[docutils:feature-requests] #114 Inconsistent handling of "figure" directive option "align".

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**[feature-requests:#114] Inconsistent handling of "figure" directive option "align".**

**Status:** open
**Group:** Default
**Labels:** reStructuredText 
**Created:** Wed Apr 23, 2025 07:22 PM UTC by Günter Milde
**Last Updated:** Wed Apr 23, 2025 07:22 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


The [figure](https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/directives.html#figure) directive passes all options that are supported by the "image" directive **except `align`** to the included image:
* `width` sets the image width, `figwidth` sets the figure width,
* `class` sets image class values, `figclass` sets figure class values,
* `name` sets a reference name for the image, `figname` sets a reference name for the figure.
but 
* `align` sets the alignment of the figure and there is no option to set the alignment of an image in the figure.¹

¹ As a workaround, the image alignment can be set passing the special  values "align-left", "align-right", or "align-center" to the `class` option.

Suggestion: 
* Use `align` for image alignment and the new option `figalign` for figure alignment.
* Provide a new configuration setting `legacy-figure-align` for the rST parser that switches to the current behaviour  for backwards compatibility. The default value of this setting would be "True" and change at a later stage.



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