[NTG-context] Placing a float flushleft

[NTG-context] Placing a float flushleft

[Willi Egger]

Hi all,

I would like to put a series of tables leftaligned without the text to
flow around it when the table is small.
I tried different settings, but can not get it working.

\startdocument

\input tufte


% left right middle flushleft flushright center max inner outer
innermargin outermargin inneredge outeredge backspace cutspace
leftmargin rightmargin leftedge rightedge

\startplacetable
  [location={right},
   reference=tab:test,
   title= Test table]
  {\bTABLE
    \bTABLEhead
      \bTR \bTD Command  \eTD \bTD Description \eTD \eTR
    \eTABLEhead
    \bTABLEbody
      \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
      \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
      \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
      \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
    \eTABLEbody
  \eTABLE}
\stopplacetable

\input knuth

\stopdocument

Thaks fdor hints!
Willi
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[NTG-context] Re: Placing a float flushleft

[Marco Patzer]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:10:13 +0100
Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl> wrote:

> I would like to put a series of tables leftaligned without the text to
> flow around it when the table is small.

Like this?

\startdocument
\samplefile{tufte}

\startplacetable
  [width=\textwidth,
   title= Test table]
  \startlinealignment [left]
    \bTABLE
      \bTABLEhead
        \bTR \bTD Command  \eTD \bTD Description \eTD \eTR
      \eTABLEhead
      \bTABLEbody
        \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
        \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
        \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
        \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
      \eTABLEbody
    \eTABLE
  \stoplinealignment
\stopplacetable

\samplefile{knuth}
\stopdocument

Marco
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[NTG-context] Re: Placing a float flushleft

[Willi Egger]

Hello Marco,

this is an interesting solution. I would not have thaught of using the
width parameter to consume the textwidth which of course prevents other
text flowing around the table.
Thank you!
Willi

On Feb 18 2026, at 10:11 am, Marco Patzer <lists@homerow.info> wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:10:13 +0100
> Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl> wrote:
> 
>> I would like to put a series of tables leftaligned without the text to
>> flow around it when the table is small.
> 
> Like this?
> 
> \startdocument
> \samplefile{tufte}
> 
> \startplacetable
>  [width=\textwidth,
>   title= Test table]
>  \startlinealignment [left]
>    \bTABLE
>      \bTABLEhead
>        \bTR \bTD Command  \eTD \bTD Description \eTD \eTR
>      \eTABLEhead
>      \bTABLEbody
>        \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
>        \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
>        \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
>        \bTR \bTD test \eTD \bTD whatever \eTD \eTR
>      \eTABLEbody
>    \eTABLE
>  \stoplinealignment
> \stopplacetable
> 
> \samplefile{knuth}
> \stopdocument
> 
> Marco
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