HTML5: How to specify an alternate text for an image?

Last update on February 09 2024 12:53:48 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declaration specifying the document type -->
<html><!-- Opening tag for the root element of the HTML document -->
<head><!-- Opening tag for the document's header section -->
<meta charset="utf-8"><!-- Metadata tag specifying the character encoding of the document -->
<title>How to specify an alternate text for an image</title><!-- Title of the HTML document -->
</head><!-- Closing tag for the document's header section -->
<body><!-- Opening tag for the document's body section -->
<p><!-- Opening tag for a paragraph element -->
<img src="https://www.w3resource.com/images/layout.gif" alt="html img tag example"><!-- Image element specifying the source URL of the image to be displayed and providing alternate text for accessibility -->
</p><!-- Closing tag for the paragraph element -->
</body><!-- Closing tag for the document's body section -->
</html><!-- Closing tag for the root element of the HTML document -->

Explanation:

This HTML code demonstrates how to specify alternate text for an image using the alt attribute within the <img> element.
The <img> element is a self-closing tag used to embed images into an HTML document.
The src attribute specifies the URL of the image to be displayed. In this example, it points to "https://www.w3resource.com/images/layout.gif".
The alt attribute provides alternate text for the image, which is displayed if the image cannot be loaded or for accessibility purposes. In this case, it is set to "html img tag example".
When the HTML document is rendered, the browser displays the image and uses the alternate text provided by the alt attribute if necessary.
The image is wrapped inside a <p> (paragraph) element, which is commonly used to group content together.

Live Demo:

See the Pen img-alt-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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