<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="5.0" xml:id="default.float.class"> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>default.float.class</refentrytitle> <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">string</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>default.float.class</refname> <refpurpose>Specifies the default float class</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <src:fragment xml:id="default.float.class.frag"> <xsl:param name="default.float.class"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="contains($stylesheet.result.type,'html')">left</xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise>before</xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:param> </src:fragment> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info> <para>Selects the direction in which a float should be placed. for xsl-fo this is before, for html it is left. For Western texts, the before direction is the top of the page.</para> </refsection> </refentry>