Template talk:Plain image with caption
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Would it be possible to add an option of using the normal body-text style for the caption? I wanted to use this template for a chemical formula, but <small> tags, which I used for optical-chirality symbols that are conventionally set in SMALL CAPS, had no effect, presumably because a small style was already in effect. —Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:26, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
What is the purpose of this template?
This is a picture of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Hi, @Kelvinsong: and @Waldir:. I don't understand the purpose here.
What's the difference between
[[File:James Webb Space Telescope Mirror37.jpg|220px|This is a picture of the [[James Webb Space Telescope]].]]
and
{{plain image with caption|James Webb Space Telescope Mirror37.jpg|This is a picture of the [[James Webb Space Telescope]].|220|right|bottom|triangle|rgba(0,110,255,1)}}
except for the coloured triangle-arrow, and the lack/presence of borders? Please explain! Thanks. –Quiddity (talk) 19:58, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
- The telescope image is probably a bad example. The template isn't meant for photographs (though I think it works quite well for them). Rather, it was built for SVG diagrams and stuff with a white or transparent background where a thumbnail border and gray rectangle becomes unnecessary and distracting, and ugly. Before, the solution was to just drop the |thumb parameter, like at Symmetry (though someone has gone and added a bunch of framed images). However you couldn't add any captions. This template is essentially a regular |thumb-less image plus a caption. See Chloroplast#Structure for examples of correct template use.
- As for the triangle you ask? That's an optional addon—it's useful if you have two borderless images stacked up, and it helps readers tell which image each caption is for.