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yaseen kabeer
700 Pointsjust a small question , what does alt in img tag signify ?
when joy changed her picture , she changed name in img tag. okay i got that cause the .jpg name has to be the same as in the tag. but she also changed alt in the image tag. what was that for and what does alt signify ? or what does it do ?
1 Answer
Steven Parker
243,266 PointsIt's a string used for "alternative information" for the image.
It's displayed on the screen if a problem occurs displaying the image, and it's also used by screen-readers for the sight impaired.