minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·5 months agoI do, when I hover my mouse over the image. YMMV, depending on your client.
minus-squareSamsyOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoMy instance is .ml and I used jerboa, which has an alt-text field below the image uploader.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoAnnoyingly, while Jerboa has a field to add alt text to the submission when you create it, I can’t find a way to get it to show me the alt text on a submission that has already been created.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 months agoOdd. I’m on Firefox. When I mouseover I just get a message to expand the image. Like this: Upon expanding the image, I cannot get alt-text to appear. EDIT: Here’s what I get when I use dev tools to inspect the element: Notice the alt=""
minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoThis may be because your instance is running Lemmy v0.19.3. https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/blob/0.19.3/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx#L421-L423 versus https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/blob/0.19.5/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx#L627-L646
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThat looks like its likely the case. Blahaj is a nice instance, but it’s definitely behind the curve on current version status.
I do, when I hover my mouse over the image. YMMV, depending on your client.
My instance is .ml and I used jerboa, which has an alt-text field below the image uploader.
Annoyingly, while Jerboa has a field to add alt text to the submission when you create it, I can’t find a way to get it to show me the alt text on a submission that has already been created.
Odd. I’m on Firefox.
When I mouseover I just get a message to expand the image. Like this:
Upon expanding the image, I cannot get alt-text to appear.
EDIT: Here’s what I get when I use dev tools to inspect the element:
Notice the
alt=""This may be because your instance is running Lemmy v0.19.3.
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/blob/0.19.3/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx#L421-L423
versus
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/blob/0.19.5/src/shared/components/post/post-form.tsx#L627-L646
That looks like its likely the case. Blahaj is a nice instance, but it’s definitely behind the curve on current version status.