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# Images

Images include screenshots, inline images, icons, and more. Syntax for images is like the syntax for links, with two differences:
Images include screenshots, inline images, icons, and more. Syntax for images is like the syntax for links, with the following differences:

1. instead of link text, you provide an image description
2. an image description starts with `![` not just `[`
3. image paths must be specified as absolute paths

Images can be referenced from the top-level `_static` dir or a local image dir.
:::{note}
If you reference an image using a relative path, it must be relative to the `toc.yml` or `docset.yml` rather than relative to the page that uses it.
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It can be a relative path but it can not go relative beyond the toc.

e.g

/images/
  - other.png
/solutions/
   /images/
      - observability-apm-app-landing.png`
   /page/
      - index.md
   toc.yml

../images/observability-apm-app-landing.png from index.md is fine because that lives in the same subtree as the toc.yml the page lives in.

../../images/other.png lives outside the toc.yml subtree so is at risk of being broken if the assembler rehomes this subtree.

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Thanks, i've taken another go at the explanation since i think this might confuse folks

This typically fails to render when you run a local build, thus it's preferrable to use an absolute path, for example: `/solutions/images/observability-apm-app-landing.png`.
:::

## Block-level images

```markdown
![APM](img/apm.png)
![APM](/syntax/img/apm.png)
```

![APM](img/apm.png)
![APM](/syntax/img/apm.png)

Or, use the `image` directive.

```markdown
:::{image} img/observability.png
:::{image} /syntax/img/observability.png
:alt: Elasticsearch
:width: 250px
:::
```

:::{image} img/observability.png
:::{image} /syntax/img/observability.png
:alt: Elasticsearch
:width: 250px
:::
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Screenshots are images displayed with a box-shadow. Define a screenshot by adding the `:screenshot:` attribute to a block-level image directive.

```markdown
:::{image} img/apm.png
:::{image} /syntax/img/apm.png
:screenshot:
:::
```

:::{image} img/apm.png
:::{image} /syntax/img/apm.png
:screenshot:
:::

## Inline images

```markdown
Here is the same image used inline ![Elasticsearch](img/observability.png "elasticsearch =50%x50%")
Here is the same image used inline ![Elasticsearch](/syntax/img/observability.png "elasticsearch =50%x50%")
```

Here is the same image used inline ![Elasticsearch](img/observability.png "elasticsearch =50%x50%")
Here is the same image used inline ![Elasticsearch](/syntax/img/observability.png "elasticsearch =50%x50%")


### Inline image titles

Titles are optional making this the minimal syntax required

```markdown
![Elasticsearch](img/observability.png)
![Elasticsearch](/syntax/img/observability.png)
```

Including a title can be done by supplying it as an optional argument.

```markdown
![Elasticsearch](img/observability.png "elasticsearch")
![Elasticsearch](/syntax/img/observability.png "elasticsearch")
```

### Inline image sizing
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and previewers.

```markdown
![alt](img.png "title =WxH")
![alt](img.png "title =W")
![alt](/syntax/img/apm.png "title =WxH")
![alt](/syntax/img/apm.png "title =W")
```

`W` and `H` can be either an absolute number in pixels or a number followed by `%` to indicate relative sizing.

If `H` is omitted `W` is used as the height as well.

```markdown
![alt](img.png "title =250x330")
![alt](img.png "title =50%x40%")
![alt](img.png "title =50%")
![alt](/syntax/img/apm.png "title =250x330")
![alt](/syntax/img/apm.png "title =50%x40%")
![alt](/syntax/img/apm.png "title =50%")
```



### SVG

```markdown
![Elasticsearch](img/alerts.svg)
![Elasticsearch](/syntax/img/alerts.svg)
```
![Elasticsearch](img/alerts.svg)
![Elasticsearch](/syntax/img/alerts.svg)

### GIF

```markdown
![Elasticsearch](img/timeslider.gif)
![Elasticsearch](/syntax/img/timeslider.gif)
```
![Elasticsearch](img/timeslider.gif)
![Elasticsearch](/syntax/img/timeslider.gif)


## Asciidoc syntax
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```asciidoc
image::images/synthetics-get-started-projects.png[]
```
```
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