layout,float - use correct *-pos attribute for non-fig floats

news/changelog-1.6.md

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ All changes included in 1.6:
 
 ## `latex` and `pdf` Format
 
+- ([#10001](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10001)): Support correct `*-pos` attribute in `FloatRefTarget` nodes with layouts.
 - ([#10291](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10291)): Several improvement regarding Quarto LaTeX engine behavior for missing hyphenation log message:
   - `latex-auto-install: false` now correctly opt out any missing hyphenation packages detection and installation. Only a warning will be thrown if any detected in the log.
   - For default behavior (`latex-auto-install: true`), detection is still happening and missing packages are installed automatically. If it fails, Quarto does not fail anymore as PDF rendering as succeeded already. Only a warning will be thrown to log the installation failure.

src/resources/filters/layout/latex.lua

@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ function latexPanelEnv(layout)
 
   -- defaults
   local env = latexFigureEnv(layout)
-  local pos = attribute(layout.float or { attributes = layout.attributes or {} }, kFigPos)
+  local attr_key = kFigPos
+  if layout.float then
+    attr_key = ref_type_from_float(layout.float) .. "-pos"
+  end
+  local pos = attribute(layout.float or { attributes = layout.attributes or {} }, attr_key)
 
   return env, pos
 end

tests/docs/smoke-all/2024/10/23/issue-10001.qmd

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+title: "Untitled"
+format: latex
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    latex:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        - ['\\begin{table}\[H\]']
+        - []
+---
+
+:::{#tbl-tm2 tbl-pos="H" layout-ncol="2"}
+
+:::{#tbl-tm2a}
+| A | B | C |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1 | 2 | 3 |
+
+Table1: 
+:::
+
+:::{#tbl-tm2b}
+| A | B | C |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1 | 2 | 3 |
+
+Table2: 
+:::
+
+Not so nice: Where Latex Wants it
+:::