[TYPO3-rte] how to eliminate alt="undefined" in link icons?

[Stephan Bernhard]

On 08.11.2013 08:59, bernd wilke wrote:
> Am 08.11.13 08:21, schrieb Stephan Bernhard:
>> hi list
>>
>> nobody seems to answer?!
>>
>> another attempt to clear my situation (TYPO3 version 4.5.28, rtehtmlarea
>> version 2.1.7).
>>
>> my page TS configuration:
>>
>> RTE.classesAnchor.internalLinkInNewWindow {
>>      class = internal-link-new-window
>>      type = page
>>      image = fileadmin/.../img/icons/internal_link_new_window.gif
>>      altText =
>>      titleText =
>>    }
>>
>> and here is a resulting test-link:
>>
>> <p>
>>     <a class="internal-link-new-window" target="_self"
>> href="testseiten/textformatierung/">
>>        <img src="fileadmin/.../img/icons/internal_link_new_window.gif"
>> alt="undefined"> in­ter­ner Link neues Fens­ter
>>     </a>
>> </p>
>>
>> my question is: why does rtehtmlarea replace an empty altText attribute
>> with "undefined"?
>>
>> thanks again for any hint and help
>
> 'undefined' like 'undefined variable'?
> I would expect some bug in the javascript where a variable is undefined
> instead of empty. or better: where an attribute is written, so the value
> is not filled at all.
> maybe the condition tests the variable against empty string and the
> access to the undefined variable returns (by automatic typecasting) the
> string 'undefined' which is inserted afterwards.
>
> bernd

@bernd

exactly!

the accessibility icons don't need an alt attribute like "link opens in 
a new window"

so therefore it's totally superfluous!
and doesn't need an alt="undefined"...

stephan