Remove margin below wrapfigure

Question

I use wrapfigures (without captions) to position photos on a page like this:

\begin{wrapfigure}{r}{0.5\textwidth}
  \frame{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{photo.jpg}}
\end{wrapfigure}

How can I remove the margin below the figure, i.e. force Latex not to break the lines and instead use the space highlighted in red in the screenshot below?

Answer 1

It's not an intentional margin, it is just confused by the space around the heading.

wrapfig guesses how many lines to shorten based on the vertical size of the figure,but because of the chapter heading taking up space you need to shorten fewer lines. Use the optional argument to specify how many lines to cut in.

\begin{wrapfigure}[20]{r}{0.5\textwidth}

or whatever number looks best

Answer 2

You must set the value of \intextsep. Its value for default book documentclass is 12pt plus 2.0pt minus 2.0pt. The exact value you need depends on your document margins and font size

\documentclass{book}

\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{twoside=false, showframe=true}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\usepackage{wrapfig}
\setlength{\intextsep}{0.25em plus 2pt minus 2pt}
            
\begin{document}

\begin{wrapfigure}{r}{0.50\linewidth} 
    
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-a}
    
\end{wrapfigure}

\blindtext

\medskip
\the\intextsep

\end{document}

Answer 3

I think this is a bug of wrapfigure, I'd use minipage instead since they don't have that issue.