Figure and table side-by-side in subfloats

Question

A very similar question has been asked before:

Table and Figure side-by-side with independent captions

I'm trying to accomplish this, but while using the subfig package. The image below depicts almost what I want, but as you can see, the table is not aligned correctly:

The TeX I'm working with is:

\begin{figure}[h]
    \caption{A figure and a table, side-by-side}
    \centering
    \subfloat[A figure left of a table]{
        \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    }
    \subfloat[A table right of a figure]{
        \begin{tabular}{cc}\hline
            Table head & Table head \\ \hline
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\ \hline
        \end{tabular}
    }
\end{figure}

I've tried throwing a few minipages into the mix, but to no avail. How can I align the top of the table to the top of the figure?

Answer 1

The caption package version you use is too old to work fine with the actual version of hyperref.

That's explaining both issues, the wired behaviour when used with the subfig package, and the error you get when using the subcaption package. So updating the caption package (or even better: your whole TeX system) should help.

(Current versions of the hyperref package need at least caption v3.1m from 2010/01/09)

Addendum: The very next version 1.1b of the subcaption package will typeout a more reasonable error message.

Answer 2

I had the exact same problem, the following worked for me:

\usepackage{subfigure}

\begin{figure}[h]
    \caption{A figure and a table, side-by-side}
    \centering
    \subfloat[A figure left of a table]{
        \raisebox{-.5\height}{\rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}}
    }
    \subfloat[A table right of a figure]{
        \begin{tabular}{cc}\hline
            Table head & Table head \\ \hline
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\ \hline
        \end{tabular}
    }
\end{figure}

Answer 3

My specific problem appears to be caused by the hyperref package. Removing \usepackage{hyperref} resolved the layout problem, although I don't know exactly what was causing it.

With subfig, I get the following warning:

\caption will not be redefined since it's already on input line 15

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{subfig}

%% Enabling this package appears to cause the problem
% \usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[h]
    \caption{A figure and a table, side-by-side}
    \centering
    \subfloat[A figure left of a table]{
        \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}  %% <- line 15
    }
    \subfloat[A table right of a figure]{
        \begin{tabular}{cc}\hline
            Table head & Table head \\ \hline
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\ \hline
        \end{tabular}
    }
\end{figure}

\end{document}

With subcaption, I get the following compilation error:

Package caption Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \caption on input line 30 in "test2.tex"

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{graphicx,caption,subcaption}

%% Enabling this causes problems
%\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
    \centering
    \subcaptionbox{}{
        \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    }
    \hfill
    \subcaptionbox{}{
        \begin{tabular}{cc}\hline
            Table head & Table head \\ \hline
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\
            Some values & Some values \\ \hline
        \end{tabular}
    }
    \caption{Test images}
\end{figure}

\end{document}  %% <- line 30