I have used the following approach to automatically make the first sentence of a float caption bold (in combination with hyperref): Hyperref compatability with automatically bolded first sentence of float caption float.
However, additionally I also need to have a short version of the caption in my list of figures / list of tables (as most of my captions are very long). The usual way with \caption[entry in LOF]{full caption}
does not work anymore. Is there a possibility to automatically depict the bold part of the caption in the LOF/LOT?
\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{xstring}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\formatlabel[1]{%
\noexpandarg
\IfSubStr{#1}{.}{%
\StrBefore{#1}{.}[\firstcaption]%
\StrBehind{#1}{.}[\secondcaption]%
\textbf{\firstcaption.} \secondcaption}{%
#1}%
}
\AtBeginDocument{%
\newcommand*{\org@caption}{}%
\let\org@caption\@caption
\def\@caption#1[#2]#3{%
\org@caption{#1}[{#2}]{\formatlabel{#3}}%
}%
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[tb]
\caption{First sentence is bold. Second sentence is not.}
\label{fig:figure1}
\end{figure}
\end{document}