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== Introduction ==
== Examples ==
==Floats and columns==
==Floats on empty pages==
==Protruding Floats in Double-Sided Documents==
==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 = Float Combinations = If you want to place floats besides each other or in more recent (circa November 2011 a regular matrix,each with its own number and later) versions caption, you need a float combination: <texcode>\startplacefigure[location=none] % disable numbering of ConTeXtouter float\startfloatcombination[2*1] % two columns, one row\startplacefigure[location=here,title={Left Image}] % figure with caption \externalfigure[dummy]\stopplacefigure\startplacefigure[location=here,title={Right Image}] \externalfigure[dummy]\stopplacefigure\stopfloatcombination\stopplacefigure</texcode> If you want only one number for the whole thing, you need a regular combination within a float:
=See also {{cmd|startcombination}}. = Flushing floats ==
something about combinations
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.
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]].
There’s a way to switch off page headings at full page floats:
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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>
<texcode>
\startplacefigure[location=here,title={A rather long captionMy combination}]\startcombination[2*1] % two columns,list=one row {\externalfigure[dummy]}{A short Left Image} % captionmay be empty {\externalfigure[dummy]}{Right Image}]This is the content of the actual figure\stopcombination
\stopplacefigure
</texcode>
The command {{cmd|placefloats}} outputs all pending floats.
[[Category:Basics]]
[[Category:Layout]]
