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Text formatting and placement in Image and Text blocks
Hi all:
I'm finding that my text entries look strange next to images when I use the image & text blocks in my courses. It sometimes looks like it's attempting to the align the last line of text with the bottom of the image, sometimes looks like its centering the text with the image, but the end result is almost always rather odd looking and seems to waste quite a bit of space.
Additionally, there doesn't seem to be any way to control the margins or side padding of the text portion of the block.
Am I missing a way to have more control over the way the text displays next to the image in this particular block? It's a necessary tool for lots of my courses but it just ends up looking kinda silly.
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Hi there, Micah!
Have you included any hard returns (manually pressing Enter or Shift +Enter) in your Image and Text blocks? If so, you may notice the text looks misaligned depending on the dimensions of the web browser window you're using.
You may also want to try adjusting the image size, as that will affect the way the text is aligned in relation to the image.
We will let you know if we add more text alignment options in the future!
Can we revisit this issue? Using hard returns (as suggested here) got our team into some hot water during an accessibility review by a third-party vendor because empty spaces (blank elements) are still rendered to screen reader users.
Hello MarritIngman!
Thanks for reaching out! I see that you've submitted this to our Product Team as a feature request. Great call! At this point, they'll review the feature request and follow up with you via email if they have any additional questions.
Any updates on this?
That's a +1 for me! Very often I want to display text next to an image, but when I use a header to introduce the subject right above it, it looks terrible! I wish there was a S-M-L layout function, like many other blocks have (like paragraphs)
Hello SelmaDorrest262,
Thanks for chiming in! I’ve added your voice to the feature request for editable text alignment and S-M-L layout options for the text portion of the Image & Text block in Rise 360.
There’s already an S-M-L setting for the block padding, and it makes sense to want that same flexibility for the text.
We’ll keep this thread updated if anything changes. Let us know if you have more ideas to share.
Just adding another +1 for this.
