Kilotest: Diagnoses of image name contains only spacing characters
violation by HTML element 268 on LibreOffice page
Here is how tools diagnose the image name contains only spacing characters
issue for HTML element 268 of the LibreOffice page.
Basics
- About the
image name contains only spacing characters
issue- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an image
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- About the LibreOffice page
- URL:
https://www.libreoffice.org/ - Tested on 2026-04-05 at 23:04
- URL:
- About HTML element 268
- Tag name:
IMG - Text: [not applicable]
- Start tag:
<img src="themes/libreofficenew/img/quote-img.png" alt=" "> - XPath:
/html/body/section[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/img[1] - Bounding box: x = 390, y = 1136, width = 183, height = 183
- Tag name:
Diagnoses
- <p>This image's alt text is " ," which only contains unpronounceable symbols and/or spaces. Screen readers will announce that an image is present, and then pause awkwardly: "image: ____."</p> <p><strong>To fix:</strong> add a descriptive alt, or provide a <em>completely</em> empty alt (alt="") if this is just an icon or spacer, and screen readers should ignore it.</p> <p>Note that a <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/informative" target="_blank" title="Opens in new tab">good alt describes the image's message</a>, not simply what it contains. Depending on the context, the alt for the picture of a child kicking a ball might emphasize the setting, the child, the kick or the ball:</p> <ul> <li>The sunny spring day brought kids to the park for some soccer.</li> <li>A.J. wearing the new team uniform.</li> <li>The game-winning kick curved in from the left sideline!</li> <li>The size 4 ball is the right size for this 9-year-old child.</li> </ul>
Tool: Editoria11y (Princeton University)
Rule:
altDeadspace