Name
alt — NN n/a IE 4 DOM 1
Synopsis
Read/Write
Text to be displayed where the IMG
element appears
on the page when a browser does not download graphics (or is waiting
for the image to download). The text is usually a brief description
of what the image is. Be aware that the size of the image area on the
page may limit the amount of text you can assign to the
alt
property. Make sure the description is
readable.
Example
document.corpLogo.alt = "MegaCorp Logo"
Value
Any quoted string of characters.
Default
None.
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