% \iffalse meta-comment % % Copyright (C) 2019-2023 by Jan Hajer % ----------------------------------- % % This file may be distributed and/or modified under the % conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c % of this license or (at your option) any later version. % The latest version of this license is in: % % http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt % % and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX % version 2005/12/01 or later. % % \fi % % \iffalse %\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[2021-11-15] %\ProvidesPackage{hep-float}[2026/11/13 v1.6 Float placement defaults and side-by-side figures, tables and panels] %\ProvidesFile{hep-float-documentation.tex}[2026/11/13 v1.6 hep-float documentation] % %<*documentation> \documentclass{ltxdoc} \renewcommand*\theCodelineNo{\rmfamily\tstyle\footnotesize\arabic{CodelineNo}} \AtBeginEnvironment{macrocode}{\renewcommand*{\ttdefault}{clmt}} \renewcommand*{\MacroFont}{\codestyle} \AtBeginDocument{\DeleteShortVerb{\|}} \AtBeginDocument{\MakeShortVerb{\"}} \EnableCrossrefs \CodelineIndex \RecordChanges \usepackage{hologo} \usepackage[parskip,oldstyle,font=10pt]{hep-paper} \bibliography{bibliography} % %<*driver> \expandafter\newif\csname ifshort\endcsname \shortfalse \begin{document} \DocInput{hep-float-implementation.dtx} \end{document} % % % \fi % % \CheckSum{387} % % \CharacterTable % {Upper-case \A\B\C\D\E\F\G\H\I\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z % Lower-case \a\b\c\d\e\f\g\h\i\j\k\l\m\n\o\p\q\r\s\t\u\v\w\x\y\z % Digits \0\1\2\3\4\5\6\7\8\9 % Exclamation \! 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Solidus \/ % Colon \: Semicolon \; Less than \< % Equals \= Greater than \> Question mark \? % Commercial at \@ Left bracket \[ Backslash \\ % Right bracket \] Circumflex \^ Underscore \_ % Grave accent \` Left brace \{ Vertical bar \| % Right brace \} Tilde \~} % % \changes{v1.0}{2021/09/01}{First release on CTAN: panels, subfloats, captions, placement, and float styling.} % \changes{v1.1}{2022/11/01}{Added manual float placement, panel spacing commands, and subcaption-block compatibility.} % \changes{v1.2}{2023/07/01}{Added side-by-side figure and table environments with horizontal and vertical spacing controls and small centred float contents.} % \changes{v1.3}{2024/11/01}{Added \cs{header}.} % \changes{v1.4}{2025/09/01}{Renamed manual placement to local and global placement modes, reimplemented the figure and table wrappers through the standard float internals, and applied starred command definitions.} % \changes{v1.5}{2026/08/01}{Raised the LaTeX format requirement and expanded the documentation, README, and examples.} % \changes{v1.6}{2026/11/13}{Kept the float environments of classes without standard floats, such as beamer, fixed the alignment argument of \cs{panel} and short captions in side-by-side figures and tables, and centred side-by-side figure panels.} % % \ifshort %<*documentation> % \fi % \GetFileInfo{hep-float.sty} \title{The \software{hep-float} package\thanks{This document corresponds to \software{hep-float}~\fileversion.}} \subtitle{Float placement defaults and side-by-side figures, tables and panels} \author{Jan Hajer \email{jan.hajer@tecnico.ulisboa.pt}} \date{\filedate} % \ifshort \begin{document} % \fi \newgeometry{vscale=.8, vmarginratio=3:4, includeheadfoot, left=11em, marginparwidth=4.6cm, marginparsep=3mm, right=7em} \maketitle \begin{abstract} The \software{hep-float} package configures float placement for publication-style documents and adds convenience wrappers for figures, tables, sub-floats, and graphics. It centres float contents by default, provides side-by-side figure and table environments, loads \software{booktabs}, \software{multirow}, and \software{subcaption}, and defines compact graphics helpers. \end{abstract} The \software{hep-float} package can be loaded with "\usepackage{hep-float}". \DescribeEnv{figure} \DescribeEnv{table} Automatic float placement is adjusted to place a single float at the top of pages and to reduce the number of float pages, using