This is not a good idea. You need a minipage only for the caption, not for the "float". Otherwise it makes no sense, because the tabular may be of a larger size than the minipage and then the tabular is not horizontally centered.
I have tried the method suggested by you, but I get compiling errors. The LyX file is enclosed.
attached the correct file. With right mouse button clicking on the minipage button you can change the width of the minipage. I set it to 30% of columnwidth.
Herbert
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