Q537 Is there a way to set the 'alt' property in an image object similar to the 'src' property?

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Q537 Is there a way to set the 'alt' property in an image object similar to the 'src' property?

Only in Internet Explorer 4+:

<img src="picture.gif" alt="text">

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
alert(document.images[0].src);
if (document.all) {
    alert(document.images[0].alt);
    document.images[0].alt = 'Updated text';
    alert(document.images[0].alt);
}
//--></script>

Feedback on 'Q537 Is there a way to set the 'alt' property in an image object similar to the 'src' property?'

• August 13, 2002 at 19:53:02 Peter Williams
• 16:49:09 3/21/00 Kelly Cline