Figures

Use the figure directive to include an image, figure, or screenshot into the documentation.

The PNG image format is preferred over other image formats for all image files. If available the source files (SVG, OmniGraffle, ..) of generated image files should be provided. Formats editable by open sources tools are preferred.

Syntax

.. figure:: file_name.file_extension
   :option: option_value

The figure directive supports the following options:

  • alt

  • height

  • figwidth

  • scale

  • align

  • target

  • figclass

For descriptions of the options and their possible values, refer to the Docutils documentation.

See also

For the style guidelines on figure titles, see Figure and table titles.


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