Is there a command which does the same like \clearpage
(typesetting all floats which have not been typeset yet) but then does not insert a pagebreak but continues with the following text/graphics on the same page?
Yes, and this is discussed as one of the advantages of the afterpage
package. Use
\afterpage{\clearpage}
This will flush all processed floats after the current page has been completely set, technically avoiding a visible \clearpage
. See the first use-case in the afterpage
documentation (page 1):
Sometimes LaTeX's float positioning mechanism gets overloaded, and all floating figures and tables drift to the end of the document. One may flush out all the unprocessed floats by issuing a
\clearpage
command, but this has the effect of making the current page end prematurely. Now you can issue\afterpage{\clearpage}
and the current page will be filled up with text as usual, but then a\clearpage
command will flush out all the floats before the next text page begins.
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3But \afterpage still issues a \clearpage. At least that's the case for me, and that's also how i understand the documentation. – Janos Aug 12 '14 at 20:41
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7Unfortunately, didn't work as desired. @philipp described it below: if a new section starts in the middle of the page, the floats from that new section will still appear above the section title. The solution with
\FloatBarrier
solution did work as desired. – akhmed May 14 '15 at 0:02
I believe you may be after the \FloatBarrier
command from the placeins
package. It forces Tex to typeset all remaining floats at that point and doesn't include a \clearpage
afterwards.
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3Both ways are not equivalent. This one has the "advantage", that if a new section starts in the middle of the page, floats of this section do not appear above the section's headline. – Philipp Feb 9 '15 at 16:31
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3Just want to add: you may need to install
texlive-latex-extra
to useplaceins
package since it is not part of the standardtexlive-latex-recommended
. – akhmed May 14 '15 at 0:07 -
2Note that the definition of
\FloatBarrier
inkpsewhich placeins.sty
can in fact issue a\clearpage
but only if "Some floats are stuck,"; else it seems to issue a\newpage
. – sdaau Jun 17 '15 at 10:26