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Add option to clamp width of caption to width of figure

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Description

Description

An option to restrict the width available to the caption of a figure to the width of the figure would be nice. Currently it appears that the caption can take up the maximum width of whatever block or page it's in. Perhaps this can be some sort of global style for all figures and tables.

Use Case

Such a feature would make longer captions appear neater, particularly when set justified and when set under a figure that has had it's width modified. Currently, this can be sort of achieved using a #block with it's own width, but the Figure x: is placed on a different line to the caption content.

Ex of intention:
ex_clamped_caption

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue, so start by locating figure and caption layout code and existing width-related options. The change is complete when figures can opt into captions constrained to the figure width, with the intended behavior for global styling and tables resolved.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
design
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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