Template:Img float

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Usage

Creates floating image and caption.

{{Img float
 | style    =
 | above    =
 | file     =
 | class    = 
 | width    = 
 | align    = 
 | polygon  = 
 | cap      = 
 | capalign = 
 | alt      = 
}}

Parameters

• style: add css style attributes. If you change font size by percent you should also change line-height. For example if you want font-size to be 80%: | style = font-size: 80%; line-height: 80%;
• above: add text above picture
• file: The file name (without the "File:" prefix) (mandatory parameter)
• class: The file’s CSS class (optional)
• width: The width of the image (optional, default 150px)
• align: The alignment of the image on the page ("left", "right" or "center/centre"; default "right")
• polygon: Polygon shape outline to allow text to wrap closer to the image if the image is not a rectangle (optional, co-ordinates as comma separated pairs)
• cap: The image caption (optional). Do not use any <div> or div-based templates such as {{smaller block}} if the template is located in the middle of a paragraph as Mediwiki will add a paragraph break.
• capalign: The image caption text alignment ("left", "right" or "center"; default "center")
• alt: Image alt-text, ie. for mouse-over text box or for use with a screenreader for the visually impaired (required for accessibility)

 

Because this is a span-based template (to allow it to "float" within paragraphs without breaking the paragraph), it is disallowed to use block formatting (for example {{center}} or {{smaller block}}) in the captions.

Example

Image on right

Example

{{Img float
 | file     = The Kinematics of Machinery Fig 1.png
 | width    = 250px
 | align    = right
 | cap      = Fig. 2.
}}
{{lorem ipsum}}

Fig. 2.

Image on left

Example

{{Img float
 | file     = The Kinematics of Machinery Fig 1.png
 | width    = 250px
 | align    = left
 | cap      = Fig. 2.
}}
{{lorem ipsum}}

Fig. 2.

Left aligned image caption

Example

{{Img float
 | file     = The Kinematics of Machinery Fig 1.png
 | width    = 250px
 | align    = right
 | cap      = Fig. 2. On the left.
 | capalign = left
}}
{{lorem ipsum}}

Fig. 2. On the left.

Image on right with above text

Example

{{Img float
 | style = 
 | above = Fig. 2
 | file     = The Kinematics of Machinery Fig 1.png
 | width    = 250px
 | align    = right
 | cap      = This is image of kinematics of machinery fig 1.
}}
{{lorem ipsum}}

Fig. 2

This is image of kinematics of machinery fig 1.

Image in centre

Example

{{lorem ipsum}}
{{Img float
 | file = The Kinematics of Machinery Fig 1.png
 | width = 250px
 | align = center
 | cap = Fig. 2.
}}
{{lorem ipsum}}

Fig. 2.

Image in centre without template

Alternatively, don’t use a template for this; just insert the image followed by the caption, as shown below. Unlike the previous method, this will cause a paragraph break.

Example

{{lorem ipsum}}
[[File:The Kinematics of Machinery Fig 1.png|center|250px]]
{{c|Fig.2}}

{{lorem ipsum}}

Fig.2

Polygon shape outlines

If the image is not a rectangle, and you want text to wrap closer to the image, use the polygon parameter. This parameter uses CSS polygon syntax: comma separated pairs of co-ordinates, either given as a percentage (e.g. 20%, 50%).

Note: Pixel values (e.g. 10px, 25px) may appear to work, but they will result in the text being wrapped incorrectly on the mobile interface if the image is scaled to fit the screen (which will happen on most phone screens if the image is wider than about 350px). Therefore, prefer the relative percentage sizes where possible.

Note: this sets the CSS shape-outside style, which overrides the margin-box for text-wrapping. This means if you set margins in the style parameter, they will be ignored if you also set polygon.

Example

{{img float
 |file = Select Popular Tales from the German of Musaeus (drop cap, page 1).jpg
 |align = left
 |width = 300px
 |polygon = 0 0, 100% 0, 100% 34%, 60% 34%, 60% 58%, 36% 58%, 36% 100%, 0 100%
}}
{{lorem ipsum|2|paragraphs=false}}

Example

{{lorem ipsum}}<br>{{img float
 |file = Page 36 initial in fairy tales of Andersen (Stratton).png
 |align = left
 |width = 300px
 |polygon = 0 0, 76% 0, 76% 10%, 92% 30%, 92% 50%, 98% 50%, 98% 89%, 68% 89%, 68% 100%, 0 100%
}}
{{lorem ipsum|4|paragraphs=false}}

Caution: divs break paragraphs and cause linter errors

This template is a span-based template, which means it can "float" within a paragraph without breaking the surrounding text into two paragraphs.

However this means that you cannot use any div-based formatting within the cap field.

Example

{{lorem ipsum}}
{{Img float
 | file     = The Kinematics of Machinery Fig 1.png
 | width    = 250px
 | cap      = {{smaller block|This is a div-based template and will break the paragraph where the template is inserted.}}
}}
'''Break!''' {{lorem ipsum}}

This is a div-based template and will break the paragraph where the template is inserted.

Break!

See also

• {{Flow under}}: allows text to flow under parts of an image, similarly to using |polygon=
• {{Overfloat image}}: performs reverse operation to this template, i.e. text is floated above an image element

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Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
align	align	no description	Unknown	optional
capalign	capalign	no description	Unknown	optional
width	width	no description	Unknown	optional
polygon	polygon	no description	Unknown	optional
style	style	no description	Unknown	optional
above	above	no description	Unknown	optional
file	file	no description	Unknown	optional
class	class	no description	Unknown	optional
alt	alt	no description	Unknown	optional
cap	cap	no description	Unknown	optional
float	float	no description	Unknown	optional

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