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Subject: Re: image alt text for HTML export
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:45:06 +0200
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On 9/14/10 9:01 AM, Aidan Gauland wrote:
> Is it possible to set the alt attribute of an image for HTML export?

Yes, like so:

: #+attr_html: alt="Picture of a foo"
: [[./foo.png]]

See the manual section on exporting to HTML.

Cheers,
CM


> If I insert an inline image into an Org buffer like so...
>
> [[./foo.png]]
>
> ...and export it to HTML, I get something like this...
>
> <img src="foo.png" alt="foo.png" />
>
> But I want the alt attribute to be "foo" (or something else), not the
> filename.
>
> I know this is an HTML-specific setting, but I still want the image be
> exported to other formats, so inserting literal HTML (see below) isn't
> really suitable.
>
> #+HTML:<img src="foo.png" alt="foo" />
>
> If there is no way to do this, should I file a feature request?
>
> --Aidan
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