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

This does get the desired result, though this is similar to my current solution. The content isn’t *really* a table, so <informaltable> doesn’t accurately describe what it is.

Logically, I would think that <mediaobject> with 2 <imageobject>s would make the most sense, but when I transformed that into HTML, only the 1^st image displayed. The description of <mediaobject> in TDG5 does state that it can contain “one or more…” for objects, but perhaps that means one or more different objects, not two objects that are the same.

See

http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/mediaobject.html

-David

From: Roland Burda [mailto:burda.roland@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:25 PM
To: David Goss
Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Side-by-side images

David!

I use tables to get two images side-by-side.

This is my workaround for the issue:

<tbody>

<row>

<entry>

<para>

</imageobject>

</mediaobject>

</para>

</entry>

<entry>

<para>

</imageobject>

</mediaobject>

</para>

</entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

Cheers,

Roland

2012/2/22 David Goss <dgoss@mueller-inc.com>

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
http://www.MuellerReports.com

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