h! nor H working for table floats

Question

I'm trying to get a table in to a section I want but it wont play ball, The first table shows above the allowed paragraph and the second table in the allowed paragraph, how can I fix it?

I use the \usepackage{float} package.

Thanks

\paragraph{Allowed}
\begin{table}[h!]
\begin{tabular}{lll}
Rule & Who & Controlled \\
 &  &  \\
 &  &  \\
 &  &  \\
 &  &  \\
 &  & 
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\paragraph{Not allowed}
\begin{table}[h!]
\begin{tabular}{lll}
Rule & Who & Controlled \\
 &  &  \\
 &  &  \\
 &  &  \\
 &  &  \\
 &  & 
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

This is one of the most asked questions on the site. See Keeping tables/figures close to where they are mentioned and How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?. Perhaps the simplest solution for you is not to use the table environment at all and use the \captionof facility of the caption package. — Alan Munn, May 21 '14 at 02:07
It seems to be an issue with making a table in the /paragraph section. As the floats work in other non paragraph section. — Ausghostdog, May 21 '14 at 02:33
But if you want it there and nowhere else, you don't want it to float. Floats... float. It is their essential nature. — cfr, May 21 '14 at 02:43

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '14 at 05:33

5

In such a case do not use a floating object. Use instead

\usepackage{caption}
...

\noindent
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\centering
\captionof{table}{A table, what else?}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
Rule & Who & Controlled \\
 &  &  \\
 &  &  \\
 &  &  \\
 &  &  \\
 &  & 
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}

...

answered May 21 '14 at 05:33

I'd mention also \usepackage{caption-of}, that can be handy for the cases where \usepackage{caption} can't be employed (some classes are incompatible with it). – egreg May 21 '14 at 09:27

h! nor H working for table floats

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