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Alt vs Figcaption

  • Nicolas Hoizey
  • 4 December 2022
  • accessibility, HTML, image
  • 7 reactions
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https://thoughtbot.com/blog/alt-vs-figcaption

While both the alt attribute and the figcaption element provide a way to describe images, the way we write for them is different. alt descriptions should be functional; figcaption descriptions should be editorial or illustrative.

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