Quarto markdown table captions location using typst floating

[jaspertjansen]

Description

I am using Quarto and typst. I want to let my figures and tables float automatically in my document, so I use the placement: auto parameter in set figure. However, the table captions appear under the table using this setting and I want the table captions above the table. If I use placement: bottom or placement: none to control the floating, the caption appears above the table. How does this work?

I want a combination of automatic floating and captions above the table. Is this a bug using Quarto and typst?

I made a minimal reproducable example:

---
title: "Title"
format: typst
---

## Quarto

`#set figure(placement: none)`{=typst}

| Lorem ipsum dolor sit. | Lorem ipsum. | Lorem ipsum. |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem ipsum. | $\alpha$     |
| Lorem ipsum.           | Lorem ipsum. | $\beta$      |
| Lorem.                 | Lorem.       | $\gamma$     |
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem.       | $\theta$     |

: caption above table {#tbl-markdown tbl-colwidths=\[30,30,30\]}

`#set figure(placement: auto)`{=typst}

| Lorem ipsum dolor sit. | Lorem ipsum. | Lorem ipsum. |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem ipsum. | $\alpha$     |
| Lorem ipsum.           | Lorem ipsum. | $\beta$      |
| Lorem.                 | Lorem.       | $\gamma$     |
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem.       | $\theta$     |

: caption under table {#tbl-markdown tbl-colwidths=\[30,30,30\]}

`#set figure(placement: top)`{=typst}

| Lorem ipsum dolor sit. | Lorem ipsum. | Lorem ipsum. |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem ipsum. | $\alpha$     |
| Lorem ipsum.           | Lorem ipsum. | $\beta$      |
| Lorem.                 | Lorem.       | $\gamma$     |
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem.       | $\theta$     |

: caption under table {#tbl-markdown tbl-colwidths=\[30,30,30\]}

`#set figure(placement: bottom)`{=typst}

| Lorem ipsum dolor sit. | Lorem ipsum. | Lorem ipsum. |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem ipsum. | $\alpha$     |
| Lorem ipsum.           | Lorem ipsum. | $\beta$      |
| Lorem.                 | Lorem.       | $\gamma$     |
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem.       | $\theta$     |

: caption above table {#tbl-markdown tbl-colwidths=\[30,30,30\]}

[mcanouil]

Why don't you use Quarto options to set caption location? https://quarto.org/docs/authoring/tables.html#caption-location

And again, use keep-typ: true to see the intermediate Typst file to investigate and see what is happening.

[jaspertjansen]

Hi @mcanouil , thank you for your suggestion, but the Quarto option to set caption location does not work. See my updated qmd. I have also added keep-typ: true

---
title: "Title"
format: typst
tbl-cap-location: top
keep-typ: true
---

## Quarto

`#set figure(placement: none)`{=typst}

| Lorem ipsum dolor sit. | Lorem ipsum. | Lorem ipsum. |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem ipsum. | $\alpha$     |
| Lorem ipsum.           | Lorem ipsum. | $\beta$      |
| Lorem.                 | Lorem.       | $\gamma$     |
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem.       | $\theta$     |

: caption above table {#tbl-markdown tbl-colwidths=\[30,30,30\]}

`#set figure(placement: auto)`{=typst}

| Lorem ipsum dolor sit. | Lorem ipsum. | Lorem ipsum. |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem ipsum. | $\alpha$     |
| Lorem ipsum.           | Lorem ipsum. | $\beta$      |
| Lorem.                 | Lorem.       | $\gamma$     |
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem.       | $\theta$     |

: caption under table {#tbl-markdown tbl-colwidths=\[30,30,30\]}

`#set figure(placement: top)`{=typst}

| Lorem ipsum dolor sit. | Lorem ipsum. | Lorem ipsum. |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem ipsum. | $\alpha$     |
| Lorem ipsum.           | Lorem ipsum. | $\beta$      |
| Lorem.                 | Lorem.       | $\gamma$     |
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem.       | $\theta$     |

: caption under table {#tbl-markdown tbl-colwidths=\[30,30,30\]}

`#set figure(placement: bottom)`{=typst}

| Lorem ipsum dolor sit. | Lorem ipsum. | Lorem ipsum. |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem ipsum. | $\alpha$     |
| Lorem ipsum.           | Lorem ipsum. | $\beta$      |
| Lorem.                 | Lorem.       | $\gamma$     |
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem.       | $\theta$     |

: caption above table {#tbl-markdown tbl-colwidths=\[30,30,30\]}

[cscheid]

Do something like this:

---
title: "Title"
format: typst
tbl-cap-location: top
---

## Quarto

| Lorem ipsum dolor sit. | Lorem ipsum. | Lorem ipsum. |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem ipsum. | $\alpha$     |
| Lorem ipsum.           | Lorem ipsum. | $\beta$      |
| Lorem.                 | Lorem.       | $\gamma$     |
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem.       | $\theta$     |

: This is a caption {#tbl-1}

[cscheid]

---
title: "Title"
format: typst
tbl-cap-location: top
keep-typ: true
---

## Quarto

`#set figure(placement: auto)`{=typst}

| Lorem ipsum dolor sit. | Lorem ipsum. | Lorem ipsum. |
|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem ipsum. | $\alpha$     |
| Lorem ipsum.           | Lorem ipsum. | $\beta$      |
| Lorem.                 | Lorem.       | $\gamma$     |
| Lorem ipsum dolor.     | Lorem.       | $\theta$     |

: This is a caption {#tbl-1}

produces this:

[jaspertjansen]

Hi @cscheid thank you for your suggestion, but if I use the exact same code, I get this:

I am using Quarto version 1.5.57, R version 4.4.2 and Rstudio version 2024.12.0. Could this be a bug that has been fixed in a newer version?

[cscheid]

You need to use the latest stable versions.

[jaspertjansen]

Do you know in which version this was fixed? I do not want to upgrade Quarto too far from the version set by company policy.

[mcanouil]

Look at the changelog.

Note that Carlos said "latest stable version" so it's 1.6.43