Template talk:Auto images

Width Problem

There's a width mismatch between two consecutive auto images, with the second one's cont parameter set as "yes". here is an example. Windroff (talk) 20:20, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch! It seems to arise when there are a different number of images in each row. I'm not yet sure whether it's a rounding issue, in which case it is likely to be difficult or impossible to fix because of the limitations of the template language or whether there's a logic error in the width calculations. I'm investigating. Peter coxhead (talk) 21:50, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've implemented a fix, which seems to work on all the cases I've tested. I'm never sure if there are any browser-specific features in the display of images in this way, so please let me know if you see any consecutive sets which don't line up properly. Peter coxhead (talk) 22:56, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, it can't be guaranteed to work within 1 pixel either way because of inevitable rounding errors – each row of auto images does the calculations independently so may not come up with exactly the same total width allowing for rounding. Peter coxhead (talk) 22:59, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. It works with all combinations I tested so far. Windroff (talk) 23:11, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Caption alignment

I added a parameter to the template sandbox to set caption text alignment. You can see comparative results in the testcases page. It saves quite a lot of typing for transclusions with many images. Windroff (talk) 21:48, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Seems a very good idea. I'll move the change to the real template. Peter coxhead (talk) 10:04, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done Peter coxhead (talk) 10:19, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I changed the parameter name to the respective HTML property name, because it sets alignment for the footer in addition to image captions, and it's more intuitive this way. Windroff (talk) 15:02, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I like brevity myself but it's perhaps clearer now. Peter coxhead (talk) 21:09, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Float

I added a parameter to the template sandbox to float the template. You can see comparative results in the testcases page. It should not interfere with existing transclusions that use the div enclosure workaround. Windroff (talk) 21:48, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Windroff: what is the difference between |align= and |float=? seems confusing to have both? If the intent is to wrap text as well, then we should add a |clear= option? Frietjes (talk) 01:58, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Frietjes: The goal is to let text wrap around the table without having to do it with HTML.

|align= was already there and it may be in use in several transclusions; it moves the table to the requested side and sets the opposite margin so there can be no text wrapping.

|float= acts like the CSS float property (wrapping text around)

To avoid confusion the template could be changed so if |float= is set (e.g. to "yes") the table would float to the side set by |align=, leaving the usual no-wrap behavior when unset. Windroff (talk) 05:12, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

personally, I would like to see |align= and |float= do the exact same thing, if both parameters are available, and have an option for |clear=none to avoid text-wrapping, but text-wrapping would be the default. with only 202 transclusions, we can just check all the uses and fix them to make sure there are no actual changes in the layout. Frietjes (talk) 18:37, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

okay, I added float, with possible values of 'left', 'right', 'center', and 'none', and a tracking category for align. if float is not set to one of these four values, then the template should function the same as before. but, this should allow us to get rid of the div hacks in the articles, as well as most clear hacks. the old |align=left should be essentially equivalent to the new |float=none (just like images with none). I will wait for the tracking category to populate, then check the transclusions that use align. Frietjes (talk) 19:30, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Frietjes: Thanks. Perhaps "none" should have a more descriptive alias ("clear_left" ? ) and another choice ("clear_right" ? ) should be added for automatic inclusion of the Template:Tr template. Windroff (talk) 21:09, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]