Kilotest: Diagnoses of image name contains only spacing characters violation by HTML element 268 on LibreOffice page

Basics

About the LibreOffice page

• URL: https://www.libreoffice.org/
• Tested 57 days ago by job uzr on 2026-04-05 at 23:04

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

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

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the image name contains only spacing characters issue for HTML element 268 of the LibreOffice page.

1. <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