I'm trying to choose the positions of my tables but I can't figure out the difference between [H]
and [h]
. I've seen both advised over my search. If I use [h]
the row spacing is different than [H]
use.
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7For the long answer, see tex.stackexchange.com/a/39020/4012, in particular the section "Here" really just means "here if it fits".– doncherrySep 7, 2013 at 20:34
1 Answer
Never use [h]
on its own, it is basically an error waiting to happen and LaTeX will most likely give a warning and change it to [ht]
.
LaTeX has four float areas into which a float may be placed: top of page (t
), bottom of page (b
), here
where the float appears in the source (h
) and on a float page with only floats and no text (p
).
H
makes the environment essentially not a float at all it is more or less the same as using minipage
except that \caption
works, but you can caption minipages using the capt-of
package.
H
should be used sparingly, like any large box, it is likely to produce bad page breaks with large amounts of white space.
If you use the optional argument of a float you are mostly restricting the float areas to which the float may be allocated. If you over-restrict it is likely that the float can not be positioned at all, and will then go to the end of the document. So if you want to allow h
it is best to allow t
and p
as well so use [tph]
. You should almost always use p
if you use the optional argument.
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3@Diaa no, latex has a fixed algorithm for placing floats and the option is just a filter that makes it skip stages, so if the option doesn't contain
t
latex doesn't try a top float If it has at
then it will try that, the order doesn't matter. Nov 4, 2019 at 18:12