Typically, having two image objects inside a media object is to let you have alternate versions of an image for different output media. So, it's not intended to handle the case you're thinking of.
Best Regards,
Richard Hamilton
On Feb 22, 2012, at 11:54 AM, David Goss wrote:
> This does get the desired result, though this is similar to my current solution. The content isn’t *really* a table, so <informaltable> doesn’t accurately describe what it is.
>
> Logically, I would think that <mediaobject> with 2 <imageobject>s would make the most sense, but when I transformed that into HTML, only the 1stimage displayed. The description of <mediaobject> in TDG5 does state that it can contain “one or more…” for objects, but perhaps that means one or more different objects, not two objects that are the same.
>
> See
>
http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/mediaobject.html>
> -David
>
> From: Roland Burda [mailto:
burda.roland@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:25 PM
> To: David Goss
> Cc:
docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Side-by-side images
>
> David!
>
> I use tables to get two images side-by-side.
>
> This is my workaround for the issue:
>
> <informaltable frame="none" rowsep="0" colsep="0">
> <tgroup cols="2">
>
> <row>
> <entry>
> <para>
> <mediaobject>
> <imageobject>
> <imagedata fileref=""/>
> </imageobject>
> </mediaobject>
> </para>
> </entry>
> <entry>
> <para>
> <mediaobject>
> <imageobject>
> <imagedata fileref=""/>
> </imageobject>
> </mediaobject>
> </para>
> </entry>
> </row>
>
> </tgroup>
> </informaltable>
>
> Cheers,
> Roland
>
> 2012/2/22 David Goss <
dgoss@mueller-inc.com>
> 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
>
dgoss@mueller-inc.com>
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