On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 12:44:57PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote: > > Insert two minipages next to each other. Do not press enter between > the two or you will start a new paragraph and the two minipages will > appear one under the other. > > Adjust the minipage width settings by right-mouse-button clicking on > the [minipage] inset label. > > If you want to make the minipages look spaced evenly you might try > Insert->Special_character->HFill between the two minipages (and > possibly on both sides. > > The key trick though is to ensure they are in the same paragraph.
Allan is talking about the minipage support of lyx 1.2.0, which is much better than the 1.1.6 support. Since you probably use 1.1.6, I suggest you just insert the \begin{minipage}..\end{minipage} in latex mode.