Put floats at "Here if possible" as default

Question

Every time I put a float object I must enter to the settings and choose:

My question - is there a way to do this as default? i.e. instead of enter to the settings each time and choose "Here if possible", say to LyX to do this automatically....

Thank you!

Answer 1

The Lyx documentation wiki has a page on figure placement, with a question also on the [h] modifier and forcing LaTeX to place the figure exactly there. Quoting from the page:

How do I get LyX to put the figure exactly where I want it?

Select Document→Settings.... In the Float Placement section, unset "Use Default Placement" and select "Top of Page", "Page of Floats", "Here, if possible" and "Ignore LaTeX rules". This tells LaTeX to try really hard to put the figure here first, then the top of a page, then on a page by itself. This is a global setting: all figure will then obey this rule set. If you want to control how each figure behaves, right-click in the figure float and you will get a dialog allowing to control the figure behavior.

If you really insist, you can also simply select "Here definitely". This will insert the figure by all means at the current place. Note, though, that chances are high that this leads to ugly unbalanced pages. Usually, LaTeX does a rather good job in float placement if you do not restrict it too much.

Note that what @David commented above is very true and corresponds to the warning the documentation gives: [h] should not be used on its own.