Name
ALT — NN n/a IE 4 HTML 4
Synopsis
ALT=”textMessage"Optional
If a browser is not capable of displaying graphical images (or has
the feature turned off), the text assigned to the
ALT attribute is supposed to display in the
document where the image INPUT element’s tag
appears. Typically, this text provides advice on what the page
visitor is missing by not being able to view the image.
Input Types
image
Example
<INPUT TYPE="image" NAME="icon" SRC="sndIcon.gif" ALT="Sound Icon">
Value
Any quoted string of characters.
Default
None.
Object Model Reference
- IE
[window.]document.formName.inputName.alt
[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i].alt
[window.]document.all.elementID.alt
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