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Image
The image component embeds an image in your document. You can point to image files stored within the project, or an external URL.
Checkout the Markdown Guide for more details on configuring images.
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Basic syntax
To add an image to your document, a similar syntax to links is used but prefixed with an exclamation mark !.
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Optional caption
An optional caption below the image can be set by adding your caption text between the [] brackets. The following sample demonstrates adding a caption:
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Optional title
An optional title attribute for the resulting HTML <img> element can be set by adding the title text after the link. The title can be used differently within different browsers, but is typically shown as a tooltip when mouse pointer is held over the image. The following sample demonstrates adding a title:
Hold your mouse pointer over the image to see the title.
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Links
By default, images are not links, but it's easy to make your image into a link by just wrapping the image in a link.
You can link to an external (see outbound) location or any page within your project.
The following demonstrates adding an outbound link to an image:
[](https://retype.com)
The following demonstrates adding an outbound link to another page:
[](/guides/getting-started.md)
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Alignment options
If an image is configured on a separate line, Retype includes extra functionality for the custom alignment of images on the page. For instance, you can specify the left or right alignment of an image and have the text flow around the image. Check out the Image alignment demo.
If an image is defined inline with other text on the same line, the image will be treated as an inline image and the following Retype alignment options will be ignored.
An additional plus option for Blog pages or pages with layout: central will help to position the image slightly overlapping the left or right content margins.
Check out the following sample page demonstrating all the image alignment scenarios, including plus options:
The plus alignment options only apply when the page is layout: central or layout: blog.
For default page layouts with a left navigation and/or the right table of contents, the plus positions will fallback to their non-plus equivalents. For instance, rightplus will fallback to right and the centerplus will fallback to center.
Photo credits to carlos aranda.