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#1 2021-12-19 21:18:12

frickinmuck

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Registered: 2008-05-01

Posts: 118

How to get alt text for an image?

How do I get just the alternate text for the image ID for that article, (just the text, not the image)?

Sorry if this is obvious and I’m just missing it somehow…

EDIT: The reason I need this is because I want to add a title tag that uses the alt text, so that the text comes up as a tooltip when a user rolls over the image.

Last edited by frickinmuck (2021-12-19 21:23:19)

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#2 2021-12-19 21:31:59

Bloke

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From: Leeds, UK

Registered: 2006-01-29

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Re: How to get alt text for an image?

The txp:image_info tag is your friend here.

Something like this will fetch just the alt tag for the assigned article image, if it’s used:

<if::article_image>
<txp:images><txp:image_info type="alt" /></txp:images>
</if::article_image>

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#3 2021-12-19 22:58:13

frickinmuck

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Registered: 2008-05-01

Posts: 118

Re: How to get alt text for an image?

My hero, as always. Thanks so much.

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