain,justification=justified,singlelinecheck=false}
 \caption{#1}\label{#2}
}{\end{mdframed}\end{smallboxfloat}}   

\begin{document}
 \begin{smallbox}{Box title}{box:label}
  \lipsum[1-2]
 \end{smallbox}
 \subsection{Title}
 \lipsum[1-2] \Vref{box:label}


\end{document}

Answer 1

I am not that familiar with cleveref but think what you need is

\crefname{smallboxfloat}{Box}{Boxes}
\Crefname{smallboxfloat}{Box}{Boxes}

so that cleveref knows how to refer to the smallbox environment.

The paragraph spacing is due to the fact that mdframed uses a minipage which sets \parskip to zero. This can be fixed by saving the value of \parskip before the smallboxfloat environment:

\setlength{\currentparskip}{\parskip}

and then restoring it once you are in the smallboxfloat environment:

\setlength{\parskip}{\currentparskip}

References:

• Why is \parskip zero inside a minipage?
• How to preserve the same parskip in minipage

Code:

\documentclass[parskip=half,twocolumn,landscape]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{caption,mdframed,newfloat,xcolor}
\usepackage{varioref}
\usepackage{cleveref}

\setkomafont{disposition}{\bfseries\color{orange}}
\crefname{smallboxfloat}{Box}{Boxes}
\Crefname{smallboxfloat}{Box}{Boxes}
%\RedeclareSectionCommand[
%  beforeskip=-.75\baselineskip,
%  afterskip=.5\baselineskip]{subsection}





\definecolor{orangeBackground}{RGB}{254,240,222}
\DeclareCaptionFont{orange}{\color{orange}}

\DeclareFloatingEnvironment[fileext=frm,placement={!ht},name=Box]{smallboxfloat}
\crefalias{⟨counter ⟩}{⟨type ⟩}
\mdfdefinestyle{aFrameBox}{%
    linecolor=orange,
    nobreak=true, % prevents page breaking
    outerlinewidth=0.5pt,
    innertopmargin=0.5\baselineskip,
    innerbottommargin=\baselineskip,
    innerrightmargin=11pt,
    innerleftmargin=11pt,
    backgroundcolor=orangeBackground
    }

\newlength{\currentparskip}%
\newenvironment{smallbox}[2]{%
\setlength{\currentparskip}{\parskip}% save the value
\begin{smallboxfloat}
\begin{mdframed}[style=aFrameBox]%
\setlength{\parskip}{\currentparskip}% restore the value
 \captionsetup{labelfont={bf,orange}, font={bf,orange}, format=plain,justification=justified,singlelinecheck=false}
 \caption{#1}\label{#2}
}{\end{mdframed}\end{smallboxfloat}}   

\begin{document}
 \begin{smallbox}{Box title}{box:label}
  \lipsum[1-2]
 \end{smallbox}
 \subsection{Title}
 \lipsum[1-2] \Vref{box:label}


\end{document}