Adding alt attribute to img

harryhing32 · November 8, 2021, 10:09pm

Hi guys,

I don’t need help but just a bit confused about the “alt” attribute e.g alt=“a funny cat looking”>

I am a bit confused as to what the alt attribute does?

Is this something the user can click on?

Thanks

jwilkins.oboe · November 8, 2021, 10:15pm

Welcome to the forum!

The alt attribute is supposed to provide descriptive text for the image.
It is really important for accessibility reasons.

You will learn more about accessibility in later lessons.
But it is really important there be descriptive text for screen readers.

Another reason why it is important, is because if your image fails to load then the descriptive text will show in its place.

harryhing32 · November 8, 2021, 10:26pm

Hey,

That’s awesome. Thank you for helping and the W3C explanation really helped.

Thanks again

system · May 10, 2022, 10:26am

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