How do I arrange an image within an extended rich text field without coding in Edge?

Question

When I'm trying to arrange an image in a rich text field in SharePoint, it seems to me that the Position button in the ribbon will only work in Internet Explorer, not in Edge, and not in Opera.

I had a look in the source: only within IE the float attribute for HTML style was set. The float attribute is missing to me when I'm using Edge. Can someone confirm?

Answer 1

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for posting in Office 365 community! Here is an issue summary for your reference:

Description

Cannot modify position setting for an image in Rich Text in non-IE browsers.

Environment

SharePoint Online, multiple browsers.

More information

We have the reproduce steps and will send to the related team for investigation. We will post updates here once we receive more information. You can subscribe to this thread to receive the latest updates.

It's a known issue which was there when publishing the first version of SharePoint 2013.

Workaround

1. You can insert space chars or other char in the front of the image for changing its position 
2. You can use IE for changing its position

@ Webbrewers3,

Thanks for your comment. In this thread we would focus on the abnormal behavior of the position function, for an image inserted in a list item (rich text with pictures). If this is not what you've experienced and you believe that's not expected, please raise a new thread so that our engineer can work on your situation and provide further help. Thanks for your understanding.

[Updated by Jim Liu MSFT, 01:20 AM, Aug 26 , 2018 (UTC)]

Best Regards,

Jim

Answer 2

Why do I see something different? In my case a class is added to the element which is much more standards compliant than adding a bunch of inline styling. Please explain the different behaviors.

Answer 3

Hi Dennis,

To move forward, I've sent you a Private Message to request your tenant information. Please kindly check it when you have time.

Thanks,

Jim

Answer 4

Hi Gloria,

Thank you for your testing and the confirmation.

I´ll use IE for this special case here - look forward to read from you.

Thanks again.

Best Regards, 

Dennis

Answer 5

Hi Dennis,

I have tested with Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer and I can see the same behavior as you mentioned.

Following are my steps and test result:

Steps: Create a column in a list library> Choose Multiple lines of text> Enable User enhanced rich text (Rich text with pictures, tables and hyperlinks)> Add an item> Click the pencil> Insert tab> Insert a picture from computer> Double click the picture and the IMAGE tab appears> Position> Choose Float Right because once the issue appears, it will be clear to see the difference.

I did these steps in four browsers and only when I change the position of the picture in Internet Explorer, the position of the picture changes to the right. And when I press F12 to open the developer tool, it shows that the position is Float Right in Internet Explorer only.

As a workaround, I would suggest you create new items in Internet Explorer because the the position feature of items created in Internet Explorer is working fine in other browsers according to my test.

We need some time to do more investigations and if there is any update, we will reply to you as soon as possible.

Best Regards,

Gloria