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< [[Visuals]] | [[Graphics]] | [[Using Graphics]] >= Introduction =
Floats Floating Objects (floats) are placed (and numbered) automatically, with a configurable (and optional) caption. They are placed at an appropriate position determined by the TeX float placement algorithm. The algorithm has a number of options that can influence float placement.
== Examples ==
==Floats and columns==
==Landscape Floats in a Portrait Document==
== Floats and section headings == By default, section headings don't wrap "around" “around” floating objects. Instead, they will be moved down as far as needed to appear below the float. This behaviour can be controlled using the <tt>aligntitle</tt> option of the {{cmd|setupheads}} or {{cmd|setuphead}} commands. = Captions =
== Captions ==
Or in more recent (circa November 2011 and later) versions of ConTeXt:= Flushing floats =
<texcode>\startplacefigure[title=The command {A rather long caption{cmd|placefloats},list={A short caption}]This is the content of the actual figure\stopplacefigure</texcode>outputs all pending floats.
== Flushing floats ==[[Category:Basics]] The command {{cmd|placefloats}} outputs all pending floats.[[Category:Layout]]
Prefer MkIV code
Most options in the manual (such as {{cmd|placeexternalfigure}}) are described using the generic {{cmd|placefloat}}. Additionally, {{cmd|placelistoffigures}} creates a list of the figures used in the document.
Floats include "graphic", "figure", "table", and "intermezzo". Additional floats can be defined using {{cmd|definefloat}}.
If you don't need to refer to your float, you can leave this parameter out.
I will explain the examples in terms of {{cmd|placefigure}} but the same set of options are also valid for other floats.
This does not work correctly at a page boundary. The <tt>line</tt> option leaves the space above the figures empty, while the <tt>hang</tt> option also wraps texts above the figure.
This special case is discussed [[Columns#Floats_and_other_limitations_of_columns|here]].
=Floats on empty pages= There’s a way to switch off page headings at full page floats: <texcode>\startplacefigure[title=Cow,location={page,high,header}] \externalfigure[cow.pdf]\stopplacefigure</texcode> =Protruding Floats in Double-Sided Documents==
If you have a double-sided document with wide outer margins then you might want your figures to protrude into the margin. In a double-sided document you need to tell ConTeXt to decide whether to make the figure protrude to the left or the right. This can be done as follows:
</texcode>
Wide tables, for example, can be turned and most likely will need to be put on a separate page.
<texcode>
Both the table caption and the contents will be rotated, but not the page header and footer which remain "upright". Notice that one must set the TABLE textwidth to {{cmd|textheight}} in order for the table macros to fit properly.
To change the style of figure(table) captions, use {{cmd|setupcaptions}}.
To use a different (e.g. abbreviated) caption in the list of floats, you can do:
<texcode>
\startplacefigure[title={A rather long caption},list={A short caption}]
This is the content of the actual figure
\stopplacefigure
</texcode>
In MkII this was possible by:
<texcode>
</texcode>
