[Typo3-dev] IMAGE.alttext RC2 possible bug

[Dominic Stockdale]

>>Can we also add an alt text field to image and textpic like the caption.
>>This is something I've had to create a little extension to do but that
>>doesn't make sense. It's not much code and very easy to do but really
>>users should always be forced to add alt attributes.
> 
> 
> I still think that this is the job of an extension like the
> dmc_image_alttext plugin. Such an extension only has to create two new
> fields and add some TypoScript to use them.
> 

Hi Robert,

It's true that it's easy to do but why not just put it in core. It's 
only a tiny detail but I get lots of comments from people asking why 
there isn't a field there by default as it's a major concern for 
accessiblity.

All images should have alt tags really. The dmc_image_alttext plugin was 
extending class.tslib_content to rewrite the way IMGTEXT is working so 
it's broken a few times with various updates. Anyway it's easy to stick 
a field or two into the TCA and use typoScript to do the rest but it 
seems strange that IMGTEXT doesn't just have it by default.

;)dom