the \hologo{LaTeX} macros. "\setcounter{bottomnumber}{0}" \hfill no floats at the bottom of a page (default 1) \\ "\setcounter{topnumber}{1}" \hfill a single float at the top of a page (default 2) \\ "\setcounter{dbltopnumber}{1}" \hfill same for full widths floats in two-column mode \\ "\renewcommand{\textfraction}{.1}" \hfill large floats are allowed (default 0.2)\\ "\renewcommand{\topfraction}{.9}" \hfill (default 0.7) \\ "\renewcommand{\dbltopfraction}{.9}" \hfill (default 0.7) \\ "\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{.8}" \hfill float pages must be full (default 0.5) The most useful float placement is usually achieved by placing the float \emph{in front} of the paragraph it is referenced in first. \DescribeMacro{local} Additionally, manual float placement can be deactivated using the "local" package option. \DescribeMacro{\raggedright} The float environments have been adjusted to center their content. The usual behaviour can be reactivated using "\raggedright". \DescribeEnv{figures} \DescribeMacro{\figure} \DescribeMacro{\figurehspace} \DescribeMacro{\figurevspace} The "figures" environment places several figure panels next to each other inside one "figure" float. It takes an optional vertical alignment and a mandatory argument that is either the number of equal-width figures or the width of the first figure as a fraction of "\linewidth". Inside the environment the "\figure"\oarg{vertical alignment} macro starts the next figure panel, which is bottom aligned by default. The first "\caption"\oarg{short}\marg{long} of each panel numbers the panel as a figure. The horizontal and vertical spacing are controlled by "\figurehspace" and "\figurevspace". \DescribeEnv{tables} \DescribeMacro{\table} \DescribeMacro{\tablehspace} \DescribeMacro{\tablevspace} The "tables" environment is the analogous wrapper for several tables inside one "table" float. Inside the environment "\table" starts the next table panel, and "\tablehspace" and "\tablevspace" control the spacing. \begin{table} \begin{panels}{2} \begin{verbatim} \begin{panels}{2} code \panel \begin{tabular}...\end{tabular} \end{panels} \end{verbatim} \caption{Code for this panel environment.} \label{tab:panels} \panel \begin{tabular}{cccc} \toprule \multicolumn{2}{c}{one}& \multicolumn{2}{c}{two} \\ \cmidrule(r){1-2} \cmidrule(l){3-4} \multirow{2}{*}{a} & b & c & d \\ & b & c & d \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \caption{The \protecting{"booktabs"} and \protecting{"multirow"} features.} \label{tab:booktabs} \end{panels} \caption{Example use of the \protecting{"panels"} environment in Panel \subref{tab:panels} and the features from the \software{booktabs} and \software{multirow} packages in Panel \subref{tab:booktabs}. } \label{tab:table} \end{table} \DescribeEnv{panels} \DescribeMacro{\panel} The "panels" environment makes use of the \software{subcaption} package \cite{subcaption}. It provides sub-floats and takes as mandatory argument either the number of sub-floats (default~2) or the width of the first sub-float as fraction of the "\linewidth". Within the "\begin{panels}"\oarg{vertical alignment}\marg{width} environment the "\panel"\oarg{vertical alignment} macro initiates a new sub-float, which by default has the vertical alignment of the environment. In the case that the width of the first sub-float has been given as an optional argument to the "panels" environment the "\panel"\marg{width} macro takes the width of the next sub-float as mandatory argument. "panels" environments can be nested. The example code is presented in \cref{tab:panels}. \DescribeMacro{\panelhspace} \DescribeMacro{\panelvspace} The spacing between the panels can be adjusted by adjusting the "\panelvspace" in terms of a "\linewidth" fraction "\renewcommand*{\panelhspace}"{fraction} and the "\panelvspace" in terms of a length "\renewcommand*{\panelvspace}"\marg{length}. \DescribeEnv{tabular} The \software{booktabs} \cite{booktabs} and \software{multirow} \cite{multirow} packages are loaded enabling publication quality tabulars such as in \cref{tab:booktabs}. \DescribeMacro{\graphic} \DescribeMacro{\graphics} The \software{graphicx} package \cite{graphicx} is loaded and the "\graphic"\oarg{width}\marg{figure} macro is defined, which is a wrapper for the "\includegraphics"\marg{figure} macro and takes the figure width as fraction of the "\linewidth" as optional argument (default~1). If the graphics are located in a sub-folder its path can be indicated by "\graphics"\marg{subfolder}. % \ifshort \printbibliography \end{document} % % % \fi % % \StopEventually{ % \printbibliography % \PrintChanges % } % % \appendix % \section{Implementation} % %<*package> % % Load the \software{kvoptions} package \cite{kvoptions} and define a "hepfloat" namespace. % \begin{macrocode} \RequirePackage{kvoptions} \SetupKeyvalOptions{ family=hepfloat, prefix=hepfloat@ } % \end{macrocode} % % \begin{macro}{local} % Provide the "local" option for reactivating the manual placement of floats. % \begin{macrocode} \DeclareBoolOption[true]{local} \DeclareComplementaryOption{global}{local} % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macrocode} \ProcessKeyvalOptions* % \end{macrocode} % % Adjust the \hologo{LaTeX} float placement defaults % \begin{macrocode} \setcounter{bottomnumber}{0} % 1 \setcounter{topnumber}{1} % 2 \setcounter{dbltopnumber}{1} % 2 \renewcommand*{\topfraction}{.9} % .7 \renewcommand*{\dbltopfraction}{.9} % .7 \renewcommand*{\textfraction}{.1} % .2 \renewcommand*{\floatpagefraction}{.8} % .5 % \end{macrocode} % % \begin{environment}{figure} % \begin{environment}{table} % Center the content of "figure" and "table" environments. % Ignore the manual placement if the "local" option is set to false. % Classes without the standard floats, such as \software{beamer}, which defines non-floating "figure" and "table" environments and no "figure*", keep their own definitions. % \begin{macrocode} \ifcsname figure*\endcsname \ifhepfloat@local% \renewenvironment{figure}[1][tbp]{% \@float{figure}[#1]\centering\small% }{\end@float} \renewenvironment{figure*}[1][tbp]{% \@dblfloat{figure}[#1]\centering\small% }{\end@dblfloat} \renewenvironment{table}[1][tbp]{% \@float{table}[#1]\centering\small% }{\end@float} \renewenvironment{table*}[1][tbp]{% \@dblfloat{table}[#1]\centering\small% }{\end@dblfloat} \else% \renewenvironment{figure}[1][]{% \@float{figure}\centering\small% }{\end@float} \renewenvironment{figure*}[1][]{% \@dblfloat{figure}\centering\small% }{\end@dblfloat} \renewenvironment{table}[1][]{% \@float{table}\centering\small% }{\end@float} \renewenvironment{table*}[1][]{% \@dblfloat{table}\centering\small% }{\end@dblfloat} \fi% \fi % \end{macrocode} % \end{environment} % \end{environment} % % % \subsection{floats} % % \begin{macro}{\hep@float@caption} % The first "\caption" in each panel of the "figures" and "tables" environments passes its star and its optional short caption on to "\captionof" and adds the vertical space below the caption. % \begin{macrocode} \NewDocumentCommand{\hep@float@caption}{mmsom}{% \IfBooleanTF{#3}{% \captionof*{#1}{#5}% }{% \IfNoValueTF{#4}{\captionof{#1}{#5}}{\captionof{#1}[#4]{#5}}% }% \vspace{#2}% } % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % \begin{environment}{figures} % \begin{macro}{\figure} % Define the "figures" environment that places figures next to each other. % \begin{macrocode} \newcommand*{\figurehspace}{0.0333} \newcommand*{\figurevspace}{.5\baselineskip} \newenvironment{figures}[2][b]{% \begin{figure}% \let\oldcaption\caption \renewcommand*{\caption}{% \renewcommand*{\caption}{\oldcaption}% \hep@float@caption{figure}{\figurevspace}% }% \ifdim#2pt>1pt% \newcommand*{\hep@figure@space}{\figurehspace\linewidth/#2}% \renewcommand*{\figure}[1][b]{% \end{minipage}\hfill% \begin{minipage}[##1]{\linewidth/#2-\hep@figure@space}% \centering% }% \begin{minipage}[#1]{\linewidth/#2-\hep@figure@space}% \centering% \else% \newcommand*{\hep@figure@space}[1]{##1\linewidth*\real{\figurehspace}}% \renewcommand*{\figure}[2][b]{% \end{minipage}\hfill% \begin{minipage}[##1]{##2\linewidth-\hep@figure@space{##2}}% \centering% }% \begin{minipage}[#1]{#2\linewidth-\hep@figure@space{#2}}% \centering% \fi% }{% \end{minipage}\end{figure}% } % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % \end{environment} % \begin{environment}{tables} % \begin{macro}{\table} % Define