Drop-in replacement for Hugo figure shortcode with img srcset support

figure.html

{{/*

figure with auto-resizing and srcset v2024-11-24

Drop-in replacement for Hugo's figure shortcode which uses img srcset
to enable browsers to download only the resolution that they need.

The resizing and srcset magic only works for images that are part of the page
bundle. It will fall back to stock Hugo figure behaviour otherwise.

Improvements that were initially out of reach of my Hugo template programming "skills"
but have now been taken care of:
- [x] gracefully handle images that are not in page bundle, i.e. no image processing available
- [x] use a single configurable sizes array, and derive everything from there

See https://cpbotha.net/2020/05/02/drop-in-replacement-for-hugo-figure-shortcode-with-img-srcset-support/

- original srcset img shortcode from: https://laurakalbag.com/processing-responsive-images-with-hugo/
- original hugo figure shortcode from: https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/master/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/figure.html
- no unnecessary resizes and more nudges by Stéfan van der Walt https://mentat.za.net/
- mashing together and srcset logic fixes by Charl P. Botha https://cpbotha.net/

Changes:
- 2024-11-24 work-around for bug in golang where it breaks webp images during resizing. Please add png or jpg version of your webp.
- 2020-05-10 fall back to stock Hugo behaviour when no page bundle found
- 2020-05-04 no unnecessary resizes, sizes in array
- 2020-05-02 initial release

*/}}

{{/* hugo will resize to all of these sizes that are smaller than your original. configure if you like! */}}
{{ $sizes := (slice "480" "800" "1200" "1500") }}

{{/* get file that matches the filename as specified as src="" in shortcode */}}
{{ $src := .Page.Resources.GetMatch (printf "*%s*" (.Get "src")) }}


{{/* work-around for bug in golang where webp images are degraded during decoding / processing: 
     https://github.com/golang/go/issues/40173 
     in short: use .webp as src, but also add a png or jpg version. This code will link webp files everywhere,
     but it will use the jpg/png as the image processing source */}}
{{ $srcIP := $src }}
{{ if and $src (strings.HasSuffix $src.Name ".webp") }}
    {{/* use .jpg if that exists, else .png */}}
    {{ $srcPNG := .Page.Resources.GetMatch (printf "*%s*" (replace (.Get "src") ".webp" ".png")) }}
    {{ $srcJPG := .Page.Resources.GetMatch (printf "*%s*" (replace (.Get "src") ".webp" ".jpg")) }}
    {{ if $srcPNG }}
        {{ $srcIP = $srcPNG }}
    {{ else if $srcJPG }}
        {{ $srcIP = $srcJPG }}
    {{ end }}
{{ end }}


<figure{{ with .Get "class" }} class="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>
    {{- if .Get "link" -}}
        <a href="{{ .Get "link" }}"{{ with .Get "target" }} target="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ with .Get "rel" }} rel="{{ . }}"{{ end }}>
    {{- end }}
    <img
        {{ if $src }}
            sizes="(min-width: 35em) 1200px, 100vw"
            {{/* only srcset images smaller than or equal to the src (original) image size, as Hugo will upscale small images */}}  
            srcset='
            {{ range $sizes }}
                {{/* explicit MediaType.SubType to support our webp work-around without affecting non-webp use */}}
                {{ if ge $src.Width . }}{{ ($srcIP.Resize (printf "%sx %s" . $src.MediaType.SubType)).Permalink }} {{ (printf "%sw" .) }},{{ end }}
            {{ end }}'

            {{/* when no support for srcset (old browsers, RSS), we load small (800px) */}}
            {{/* if image smaller than 800, then load the image itself */}}
            {{ if ge $src.Width "800" }}src="{{ ($srcIP.Resize (printf "800x %s" $src.MediaType.SubType)).Permalink }}"
            {{ else }}src="{{ $src.Permalink }}"
            {{ end }}

        {{ else }}
            {{/* fall back to stock hugo behaviour when image is not available in bundle */}}
            src="{{ .Get "src" }}"
        {{ end }}

        {{- if or (.Get "alt") (.Get "caption") }}
            alt="{{ with .Get "alt" }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{ .Get "caption" | markdownify| plainify }}{{ end }}"
        {{- end -}}
        {{- with .Get "width" }} width="{{ . }}"{{ end -}}
        {{- with .Get "height" }} height="{{ . }}"{{ end -}}
    /> <!-- Closing img tag -->
    {{- if .Get "link" }}</a>{{ end -}}
    {{- if or (or (.Get "title") (.Get "caption")) (.Get "attr") -}}
        <figcaption>
            {{ with (.Get "title") -}}
                <h4>{{ . }}</h4>
            {{- end -}}
            {{- if or (.Get "caption") (.Get "attr") -}}<p>
                {{- .Get "caption" | markdownify -}}
                {{- with .Get "attrlink" }}
                    <a href="{{ . }}">
                {{- end -}}
                {{- .Get "attr" | markdownify -}}
                {{- if .Get "attrlink" }}</a>{{ end }}</p>
            {{- end }}
        </figcaption>
    {{- end }}
</figure>

Thanks for the note, and the thanks!

I did just double-check: Fortunately the comment right above that line fortunately describes the intent, and the code does follow that.

Very cool.
I've made some changes to handle the situation where:

1. The image is an SVG
2. The image needs to be rotated

I'm not great with git/github so see https://petersmith.org/blog/2023/01/19/figure-shortcode-again-/ for details

If you add the below on line #59 you will get a better pagespeed score with your images. Surprisingly, it only cares if the value is defined. Not that it matches the dimensions of the specific image being served.

       width="{{ $src.Width }}"
       height="{{ $src.Height }}"

I have just updated the shortcode to support working around this 4-year old webp decoding bug in the golang standard library: golang/go#40173

Here is more discussion on Hugo's github: gohugoio/hugo#8879

In short, the golang stdlib mangles webp images during decoding, which results in visible colour changes. I ran into this in a recent post with screenshots with white backgrounds, which turned into super grey.

With these changes in the shortcode, you can add e.g. "my_image.webp" and use that in the src and link attributes, but you must also add a "my_image.png" (or .png) version. The .png or .jpg will be used for all resizing, but your final page will link only the webp files.