Element figure

Synopsis

Content Model

(graphics,caption?)

Attributes

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain figure: bigblock, sectbegin

Description

Encloses a figure and possibly a caption, that is then places as a (numbered) float object. If you want to refer to a graphics by an id, give it's <figure> parent element that id.

If you have activated two-column printing for LaTeX output, tbook decides whether the float spans both columns or not.

Parents

article, chapter, paragraph, section, subparagraph, subsection, subsubsection

Children

caption, graphics

Example

<figure id="fig:overview">
  <graphics kind="bitmap" file="overview"/>
  <caption>An overview of the whole transformation process.</caption>
</figure>