the "tables" environment that places tables next to each other. % \begin{macrocode} \newcommand*{\tablehspace}{0.0333} \newcommand*{\tablevspace}{.5\baselineskip} \newenvironment{tables}[2][b]{% \begin{table}% \let\oldcaption\caption \renewcommand*{\caption}{% \renewcommand*{\caption}{\oldcaption}% \hep@float@caption{table}{\tablevspace}% }% \ifdim#2pt>1pt% \newcommand*{\hep@table@space}{\tablehspace\linewidth/#2}% \renewcommand*{\table}[1][b]{% \end{minipage}\hfill% \begin{minipage}[##1]{\linewidth/#2-\hep@table@space}% \centering% }% \begin{minipage}[#1]{\linewidth/#2-\hep@table@space}% \centering% \else% \newcommand*{\hep@table@space}[1]{##1\linewidth*\real{\tablehspace}}% \renewcommand*{\table}[2][b]{% \end{minipage}\hfill% \begin{minipage}[##1]{##2\linewidth-\hep@table@space{##2}}% \centering% }% \begin{minipage}[#1]{#2\linewidth-\hep@table@space{#2}}% \centering% \fi% }{% \end{minipage}\end{table}% } % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % \end{environment} % % \subsection{Sub-floats} % % Load the \software{subcaption} package \cite{subcaption}. % \begin{macrocode} \PassOptionsToPackage{subrefformat=parens}{subcaption} \RequirePackage{subcaption} \captionsetup{font=small} \captionsetup[sub]{font=small} % \end{macrocode} % Provide the macros for older versions of the \software{subcaption} package using the \software{xparse} \cite{xparse} package. % \begin{macrocode} \RequirePackage{xparse} \providecommand*\subcaption@minipage[2]{% \minipage#1{#2}\setcaptionsubtype\relax% } \ProvideDocumentEnvironment{subcaptionblock}{O{b}m}{% \caption@withoptargs\subcaption@minipage[#1]{#2}% }{\endminipage} % \end{macrocode} % \begin{environment}{panels} % % \begin{macro}{\panel} % \begin{macro}{\panelhspace} % \begin{macro}{\panelvspace} % Define the "panels" environment and the "\panel" macro using the \software{calc} \cite{calc} and \software{etoolbox} \cite{etoolbox} packages. % \begin{macrocode} \RequirePackage{calc} \RequirePackage{etoolbox} \newcommand*{\panelhspace}{0.0333} \newcommand*{\panelvspace}{.5\baselineskip} \newenvironment{panels}[2][b]{% \addtolength{\belowcaptionskip}{\panelvspace}% % \end{macrocode} % Define an internal macro for global behaviour. % The macros of the environment are defined locally with "\newcommand" after setting them to "\relax", so that the environment can be nested. % \begin{macrocode} \let\begin@subcaption@minipage\relax \let\hep@panel@space\relax \let\panel\relax \newcommand*{\begin@subcaption@minipage}[2][b]{% % \caption@withoptargs\subcaption@minipage[##1]{##2}% \subcaptionblock[##1]{##2}% \centering\vskip 0pt% % \renewcommand*{\hep@panel@vspace}{\panelvspace}% }% % \end{macrocode} % Define the "\panel" macro for the case that the number of panels is given. % \begin{macrocode} \ifdim#2pt>1pt% \newcommand*{\hep@panel@space}{\panelhspace\linewidth/#2}% \newcommand*{\panel}[1][#1]{% \endminipage\hfill\begin@subcaption@minipage[##1]{% \linewidth/#2-\hep@panel@space% }% }% \begin@subcaption@minipage[#1]{\linewidth/#2-\hep@panel@space}% % \end{macrocode} % Define the "\panel" macro for the case that the width of the panel is given. % \begin{macrocode} \else% \newcommand*{\hep@panel@space}[1]{##1\linewidth*\real{\panelhspace}}% \newcommand*{\panel}[2][#1]{% \endminipage\hfill\begin@subcaption@minipage[##1]{% ##2\linewidth-\hep@panel@space{##2}% }% }% \begin@subcaption@minipage[#1]{% #2\linewidth-\hep@panel@space{#2}% }% \fi% }{% \endsubcaptionblock% \vspace{-\panelvspace}% } % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % \end{environment} % % \subsection{Tables} % % \begin{environment}{tabular} % Enhance tabulars with the \software{booktabs} and \software{multirow} packages \cite{booktabs, multirow}. % \begin{macrocode} \RequirePackage{booktabs} \RequirePackage{multirow} \newcommand*\header[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}} % \end{macrocode} % \end{environment} % \subsection{Figures} % % \begin{macro}{\graphic} % Provide