Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Prevent Floats on top of first Page

[jazzgossen]

Is there a way to prevent floats at the top of the first page of a document (or the first page of a chapter), other than moving the float environment to later in the document, or giving it a [p] placement, etc?

Ideally, I'd like a way to specify in the document class not to have floats above the main heading.

I could use \afterpage{} on floats defined near the beginning of the document, but that doesn't seem to be a very elegant solution.

[localghost]

Some how I can't comprehend the problem.

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\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\begin{document}
  \chapter{Foo}

    \begin{figure}[!ht]
      \centering
      \rule{3.2in}{1.8in}
      \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
    \end{figure}
\end{document}

As always, you should clarify the issue by a minimal example.


Thorsten

[jazzgossen]

As always, you should clarify the issue by a minimal example.

Ah yes, good point... It appears that the problem has to do with the way \maketitle is defined in my documentclass.

Sorry for the noise.

[localghost]

[…] It appears that the problem has to do with the way \maketitle is defined in my documentclass. […]

Does the discussion end here or can we expect a minimal example with the class file attached?