Question

Add a image null alt text

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I want to add a null alt text to decorative images in our projects for accessibility purposes. https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H67.html I have tried several options to add an empty alt text but I can't get it to work.. Does anybody have experience with implementing this?

asked 2023-04-18

Micha Schoone

3 answers

Micha Schoone · Answer 1 · 2023-10-31

I found a solution to add a null alt text to decorative images trough the accessibility helper widget

Gavin Songwen Chen · Answer 2 · 2023-04-18

Check the Image and Dynamic Image widget but they will show alt instead of alt=””.

Maybe you can use the source code of the Image Widget to add this feature and bulit your own Image Pluggable Widget. (https://github.com/mendix/web-widgets/tree/main/packages/pluggableWidgets/image-web)

Micha Schoone · Answer 3 · 2026-01-21

Previously, we used the Static Image and Dynamic Image widgets. These widgets did not provide an option to explicitly mark an image as decorative. The newer Image widget (see documentation: https://docs.mendix.com/appstore/widgets/image/ ) handles this differently. When no alternative text is provided, the image is automatically marked as decorative by using an empty alt attribute.