Beyond Left-Aligned: Strategies for Strategic Image Placement in Markdown

Here's an example:

This is some text with an image.
![Alt text](image.jpg)
This is some more text.

This will display the image on the left side of the page, with the text flowing around it.

But what if you want the image centered, or perhaps placed to the right of the text? Luckily, there are workarounds!

Using HTML within Markdown:

Since Markdown allows embedding HTML, you can leverage HTML's img tag and its style attribute to achieve alignment. Here's an example for right-aligning an image:

This is some text with an image.
<img style="float: right;" src="image.jpg" alt="Alt text">
This is some more text.

This code will display the image on the right side of the page, with the text wrapping around it. You can replace "float: right;" with "float: left;" for left alignment.

Wrapping the Image in a Paragraph or Div:

Another technique involves placing the image within a paragraph (<p>) or a division (<div>) tag, and then using the text-align property in CSS to center the content within that block. Here's an example:

<p style="text-align: center;">
  <img src="image.jpg" alt="Alt text">
</p>
This is some more text.

This will center the image within the paragraph, making it appear centered relative to the surrounding text.

Markdown Flavors and Extensions:

While pure Markdown doesn't offer alignment, some specific flavors or extensions might provide their own solutions. For example, some markdown processors allow using the center tag around the image, like this:

<center>
  ![Alt text](image.jpg)
</center>

However, this approach is not universally supported and may not work everywhere.