[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36735: Add media, insert from URL and alt attribute

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#36735: Add media, insert from URL and alt attribute
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 Reporter:  afercia                   |       Owner:  joemcgill
     Type:  defect (bug)              |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  4.6
Component:  Media                     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  good-first-bug has-patch  |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Changes (by afineman):

 * status:  closed => reopened
 * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 Currently
 {{{
 alt
 }}}
 is unspecified.

 Users should be able to specify
 {{{
 alt=""
 }}}



 See existing source code from media-editor.js line 54-70 below:


 {{{
         // Final fallbacks run after all processing has been completed.
                         fallbacks = function( props ) {
                                 // Generate alt fallbacks and strip tags.
                                 if ( 'image' === props.type && ! props.alt
 ) {
                                         if ( props.caption ) {
                                                 props.alt = props.caption;
                                         } else if ( props.title !==
 props.url ) {
                                                 props.alt = props.title;
                                         } else {
                                                 props.alt = '';
                                         }

                                         props.alt = props.alt.replace(
 /<\/?[^>]+>/g, '' );
                                         props.alt = props.alt.replace(
 /[\r\n]+/g, ' ' );
                                 }

                                 return props;
 }}}

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