Force floats to be typeset after their occurrence in the source text?

Question

AFAIK a figure or table should always be placed after the first reference to it in the text.

So I always place the code for my figures and tables after the paragraph which contains the first reference \ref to them. When I then use the command \begin{figure}[t], it is possible that the figure is placed at the top of the same page where it is referenced, so IMHO that is against the rule mentioned above.

• Is there a way to force pdflatex to place the floats after the paragraph which precedes them in the source text?
  (so in my example that would be at the top of the following page or later)

Answer 1

You could try with the flafter package:

\usepackage{flafter}