A document with a single sentence that contains a spacer image. The alt attribute for the spacer image reads: "big space". Text alternative for spacer image: non-empty <html:code>alt</html:code> attribute Christophe.Strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be en Copyright BenToWeb 2004-2007 2005-08-24 accepted QA How to specify alternate text

This test case is intended to fail because the alt attribute for the spacer image is not empty.

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The spacer image has a text description that is not empty.

The img element has an alt attribute that is not empty.

This test case maps to failure F39: Failure of SC 1.1.1 due to providing a text alternative that is not null (e.g. alt="spacer" or alt="image") for images that should be ignored by assistive technology.

The spacer image has a text description that is not empty.

The img element has an alt attribute that is not empty.

Online version: sc1.1.1_l1_048.

The spacer image has a text description that is not empty.

The img element has an alt attribute that is not empty.

The spacer image has a text description that is not empty.

The HTML specification does not define the meaning of an empty alt attribute on an img element.