pandoc-crossref-0.3.21: test/m2m/subfigures-columns/expect.md
You can define subfigures:
:::::::::::::::: {#fig:subfigures .figure .subfigures}
:::::: columns
::: {.column width="33.0%"}
{#fig:subfig1}
:::
::: {.column width="33.0%"}
{#fig:subfig2}
:::
::: {.column width="33.0%"}

:::
::::::
:::::: columns
::: {.column width="33.0%"}
{#fig:subfig4}
:::
::: {.column width="33.0%"}

:::
::: {.column width="33.0%"}
{#fig:subfig6}
:::
::::::
:::::: columns
::: {.column width="33.0%"}
{#fig:subfig7}
:::
::: {.column width="33.0%"}

:::
::: {.column width="33.0%"}
{#fig:subfig9}
:::
::::::
::: caption
Figure 1: Caption. a --- 1, b --- 2, c --- 3, d --- 4, e --- 5, f --- 6,
g --- 7, h --- 8, i --- 9
:::
::::::::::::::::
:::: {#fig:subfigures2 .figure .subfigures}
{#fig:subfig21}
{#fig:subfig22}

{#fig:subfig24}

{#fig:subfig26}
{#fig:subfig27}

{#fig:subfig29}
::: caption
Figure 2: Caption. a --- 1, b --- 2, c --- 3, d --- 4, e --- 5, f --- 6,
g --- 7, h --- 8, i --- 9
:::
::::
Figures themselves can be referenced fig. 2, as well as individual
subfigures: figs. 1 (a), 1 (b), 2 (i)