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Old 01-13-2013, 06:19 PM   #1
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Images always show on new page, even if there's only 1 line of text on previous pg

Hello, I am working with a lot of images in my book. I would like them to size to 100% width and for the flow of text to continue normally before and after. The images seem to automatically size to 100% width, but they always jump to the next page. This happens even if there is plenty of room for the image on the previous page.

So, some pages look weird because there is one sentence and then nothing until the image shows up on the next page.

I hope I'm explaining this well enough Thank you in advance for your help!
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Hello, I am working with a lot of images in my book. I would like them to size to 100% width and for the flow of text to continue normally before and after. The images seem to automatically size to 100% width, but they always jump to the next page. This happens even if there is plenty of room for the image on the previous page.

So, some pages look weird because there is one sentence and then nothing until the image shows up on the next page.

I hope I'm explaining this well enough Thank you in advance for your help!
100% would fill available (screen) space. You already have something within that space, so 100% is not available... new page
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100% would fill available (screen) space. You already have something within that space, so 100% is not available... new page
Thanks for your response. I guess I wasn't clear enough. These images are wide and long and do not fill up the screen height. For example, 600 px wide and 200 px tall.
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what is the code (and any associated classes) that you're using for both the image and for the body text? What program or reader is having the rendering problem?
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Yup, without code examples of what you are doing we cannot say anything. It should be perfectly possible to have the effect you want, as long as the image fits under the paragraph directly above it.
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Thanks for your response. I guess I wasn't clear enough. These images are wide and long and do not fill up the screen height. For example, 600 px wide and 200 px tall.
100% applies to the space, not the image.
100% says fill the screen space.
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If you put the images inside a div or paragraph with some text or breaks this can happen because everything inside is considered as one unit by some readers.

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100% applies to the space, not the image.
100% says fill the screen space.
But it's 100% width, there should be enoug vertical space, if I understood correctly.
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We can't be sure until we have seen some code.
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We can't be sure until we have seen some code.
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Old 01-18-2013, 03:23 PM   #11
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Hi everyone. Sorry about the delay in getting back.

The code for the images is very simple, so I don't know why it behaves this way. Here is an example of the code as I see it in Sigil - <img alt="fig14.b_theNetDrill_wrong" src="../Images/fig14.b_theNetDrill_wrong.jpg" />

Then I am opening the book in Calibre and pre-viewing it there. This is such a weird quirk, and I imagine it would be very confusing to a reader to have large gaps in the text when there is no good reason (as it is not the end of a chapter or preceding a full page picture).

Also, I checked to be sure the img tag is not inside a <p> tag. It was, I changed it - but that did not solve the problem.

Thanks again for your help!

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So I think I figured it out. My code was too simple. For some reason if you don't specify alignment it pushes the image to start on the next page. Not sure why it works that way, but when I added align="left" it stopped it from jumping to the next page.

Thanks again for everyone's help! Truly, I really appreciate it
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Note that the <img> tag must be inside a block element (a <p> or a <div>, typically). If it isn't, it is not valid XHTML and not a valid ePub... and the result is undefined.

Note also that the "alt" attribute should be some description of the image, to be used when the image cannot be displayed (think text-to-speech). If the image is simply decorative, leave it emply (alt=""), but do not write some cryptic meaningless stuff like "fig14.b_theNetDrill_wrong".
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Jellbey, thanks for the good advice.
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