How can I allow for figures to overflow onto subsequent pages when employing a layout which places figures in wide margins?

Questions
1

Hello, I am trying to create a template for the outlines of scientific papers. I’m envisioning an outline as being comprised of single narrow column of text on the left-hand side of the page with margin figures on the right-hand side of the page. I’ve made a mockup of this concept using Marginalia:

outline sample
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A problem arises when too many figures are placed on the same page: the figures get overcrowded and pushed vertically off the page, like so:

broken outline sample
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The behavior I want to achieve instead is for the figures to, in instances of overcrowding, be pushed into the margins of the subsequent page. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thanks.

2

Hello, could you post a minimal code sample where the issue appears (a MRE)? It’s hard to guess what the document is doing internally. Thanks!

3

Certainly. All I’m doing is setting up the Marginalia margins with

    show: marginalia.setup.with(
        inner: ( far: 5mm, width: 15mm, sep: 5mm ),
        outer: ( far: 2cm, width: 7cm, sep: 5mm ),
        top: 2.5cm,
        bottom: 2.5cm,
        book: false,
        clearance: 12pt,
    )

Then drawing the figures in the usual way with Marginalia

      #notefigure(
        image("sample document resources/temperature program.svg"),
        caption: [A margin figure.],
      ) <figure>

The issue can be replicated by drawing several figures in a row, as Marginalia (in my understanding) places each figure on the same page as the most recently occurring body text.