Rst Figure Directive

This is a .rst file with figure directive. The example thumbnail is selected with figure directive alt option being set to gallery_thumbnail.

figure directive without alt text

This figure directive does not have any alt text. Therefore, will not be used as the thumbnail for the gallery.

.. figure:: /_static/barchart.png
    :align: center

This is a caption.

This is a caption.

figure directive with alt text

This figure directive has set the alt attribute to gallery_thumbnail. Therefore, This figure will be used as the thumbnail for the gallery.

.. figure:: /_static/example_scalebars.gif
    :align: center
    :alt: gallery_thumbnail

This is a caption.

This is a caption.

figure directive without alt text

This figure directive does not have any alt text. Therefore, will not be used as the thumbnail for the gallery.

.. figure:: /_static/affine.png
    :align: center

    This is a caption.

This is a caption.