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== Usage ==

This template floats text to the left without changing the alignment, and allows remaining text on page to wrap around the text.

<pre>{{float left|'''This text is floated left with no offset.'''}}</pre> yields
{{float left|'''This text is floated left with no offset.'''}}
Obviously the effect is not striking without an example (see below)

=== With margins ===

<pre>{{float left|'''This text is floated left with no offset though with an equal margin top and bottom margin,
and a right margin.'''|3|5}}</pre>
* 1st {{parameter|text}}
* 2nd {{parameter|''x'' em}} sets the top and bottom margin of floated text to the designated em measure
* 3rd {{parameter|''y'' em}} sets the margin (gap) to the right of the floated text to the designated em measure.
yields 
{{float left|'''This text is floated left with no offset though with an equal margin top and bottom margin, and a right margin  .'''|3|5}}

=== Example ===

{| class="prettytable" width="100%" cellpadding="20" style="font-size:smaller"
!left aligned
!float left
!float left with additional margin
|-
| width="33%" | {{Lorem ipsum}}

'''This text is'''<br/>
'''left aligned'''

''{{Lorem ipsum}}''
| width="33%" |{{Lorem ipsum}}

{{float left|'''This text is'''<br/>
'''floated left'''<br/>
'''using <nowiki>{{float left}}</nowiki>.'''}}

''{{Lorem ipsum}}''
|{{Lorem ipsum}}
{{float left|'''This text is'''<br/>
'''floated left'''<br/>
'''using <nowiki>{{float left|3|5}}</nowiki>.'''|3|5}}

''{{Lorem ipsum}}''
|}


== See also ==

* {{tl|float right}}

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