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I am struggling with figure/table positioning in LaTeX. Basically, I'd like to have one figure/table per page. I found how to, but the problem is that LaTeX puts the table/figure in a single page, but the page before the figure page is not filled with text. So, basically I have a page filled for an half, a page with my figure/table and lastly a page filled normally with text. I'd like to have the two pages filled homogeneously with text. Is there any option that I'm missing?

I am using the package float with p option and a \clearpage at the end of each figure/table.

I hope I've been clear in my explanation.

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  • I would say don't clearpage after each figure call, but rather invoke the figure with the [p] option to place it on a separate page. My comment does not account for the use of the float package, though. I'm not familiar with that. – Steven B. Segletes Feb 21 '13 at 18:25
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    There are a number of float placement parameters that LaTeX uses in order to decide whether the float can/should be placed where it's called. This is described in detail in How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX? and Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned. I think you're particularly interested in setting totalnumber (default is 3; the maximum number of floats on a text (!) page). – Werner Feb 21 '13 at 19:26
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    Your \clearpage causes the unwanted blank fill. But you need it if you want the figure to appear on the next page. The solution is to defer the \clearpage until the point when the current page is filled with text, so it will not produce the undesired blank space. This can be achieved by putting \afterpage{\clearpage} right after the figure (afterpage package is required) – JLDiaz Feb 23 '13 at 13:18
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I've found the solution..this works just fine for me

\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.01}
\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.01}
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.01}
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.01}
\setcounter{totalnumber}{1}

thanks everybody for any kind of help

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  • If you run into emergency situations in which a manual adjust is required, you may find useful the \afterpage{\clearpage} trick I explained in a comment to your question. – JLDiaz Feb 23 '13 at 13:19

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