the "\graphic" macro for the inclusion of figures using the \software{graphicx} package \cite{graphicx}. % The name of the externalised file applies only to a picture in the included graphic, as for "\tikz" files included with \software{tikzscale}, and is cleared afterwards, so that it never names a later picture. % \begin{macrocode} \RequirePackage{graphicx} \providecommand*{\tikzsetnextfilename}[1]{} \newcommand*{\graphic}[2][1]{\tikzsetnextfilename{#2}{% \centering\includegraphics[width=#1\linewidth]{#2}\par% }\tikzsetnextfilename{}} % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{\graphics} % Provide the "\graphics" macro for the inclusion of figures located in a subfolder. % \begin{macrocode} \newcommand*{\graphics}[1]{\graphicspath{{./#1/}}} % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % % % \section{Test} % %<*test> % % \begin{macrocode} \documentclass{article} \usepackage[showframe]{geometry} \usepackage{hep-float} \begin{document} \begin{figure} \graphic[.5]{example-image-4x3} \caption{test} \end{figure} \begin{figures}{.3} \graphic{example-image-4x3} \caption{one} \figure{.4} \graphic{example-image-16x9} \caption{two} \figure{.3} \graphic{example-image-4x3} \caption{three} \figure{.3} \graphic{example-image-4x3} \caption{one} \figure{.4} \graphic{example-image-16x9} \caption{two} \figure{.3} \graphic{example-image-4x3} \caption{three} \end{figures} \begin{figures}{3} \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{one} \figure \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{two} \figure \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{three} \figure \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{one} \figure \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{two} \figure \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{three} \end{figures} \begin{figure} \begin{panels}{3} \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{a} \panel \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{b} \panel \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{c} \panel \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{d} \panel \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{e} \panel \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{f} \end{panels} \caption{Panels} \end{figure} \begin{figure} \begin{panels}{.3} \graphic{example-image-4x3} \caption{a} \panel{.4} \graphic{example-image-16x9} \caption{b} \panel{.3} \graphic{example-image-4x3} \caption{c} \panel{.225} \graphic{example-image-1x1} \caption{d} \panel{.4} \graphic{example-image-16x9} \caption{e} \panel{.225} \graphic[.8]{example-image-1x1} \caption{f} \end{panels} \caption{Panels 2} \end{figure} \begin{tables}{2} \begin{tabular}{cc}\toprule a & b \\ \bottomrule\end{tabular} \caption{a} \table \begin{tabular}{cc}\toprule a & b \\ \bottomrule\end{tabular} \caption{b} \end{tables} \end{document} % \end{macrocode} % % % % \section{Readme} % %<*readme> % % \begin{macrocode} # The `hep-float` package Float placement defaults and side-by-side figures, tables and panels ## Introduction The `hep-float` package configures float placement for publication-style documents and adds convenience wrappers for figures, tables, sub-floats, and graphics. It centres float contents by default, provides side-by-side `figures`, `tables`, and `panels` environments, loads `booktabs`, `multirow`, and `subcaption`, and defines compact graphics helpers. It can be loaded with `\usepackage{hep-float}`. ## Author Jan Hajer ## License This file may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the `LaTeX` Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this license is in `http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt` and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later. % \end{macrocode} % % % % \Finale \endinput % \PrintIndex % makeindex -s gglo.ist -o hep-float-implementation.gls hep-float-implementation.glo % makeindex -s gglo.ist -o hep-float-implementation.ind hep-float-implementation.idx