Re: [docbook-apps] Side-by-side images

[Richard Hamilton <hamilton@xmlpress.net>]

David,

I don't know if it's the best way, but I have used tables to do this. In addition to letting you put things side by side, it also gives you more fine-grained control of placement. Purists might shudder, but it works:-).

Richard Hamilton
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On Feb 22, 2012, at 8:30 AM, David Goss wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> What is the proper way to display two images side-by-side?
> 
> The way I do this now is to put two <inlinemediaobjects> into a <para>.
> The HTML output is two images side-by-side aligned to the left. Playing
> with the align attribute in the <imagedata> tags results in text for the
> proceeding paragraphs to creep up in the space between them, since they
> are inline. Using the <mediaobject> would separate the images onto two
> different lines.
> 
> <para>
> 	<inlinemediaobject>
> 		<imageobject>
> 			<imagedata fileref='...' />
> 		</imageobject>
> 	</inlinemediaobject>
> 	<inlinemediaobject>
> 		<imageobject>
> 			<imagedata fileref='...' />
> 		</imageobject>
> 	</inlinemediaobject>
> </para>
> 
> 
> I feel like I'm tagging these images wrong. <inlinemediaobject> doesn't
> really describe the content here since they're not *really* inline.
> 
> Is there a "right" way to accomplish this (other than combining two
> images into one)? My goal is to get two images side-by-side, center
> aligned, though a solution that would work for more than 2 images
> side-by-side would be ideal.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> DAVID GOSS | Technical Writer
> P 1.800.876.9218 x 345 | F 1.800.588.9866
> dgoss@mueller-inc.com
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> 
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