David, I don't know if it's the best way, but I have used tables to do this. In addition to letting you put things side by side, it also gives you more fine-grained control of placement. Purists might shudder, but it works:-).
Richard Hamilton ------- XML Press XML for Technical Communicators http://xmlpress.net [email protected] On Feb 22, 2012, at 8:30 AM, David Goss wrote: > Hello, > > What is the proper way to display two images side-by-side? > > The way I do this now is to put two <inlinemediaobjects> into a <para>. > The HTML output is two images side-by-side aligned to the left. Playing > with the align attribute in the <imagedata> tags results in text for the > proceeding paragraphs to creep up in the space between them, since they > are inline. Using the <mediaobject> would separate the images onto two > different lines. > > <para> > <inlinemediaobject> > <imageobject> > <imagedata fileref='...' /> > </imageobject> > </inlinemediaobject> > <inlinemediaobject> > <imageobject> > <imagedata fileref='...' /> > </imageobject> > </inlinemediaobject> > </para> > > > I feel like I'm tagging these images wrong. <inlinemediaobject> doesn't > really describe the content here since they're not *really* inline. > > Is there a "right" way to accomplish this (other than combining two > images into one)? My goal is to get two images side-by-side, center > aligned, though a solution that would work for more than 2 images > side-by-side would be ideal. > > Thanks, > > DAVID GOSS | Technical Writer > P 1.800.876.9218 x 345 | F 1.800.588.9866 > [email protected] > http://www.MuellerReports.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
