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+<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+ xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
+ xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ version="5.0" xml:id="default.float.class">
+<refmeta>
+<refentrytitle>default.float.class</refentrytitle>
+<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">string</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+<refnamediv>
+<refname>default.float.class</refname>
+<refpurpose>Specifies the default float class</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+<src:fragment xml:id="default.float.class.frag">
+<xsl:param name="default.float.class">
+ <xsl:choose>
+ <xsl:when test="contains($stylesheet.result.type,'html')">left</xsl:when>
+ <xsl:otherwise>before</xsl:otherwise>
+ </xsl:choose>
+</xsl:param>
+</src:fragment>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
+
+<para>Selects the direction in which a float should be placed. for
+xsl-fo this is before, for html it is left. For Western texts, the
+before direction is the top of the page.</para>
+
+</refsection>
+</refentry>