# Add markup to control alignment of images and text

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-markup-to-control-alignment-of-images-and-text/15287>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Maio 3, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-markup-to-control-alignment-of-images-and-text/15287 "2014-05-03T19:14:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![NomNuggetNom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nomnuggetnom/32/122685_2.png) [@NomNuggetNom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NomNuggetNom)\
**Post date:** [Maio 3, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-markup-to-control-alignment-of-images-and-text/15287/8 "2014-05-03T22:40:16Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> The intent of the editor markup (Markdown, primarily, with some fallback support for BBCode) is not to be a comprehensive, PDF or TeX like layout engine with really precise control over exactly how things display.
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> It’s more like a Wikipedia article kind of formatting.

Then why is it being used for a forum system? 😞. It’s really frustrating how limited Discourse is at large. Less choice is never a good thing. Like lack of tables because “they aren’t needed.”

> [@Lee\_Ars](#):
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> Where exactly are you seeing problem behavior? Your “this image should explain it all” post doesn’t explain where you’re encountering issues. Is this a problem you’re seeing when inlining images in posts, or with badging on the topic lists, or…what?

I’m creating headers for threads. It’s in a thread. Unfortunately I couldn’t post it to show you, because of the image restrictions on new users.

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