Citation in figure caption showing up as text in list of tables - latex

Question

When using \cite in a caption for a figure, the citation shows up as the citation number in the caption (as it should) but as text in the list of figures. I never ran into this problem before so I'm not sure what's going on.
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{comment}
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{makecell}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{graphicx,changepage}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage[thinlines]{easytable}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\begin{document}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\l#table}{\#dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.5em}}
\makeatother
\listoftables
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\includegraphics [width=0.7\textwidth] {Images/cnc-processing-center-centateq-p-110_01.jpg}
\caption{Homag Centateq P-110 \cite{HOMAG}}
\label{fig:cnc_mill}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Answer 1

i tried compiling your code on overleaf, to do that, i added some lines on your code as is show following:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{comment}
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{makecell}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{graphicx,changepage}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage[thinlines]{easytable}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\begin{document}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\l#table}{\#dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.5em}}
\makeatother
\listoftables
\listoffigures %added to provide a list of figures
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\includegraphics [width=0.7\textwidth] {test.pdf}
\caption{Homag Centateq P-110 \cite{HOMAG}}
\label{fig:cnc_mill}
\end{figure}
\begin{thebibliography}{9} % Added the thebibliography enviromment to use Homag as exemple.
\bibitem{HOMAG}
Homag.
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}
As is shown on the figure above, the list of figures is like you want. I suspect that you have troubles with your LaTex compiler, try do a upgrade on your compiler or use another, like overleaf.