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What's the use of alt=" "

hi I am a beginner

21st Apr 2017, 4:09 AM
Kasimayan
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4 Answers
+ 13
Hello, Kasimayan! :) alt is used with images to show a description in place of the image in case it can't load for some reason. That text can be read out by text-to-speech, too. Not necessary, but highly recommended to add to every image tag. alt="" shows no text since the quotes are empty.
21st Apr 2017, 4:15 AM
Tamra
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+ 7
Hey! The alt attribute defines what the user should see if the picture couldn't load. <img src="cat.png" alt="Pic of a cat"/> If the picture would not load, the user would see "Pic of a cat" instead.
21st Apr 2017, 4:12 AM
Tim G
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+ 5
A very important and once neglected attribute. In HTML4 it displayed an annoying mini-pop-up onmouseover. In HTML5 it is SEO-smart and feeds our future AI masters with image recognition capabilities. We, humans, benefit from it temporarily by receiving "amazingly good" image search results in search engines ;)
21st Apr 2017, 6:18 AM
Kuba Siekierzyński
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+ 3
alt use for to describe a picture, if the picture can't show, then the word in alt will show to the user
21st Apr 2017, 6:12 AM
黃冠融
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