Place figure at bottom of this page or the top of the next page

Question

If a figure will fit on the bottom of the page, it will also fit at the top of the page and will wind up there (barring certain circumstances). The best I have come up with is to set topnumber to 0 (default).

Is there a better way to achieve this?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{everypage,afterpage}

\setcounter{topnumber}{0}
\setcounter{bottomnumber}{2}
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{.7}

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-2]
%\lipsum[3-4]% for top of next page

\AddThispageHook{\stepcounter{topnumber}}
\afterpage{\addtocounter{topnumber}{-1}}
\begin{figure}[tb]
\rule{\textwidth}{.2\textheight}
\caption{test}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[5-12]

\end{document}

What exactly do you want to accomplish? (sorry if it's clear to everyone else, I personally am not sure what he wants) I understand the question that you don't want a figure to be placed at the top of the page, but at the bottom. Is that correct? Are there circumstances where you want a figure to be placed automatically at the top? If not, you could redefine the default figure placement to not include t, but only bp or hbp. — Skillmon, Apr 11 '18 at 21:03
@Skillmon - I do NOT want the figure at the top of THIS page, but the top of the next page is fine. [ht] is a good approximation to what I am trying to accomplish. BTW, [b!t] seems to behave identical to [tb]. — John Kormylo, Apr 11 '18 at 21:14

John Kormylo · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-30T15:26:52.080

This solution converts every [b] figure to a [tb] figure at the end of every page. I'm not sure what all the bit flags do, but [t] is 50, [b] is 52 and [tb] is 54,

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{everypage}
\makeatletter
\AddEverypageHook{%
  \def\reset#1{\ifnum\count#1=52 \global\count#1=54\fi}% convert [b] to [bt]
  \let@elt=\reset
  @deferlist}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-2]
\lipsum[3-4]% for op of next page
\begin{figure}[b]
\rule{\textwidth}{.2\textheight}
\caption{test}
\end{figure}
\lipsum[5-12]
\end{document}

A much simpler solution is now available.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{.7}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-2]
%\lipsum[3-4]% for top of next page
\suppressfloats[t]
\begin{figure}
\rule{\textwidth}{.2\textheight}
\caption{test}
\end{figure}
\lipsum[5-12]
\end{document}

Place figure at bottom of this page or the top of the next page

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